Dinner: Rhode Island Meets the Riviera in New York

Dinner: Rhode Island Meets the RivieraFeaturing James Beard Award Semifinalists Robert Andreozzi, William Rietzel, and Jesse HedbergWed, September 16, 2026 6:30 PM Pier 57 25 11th Ave New York, NY 10011 Dining Table $210 Internal Chef's Counter $250 External Chef's Counter $185 Rhode Island is having a moment, and Littleneck Hospitality Group is right in the middle of it. The team behind James Beard Award semifinalist® Club Frills, Pizza Marvin, and the newly anointed hotspot Pescadou, Newport’s refined French brasserie, heads to New York for a Rhode Island-meets-Riviera-inspired dinner. Two-time James Beard Award semifinalist® chef Robert Andreozzi will be joined by Best Chef: Northeast semifinalist® William Rietzel to spotlight Ocean State classics reinterpreted through a refined French lens. Jesse Hedberg, a 2026 James Beard Award semifinalist® for Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service, will be mixing up creative libations and channeling the spirited hospitality that’s put these Providence and Newport, Rhode Island contemporary classics on every culinary explorer’s map.