It has been nothing short of miraculous that so many local, independently-owned restaurants have made it through the past two years. But who can begin to explain the optimism and courage it must have taken for people to open new restaurants in this economic climate? Gail Ciampa has created a fantastic year-end restaurant roundup in …
Here’s what I know about Flames Restaurant on Eddy Street: It is a black-owned business, and they are way too busy to talk to me on the phone. I tried at three different times of the day. So I find myself in the unusual position of urging readers to patronize this black-owned business which seems …
With regards to distancing and such, the Hope Street Farmers Market has got it figured out. I checked in last Saturday and felt completely comfortable at all times — they do have a pretty big area. The entrance is at the north end of market, and the exit is out the south end. Let’s talk …
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After 8 months of extensive remodeling AS220 Food & Drink is open for business again and the new interior is dazzling. Food service will now be available Tuesday through Saturday. Profits from Food & Drink support the organization’s not-for-profit work. Here’s what’s been going on: . . . we gutted and remodeled the old bar …
(9.30) This one looks real good. It’s time for the annual International Community Festival at St. Michael the Archangel Church in South Providence. Gail Ciampa at the ProJo has the details and a few recipes, but I think it makes sense to go find out how the recipe is supposed to turn out when in …
The latest addition to the Hope Street scene is the new ice cream window at Stock Culinary Goods on Hope Street. Seen here is Victoria Young, a pastry chef who now makes ice cream for her Fountain and Co. Craft Ice Cream. Gail Ciampa included her in a survey of the local ice cream scene …
The Hope Street Farmers Market at Lippitt Park has started up its Saturday schedule. (They also set up on Wednesday afternoons from 3pm to 6pm.) This week let’s talk about some of the nonfood offerings. First: There’s a bicycle valet. Volunteers from RI Bike and Recycle-A-Bike will watch your bike for you while you shop. …
(5.12) Bring your appetite and a tote this Saturday to the Pilotworks PVD Spring Market. Pilotworks is a shared commercial kitchen and culinary incubator located in a swell old mill complex with lots of room for shopping and sitting and snacking. Should the weather cooperate, there are outdoor seating areas as well. And maybe you …
(4.29) Sakura means ‘cherry blossoms’ and they are a huge deal in Japan. The nation follows the cherry blossom forecast the way we track hurricanes. (Right now it’s peaking in Tohoku, but maybe start heading north to Hakodate.) You can enjoy Japanese culture, food, and whatever this guy is doing, this Saturday at the fifth …
Fried chicken and biscuits and banana pudding? And honey butter? I don’t know what that is, but I know I need it. Just reading the review of this place in today’s ProJo made me ravenous. Bucktown, a new little restaurant just down from Luongo Square, also serves up shrimp and oysters and fish, and I’ve …
“So how did you end up in Providence?” This unexpected query was posed to chef Matt Jennings on the ‘CBS Saturday Morning’ food segment today. Formerly of Farmstead in Wayland Square the nattily dressed and majorly tatted up chef has since returned to Boston. Last year, he opened Townsman in Boston where he serves up …
Two Rhode Island chefs — J & W grads both — are semifinalists for the 2016 James Beard Awards. Derek Wagner of Nicks on Broadway (open since 2002) is already a Providence institution, while Champe Speidel will be relocating his Persimmon from Bristol to the former Rue de L’Espoir site at 99 Hope Street, in …
This advice from native son Dewey Dufresne to his ridiculously accomplished restaurateur son Wylie draws a laugh from CBS host Vinita Nair. But attention graduating seniors — he’s not wrong! The pair are seen here in front of Alder, Wylie’s latest venture in lower Manhattan. (Watch here.) Wylie Dufresne, wd~50 founder and frequent food TV …
Known as the “Seafood King of Los Angeles” Michael Cimarusti cites his childhood experiences in Rhode Island — grandparents in Providence and summers spent fishing in Narragansett — as major culinary influences. (Cimarusti has been nominated for his fourth James Beard for his LA restaurants: Providence* and Connie & Ted’s, named for his grandparents.) For …
Suddenly it’s all about this place. Ogie’s Trailer Park is the latest restaurant, bar, and beer garden in the West End/Armory area. And it is incredibly photogenic, particularly the swell interior with mid-century modern lighting fixtures, furnishings, and kitsch. A sweet Serro Scotty guards the front door. We can’t find a menu online, but they …
This compact eatery for brunch and breakfast plates is fast developing a slobbering and vocal following who will grab you by the lapels and talk you stupid with every single detail. Sadly it was closed when I showed up late. Apparently you can tell when it is open by the line of hollow-eyed supplicants waiting …