BY KAREN DEUTSCH • PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANGEL TUCKER
RIVER BAR
37 Main St., Westerly, 561-7050, riverbarwesterly. com
Open for dinner seven days a week; lunch on Friday and Saturday; brunch on Sunday. Reservations accepted. Wheelchair accessibility on the first floor. Lot parking.
CUISINE New England seafood with a Japanese streak.
CAPACITY 150, with seventy-five more on the patio.
VIBE George Washington has lunch with Masaharu Morimoto.
PRICES Appetizers: $ 6 –$ 75( for a raw bar platter); entrees: $ 18 –$ 38; dessert: $ 8 –$ 15.
KAREN’ S PICKS Lobster rolls and cookies for everyone.
wallpaper, while two others are painted a deep green-gray with plants hanging from the ceilings, Scandinavian-style chairs and a central farm table. All of this is in addition to the outdoor seating, which has its own energy: convivial but also attuned to the river’ s languid pace.
Visually, the restaurant reads like a small town, each corner unique but tied to the spaces around it. It’ s clear that Laipply and Wayman saw all of this as a prelude to their purchase.
Deliveries don’ t arrive on the river these days, but the kitchen is intrinsically linked to local purveyors, with oysters, fish, meat and vegetables sourced from a dozen nearby waters and farms. There are also a handful of items that come directly from Nana’ s; though small, they’ re among the
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