(12.31) The Wayland Bakery will be closing. Saturday will be their final day of operation. A little history from the Wayland Bakery website: The Wayland Bakery has been a Providence landmark for more than 80 years. Opened in 1928, the bakery moved to its current location in 1960. The Basilico family operated the bakery until …
Behind Fire Station 7 on North Main Street is this touching memorial, tucked into the corner of a small gardened area easily accessed from the Meeting Street side. The inscription on the fire hose memorial reads: Dedicated to those who made the ultimate sacrifice Let us never forget 11 Sept 01 L-4 E-7 R-5 That …
I don’t know what pressure can be brought to bear on the International Olympic Committee (OIC) at this point; they have long been linked to bags of money and easygoing murderous tyrants who never worry about occupational safety or human rights. But China is really testing us this year. I want to watch the winter …
Sixty-six years is a pretty good run, but sadly, Tommy’s Pizza on Chalkstone Avenue has called it a day. Gail Ciampa has a profile and history of this long-running family institution in today’s ProJo: It was in 1955 that his grandfather, the late Thomas Sacco, opened the restaurant in the basement of the 936 Chalkstone Ave. home …
Outrage on social media has been swift. The turn-of-the-century building that housed the Duck & Bunny restaurant on Wickenden Street was demolished this past Easter weekend. Yes, the irony is rich, but property owners often destroy lovely buildings and beloved trees during holidays, a time when neighbors and students are less likely to come pouring …
The end won’t come till the middle of December, but the going-out-of-business sale had people lining up in the rain today. Cash only/all sales final. Where will we go for our bandanas and bajas, warm mittens and wool watch caps. From their Facebook page: To all our loyal customers and friends Thayer Street Army-Navy will …
They had hoped it would be temporary — this isn’t even their first pandemic — but the venerable Scialo Bros. Bakery on Federal Hill will not be reopening. In addition to the financial stresses and uncertain future caused by the coronavirus, and the recent death of co-owner Lois Ellis, their building is now on the …
You’ll forgive me if I don’t feel like celebrating. I had wanted to write about a local hero of the Women’s Suffrage movement, but my heart just isn’t in it. Because what have we got to show after this century of voting? Many excellent women now hold public office, yes, but the self-confessed sexual predator …
This breaks my heart. We last wrote about the ‘Like a Barrel, Like a Buoy’ installation last April to celebrate Earth Day, but the project had been in the works for some time. As many of you know by now, persons unknown set fire to the installation on Dyer Street early Monday morning. The piece …
Hope it’s the last. The Mayor has called for a 9pm to 6am curfew for the next week. I went to check on my favorite stretch of Westminster Street this afternoon. The panels here are leaning against Mokban Korean Bistro which lost several big windows. Eno Fine Wines got hit, but I’m not sure to …
What can we say — thank you Cable Car Cinema for your years of innovative programming and community involvement. We will all miss the theater with the couches and the unusual movie schedule (many of my faves featured music — from Rodriguez and Nick Cave to Hildegard von Bingen and Black Sabbath) but the café …
(1.6.18) Saturday will be the last full day of business for The Olive Tap in Wayland Square. What a loss. Those Friday night tastings hosted by chef Bre Goldsmith will be sorely missed. The food was top-notch and they were a great way to kick off the weekend. Bre still runs her own catering business …
Last January The Dose posed the question, “Can BrownZilla Be Stopped?” Well, we have our answer. Seven old, architecturally interesting, multi-unit houses on Brook Street — between Cushing and Meeting Streets — are history. Brown University may be in danger of destroying the very neighborhood that students find so appealing. Alumni returning with their teen-aged …
Thursdays just won’t be the same. It was always on my mental to-do list. If I wasn’t grabbing a copy at the market I could zip over to the nearby Fluff ‘n’ Fold. In nice weather I walk(ed) up to Thayer Street where there was always a stack here, in the vestibule downstairs from the …
Sad sad day. Farewell issue of The Providence Phoenix will be distributed on Thursday, October 16. This just in from Phoenix News Editor Phil Eil. The Phoenix Media/Communications Group owner and publisher, Stephen Mindich, announced today that, with the issue dated October 17, the Providence Phoenix — the 36-year-old alternative news and arts weekly — …
[Additional Note: Friends are planning a celebration of David’s life starting at 7:30pm at the Columbus Theatre, Tuesday, April 8th.] Hearts are breaking as news spreads of the death of local musician Dave Lamb. Wife and musical partner MorganEve Swain announced his passing last night on the Brown Bird Facebook page. Her message reads in …