Enjoy casual yet upscale dining in Newport, RI. Featuring original American cuisine, seafood, and numerous gluten-free options.
Owner:
Joann Carlson has spent her whole life in the restaurant business. Her passion for food can be traced back through her family’s roots. Her grandparents owned a fish packing company on the wharfs of downtown Newport and her family owned Dry Dock Seafood, one of Newport’s legendary Thames Street restaurants. When they closed the restaurant after 23 years, Joann co-owned and operated Percy’s Bistro. Prior to opening Jo’s American Bistro, Joann worked for Newport Harbor Corporation as a restaurant manager at 22 Bowen’s Wine Bar & Grille. Joann is as comfortable in the dining room as she is in the kitchen. Growing up with the restaurant as a family endeavor, she knows no other way to treat her staff and guests but as family. Visiting Jo’s American Bistro will seem as if you are sitting down to dinner in her home. And there is something to be said for having an Italian mother and grandmother to teach you how to cook and entertain with love and passion.
Executive Chef:
Since graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 1989, Chef Brian Ruffner has established himself as a remarkable creator of fresh American cuisine at several noted restaurants across New England.
Peppercorn’s Grill in Hartford, Connecticut received an “excellent” rating from the New York Times with Chef Ruffner at the helm. While leading the culinary team at the Bay Voyage in Jamestown, Rhode Island Monthly recommended readers “drop everything and go.” Chef Ruffner was invited to participate in two James Beard dinners while working at the White Hart restaurant in Salisbury, Maryland. Ruffner was voted “Best New Chef” by Rhode Island Monthly in 2002.
Chef Ruffner joined the team at Jo’s American Bistro in 2014, where he is known for applying classic French and Italian techniques to American ideas and ingredients. “That’s the most important thing,” Ruffner said. “The craft itself.”
American Restaurant, Seafood Restaurant
Dinner, Drinks, Lunch
Suitable for groups Suitable for children Outdoor tables Reservations Takeaway Table service
Booking is NOT mandatory
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