Like many of you guys, I have my handful of go-to’s for lunch or a light nosh in Newport that I tend to fall back on when I feel myself getting hangry.

For the record, my family and I, we were known for becoming irritable whenever we got hungry long before there was a word for it. (Lol and yes, hangry is now included in the Merriam-Webster pantheon.)

As luck would have it, yesterday we found ourselves in the vicinity of Stoneacre Garden, a restaurant that one of my brothers had been bragging about and recommending recently, when my hanger was at near peak levels.

The Garden which opened in 2020 with a big focus on outdoor dining is one of three of their local NPT businesses, the other two being Stoneacre Brassiere, their restaurant over on Washington Square, and Wine & Spirits, a liquor store on Thames. (The concept for SG was apparently influenced by the grounds of the Stoneacre Estate, famously designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, the very 1st landscape architect in the United States.)

They have a cute rooftop space (we were there last fall) and the sizeable and pleasant patio where we ate yesterday.

I jut love that they have a mocktail menu. We ordered two each. Both were ginger-based and excellent. I mean, ever order a mocktail and it tastes like the Shirley Temples you drank as a kid at the 1025 Club during the 1970’s? Not the case with these.

For those of you who eat meat, you’ll find plenty on the menu. If (like me) you’re looking for yummy plant-based dishes, then you are in for a real treat! We ordered a spicy cauliflower app that (I think) was a non-meat version of General Tso’s chicken. It was SO GOOD !!! Ditto re: their chickpea burgers with side salad.

*Stoneacre Garden is located at 151 Swineburne Row in Newport.

As always, if you motor over for lunch, dinner or drinks after reading this, please let them know you found out about them here via Patty J and PattyJ.com.