Soak up the last days of summer with memorable dining events at two of South County’s most luxurious and quintessentially New England properties. You don’t need to be an overnight guest to experience the Mediterranean Night Market at Ocean House or the Pitmaster Barbecue at Weekapaug Inn. Just bring your appetite and be ready to be transported to an evening on the Mediterranean coast or the American South without ever leaving Rhode Island.
Mediterranean Night Market at Théa at Ocean House
Wednesday nights at Ocean House you can be transported to the Mediterranean with a lavish spread Greek, Turkish, and Spanish dishes all with the ocean as your backdrop. Start with a variety of meze including flatbreads, tzatziki, hummus, babaganoush, fluffy pita bread and gazpacho. Mains include vegetable, shrimp, beef and lamb kabobs, chicken shawarma, stuffed eggplant and more. And the dessert spread features honey olive cakes, melomakarona, ricotta and fruit parfaits and lavender lemon meringues. There’s live music and complimentary beer and wine. Sit on the deck of Ocean House’s Dune Cottage or with your feet in the sand just steps from the beach. You can see Taylor Swift’s mansion under the twinkly lights from your table. There are only two more dates left this season, so get your tickets now.
Pitmaster Barbecue with Chef Andrew Brooks at Weekapaug Inn
Thursday nights at Weekapaug Inn are for barbecue. Enjoy a lavish spread of barbecue favorites including pulled pork, ribs, jerk chicken, and house made bratwurst. For sides there’s collard greens, pimento cheese grits, pasta salad, coleslaw, baked beans, cornbread and a baked potato bar. Then there’s all the fixin’s including Bourbon BBQ sauce, Carolina Gold BBQ sauce, pickled fresno hot sauce, dill pickles, sweet & spicy pickles, pickled red onion, and sauerkraut. Desserts include bourbon pecan tarts, apple streusel tarts, cherry buckle and lemon bars. There is live music and complimentary beer and wine. After dinner you can play lawn games, go hunting for the Land of Paug and find the paug (fairy) houses hidden on the property, or sit by the fire pit overlooking the serene Weekapaug Pond. There are only two more dates left for the season, so get your tickets now.
