So many people are focusing on dinner for Newport Restaurant Week that I don’t want anyone to forget about lunch. The girls from the CVB and I tried two places we’ve never been to before-Diego’s and Gas Lamp Grille.
Diego’s is on Bowens Wharf right next to the Cookie Jar. With outdoor seating in the summer and open kitchen inside the food is fresh and has a Baja theme-which is basically build your own taco from sauce to chicken, beef or fish and all the fun ingredients that goes with!
The best information I found was that they deliver year-round! Their pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds was perfect for a cold day. And they were very flexible about making me a chicken taco instead of the fish tacos they had for the special. For dessert was an empanada with chocolate and bananas wrapped in dough and deep fried-drizzled with chocolate and caramel-in a word-YUM.
Today we tried the Gas Lamp Grille-right next to Starbucks. First of all, if you are a sports fan there are plenty of room and flat screens to enjoy any sport at any time! The 3-course meal came with soup, salad and sandwich or pizza of choice. Great chowder, good classic Caesar salad and I had a great Black Angus burger. Others had a tuna sandwich (prepared rare but able to have it any way you want it) and cordon bleu chicken sandwich which could feed a family of four.
This Saturday between 5 and 7 they are hosting a Pizza and Beer Tasting. And it’s not your standard pizza-Thai peanut and chicken; Tuscan chicken; roasted veggie and Jamaican Jerk shrimp-and maybe that will tantalize your taste buds to stay for dinner!
Happy dining…I might make it to one more dinner. Stay tuned!
