Best of Rhode Island 2008 Editors' Picks

Intimate engagement party? Celebrating a raise with your nearest and dearest? If your party consists of six to eight cronies with discriminating taste, the wine cellar at Gracie's is the dining room you wish you could have built in your Newport mansion. With a Camelot-like door, walls the color of cabernet and plenty of mood lighting, opt for a tasting menu to enjoy the space as long as possible.