Photos by Laura Widness.

Photos by Laura Widness.

Wine Spectator honored 18 Rhode Island venues for excellence in its 2023 Restaurant Awards compilation. Announced in June, the annual list highlights restaurants around the globe for their wine lists. “Best of” Award of Excellence designations were given to Cara, Newport; Coast, Watch Hill; Restaurant 1879, Block Island; Tavolo Wine Bar & Tuscan Grille, Smithfield and Warwick; The Dining Room at Castle Hill Inn, Newport; Camille’s, Providence; Chapel Grille, Cranston; Double Barrel Steak by David Burke, Richmond; La Masseria, East Greenwich; Matunuck Oyster Bar, South Kingstown; Mill’s Tavern Restaurant, Providence; Sarto, Providence; Stoneacre Brasserie, Newport; The Capital Grille, Providence; Coast Guard House, Narragansett; The Restaurant, Westerly; and The White Horse Tavern, Newport.