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Newport Travel & Restaurants
Newport Travel Information
Go to www.gonewport.com the official website of the Newport Travel Center. Under “Travel Tools” you will find much useful information such as the website of the Cozy Cab Airport Shuttle where you can make reservations for a shuttle bus trip from the Providence, TF Green Airport to Newport www.cozytrans.com,
or transport from Boston’s Logan airport by Peter Pan/Bonanza Bus www.peterpanbus.com.
www.gonewport.com also has information and discount offers for train and bus travel to Newport.
We suggest that you use www.googlemaps.com to plot point to point car travel to your housing choice and to the Redwood Library at 50 Bellevue Avenue, and the Newport Public Library at 300 Spring Street. With the google maps tool you may also plot walking directions within the city of Newport.
Newport Restaurants
Within Walking Distance of the Redwood Library &
Newport Art Museum
LaForge Restaurant
186 Bellevue Avenue
401-847-0418
An Irish atmosphere serving pub fare and upscale food at an affordable price
One Bellevue at the Hotel Viking
401-848-4824
Flavor and freshness, attentive service, award winning wine and food.
Canfield House
5 Memorial Blvd
401-847-0416
A fine dining tradition in a house on the National Historic Register.
Perro Salado
19 Charles Street
401-619-4777
Has creative authentic Mexican cuisine utilizing fresh market ingredients.
Restaurant Vanderbilt
41 Mary Street
401-846-6200
Traditional American fare in the mansion’s historic fireside parlor.
Sardella’s
30 Memorial Boulevard
401-849-6312
Award winning cuisine in a versatile, warm Tuscan atmosphere
The Casual Broadway Neighborhood
A Slightly Longer Walk
Spark
12 Broadway
401-842-0023
Fresh Local produce and seafood in imaginative combinations
Empire Tea & Coffee
27 Broadway
401-619-1388
Extraordinarily wide selection of teas with some coffees and light snacks
Salvation Café
140 Broadway
401-847-2620
Exotic drinks and funky food
Tucker’s Bistro
151 Broadway
401-846-3449
Sophisticated Parisian style bistro with high marks for good food
Norey’s Café
156 Broadway
401-847-4971
Upscale diner known for its breakfast and weekend brunch, lunch is good too. Dinner seasonally
Pop Kitchen & Cocktails
162 Broadway
401-846-8456
Great late night tapas and drinks
Worth the ride
Bouchard Restaurant
505 Thames Street
401-846-0123
Situated in a post and beam home, ambiance complemented by exquisite cuisine
Clarke Cooke House
Bannister’s Wharf
401-849-2900
Renowned for excellent food, a quintessential Newport experience
White House Tavern
26 Marlborough Street
401-849-3600
The oldest American Tavern in its original building features American and Continental Cuisine
Inn at Castle Hill
590 Ocean Avenue
401-849-3800
Castle Hill’s water views and Victorian architecture are complimented by designer cocktails and gourmet fare using local, seasonal ingredients
Elected to their first term, at our annual general meeting held January 28, were Robert McCamant, President; James P. Ascher, VP for Publications; Casey Smith, VP for Membership; and Charles Cuykendall Carter, Secretary. Re-elected to a second term were Kitty Maryatt, VP for Programs; and David Goodrich, Treasurer. Trustees Amelia Hugill-Fontanel and Richard Ring will serve until January 2013.
The American Printing History Association welcomes proposals for its 2012 annual conference. “At the Crossroads: Living Letterform Traditions” at Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book and Paper Arts, October 12–13, 2012. Proposals are due by March 15. Full details are available in PDF.
Our annual general meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday January 28, 2012 in the Trustees’ Room on the second floor of the New York Public Library, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street in Manhattan. In addition to Association business, our annual meeting is a chance to meet fellow members from around the country, to network, and to hear some important speakers. (Our meeting marks the end of “Bibliography Week” in New York, when similar groups hold their annual meetings and this year includes a major exhibition on printing at the Grolier Club; more information online grolierclub.org. APHA’s meeting is free and open to non-members (except for voting), so please invite friends interested in printing, books, publishing, and type. Read the President's Letter.
The Fall 2011 issue of the APHA Newsletter comprises of reports from the annual conference including panels, Pamela Smith's keynote address, Gwido Zlatkes's Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship talk, the SoCal chapter book fair, a tour of the Stuart Collection of outdoor sculpture at UCSD and a list of new APHA members. Download the Newsletter in PDF form.
Kitty Maryatt reports on the first-ever conference book fair. Read all about it.
Many numbers are available to APHA members for a limited time at the bargain rate of $8 for the first issue, $6 for each additional; $15 for double issues. Learn more at printinghistory.org/sale.
Details and application for the 2012 Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship
in Printing History are now online.
Thanks to the generosity of several APHA Southern California Chapter members, the Southern California Chapter has conducted its first-ever student membership drawing.
To celebrate the start of 2011, the complete listing of Printing History's contents have been put back online. See the contents (and a few select articles) from the Original Series, or a complete listing of the New Series. See something you like? Download the Back Issue Order Form.