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“Naturally, leavened dough using sustainable local New England grains is at the heart of what they do at Nana's. It's a restaurant with an all-day café with great coffee selections.”
— The Newport Daily News
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Pizza comes in many styles. To get the best in RI start with these gems
“One bite of the classic Margherita and it's unlikely you'll forget it anytime soon. This is not your nana's pizza but a pie with an ethereal crust and a perfect balance of cheese and sauce. You'll dream about it. What more do you need? The doughnuts they make for dessert, of course.”
— The Providence Journal
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Where to Eat in Rhode Island This Winter
“Luckily this eclectic menu from executive chef and partner James Wayman is backed by the restaurant’s off-site bakery preparing naturally leavened dough with regional and sustainable grains for pizzas and baked goods, as well as its sister company growing koji to amplify umami in cocktails and dishes.”
— Boston Magazine
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Where to Taste Rhode Island-Style Pizza in Providence and Beyond
“A baking tradition older still than the classic pizza strip is sourdough, which gets its desirable tartness and complexity from fermentation with wild yeasts and bacteria. At Nana’s, which began as a bakery and pizza shop in Mystic, Connecticut, and added a bigger sit-down restaurant with a full bar in Westerly, Rhode Island, co-owner and executive chef James Wayman leans all the way into a variety of fermentation techniques, amping up the flavor of whole-grain, Neapolitan-style sourdough pies with tomato sauce made with shio koji and parmesan mixed with dehydrated soy sauce lees from sibling business Moromi, a Connecticut producer of soy sauce and miso.”
— Food & Wine
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Hungry? Here are 10 restaurants you have to try in Rhode Island this fall
“Nana's is a restaurant with an all-day café with great coffee selections. They also make lunch and dinner that offers one of the best pizzas in Rhode Island. It's a delicious pizza with crispy sourdough crust, bright sauce and perfect cheese. They also make doughnuts – the best doughnuts, served hot and for dinner. I can't say enough about every bite and sip in Nana's.”
— Providence Journal
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12 Ways to Taste Mystic Connecticut, From Seafood to Bake Shop and Rooftop
“Nana’s pizza and fried-to-order doughnuts, both made with sourdough and regional grains, “are incredible too.” She serves Nana’s breads, made by baker and co-owner Dave Vacca, at her restaurants. James Wayman, chef and co-owner of Nana’s along with Vacca and Aaron Laipply, opened Oyster Club and started developing Nana’s with Meiser when he was still a partner in 85th Day. Now, he owns Nana’s Mystic, two restaurants in Westerly, Rhode Island (Nana’s Westerly and the new River Bar), wholesale Stone Mill Bakery, and Moromi, a traditional Japanese soy sauce and miso producer operated by co-founder Bob Florence.…”
— Food & Wine
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Nana’s Bakery & Pizza Opens Outpost in Westerly
“We weren’t sure that anything could top NANA’S IN MYSTIC, named one of America’s best new restaurants of 2021 by Esquire Magazine, but the new Westerly location just may have. This sit-down, eat-in or take-out restaurant tucked behind High Street has a Cali-cool vibe, fresh decor, and all the delights you’ll find in Mystic and more. We settled in for a lazy, late lunch, starting with a colorful plate of glazed local farm vegetables, housemade preserved squid with pickled vegetables, and their famous toasted sourdough. (The happy family next to us feasted on crazy-good-looking cheesy garlic bread, which we will definitely indulge in next visit!)…”
— the E list
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Nana’s of Westerly, a Hidden Gem
“Westerly, Rhode Island is known for its rich culture, shops, and restaurants, and it is especially noted for Ocean House in Watch Hill, a high-quality hotel with amenities such as cooking classes, a spa, and access to the beach just footsteps away. On the other spectrum, there is downtown Westerly, a more low-key part of town, packed with an eclectic mix of restaurants and shops. One particular standout is Nana’s Restaurant…”
— Medium
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Downtown's hidden gem: Nana's brings farm-to-table philosophy, 'all-day café' to Westerly
“WESTERLY — It matters not that Nana's Bakery & Pizza is tucked away in a secluded section of High Street, facing a parking lot and sandwiched between Longo's and the United Theatre. Once word gets out about the farm-to-table philosophy at Nana's — and the fresh food offered up at Westerly's newest restaurant — health-conscious food lovers with similar passions for eating natural, delicious, organic foods will have no trouble finding the hidden gem with the comforting name…”
— The Westerly Sun
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