Observant Visiting

To meet the needs of observant Jewish visitors, suggestions of restaurants and lodging to help in planning your visit are listed below.

Food and Restaurants

Packaged kosher food is available at local supermarkets and BJ’s Wholesale Club in Middletown, RI. BJ’s has a kosher bakery and carries OU-certified refrigerated microwaveable meat and dairy meals. The large local hotels like the Viking, Marriott, and Gurney’s may, with pre-arrangement, allow pre-packaged, double-wrapped, kosher meals to be served in their dining rooms. Contact the managers of the hotel restaurants directly to make arrangements.

Two local vegan restaurants are currently under the kosher supervision of Rabbi Barry Dolinger from Providence’s Lighthouse K certification.
Root — 6 Broadway, Newport is a vegan juice bar and restaurant.
Plant City X — 619 W Main Rd, Middletown is a vegan restaurant.

Additional kosher resources can be found in Warwick, RI (such as kosher chicken at Trader Joe’s) and in Providence, RI (including the kosher grocery store Bubbie’s).

Eruv

Due to ongoing maintenance of power lines in Newport, the eruv is NOT currently functional.  We hope to reconstruct the eruv as soon as we can, for the benefit of both locals and visitors.

For informational purposes only (להלכה ולא למעשה), a map of the original eruv can be found here. Click for a map of the eruv.

Bed & Breakfasts and Hotels

There are many lodging options within walking distance of the synagogue, but at present there is no kosher Bed & Breakfast. Below is a partial listing of nearby hotels and bed & breakfasts, listed for your convenience (no endorsement is implied).

Bed & Breakfasts
Adele Turner, 401-848-8011
Attwater Villa, 401-846-7444
Hydrangia House, 800 945-4667
Spring Street, 401-847-4767
Yankee Peddler, 401-846-1323

Hotels & Inns
Abigail Stoneham Inn, 401-848-9700
Admiral Weaver Inn, 401 849-0051
Hilltop Inn, 401-619-0054
Mill Street Inn, 401-849-9500
Hotel Viking, 401-847-3300

We gratefully acknowledge support for this website from Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg, and the National Park Foundation.