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Five culinary students from the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center competed in the National Restaurant Association’s Prostart Competition for Food Service Management. Team Warwick placed …
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2/8/24
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After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the 2022 Taste of Rhode Island, a celebration of local food, drink and entertainment, to be held Thursday, October 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Crowne Plaza, …
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9/28/22
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As the pandemic continues to impact the hospitality industry, Rhode Island’s officials are working to boost businesses. With the General Assembly’s decision to extend the “take it …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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3/3/22
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By ANNELISE DEMERS A little over a year and a half a go restaurants had to resort to take-out to stay afloat. The restaurant business became bleak when the pandemic hit and indoor dining came to a halt. Dale Venturini, president of the Rhode Island
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Annelise Demers
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8/18/21
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By Restaurant review by DON FOWLER We "old-timers" remember the Boys' Training School in the former Howard Complex, which was transformed into the elegant Chapel Grille a few years ago. The restaurant has become one of the top destinations in Rhode
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by DON FOWLER
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8/5/21
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By DON FOWLER While Edgewood begins at the Providence line and is generally believed to end at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, the neighborhoods of Edgewood and Pawtuxet Village meld together nicely. Pawtuxet Village is home to some of the finest eating
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By DON FOWLER
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7/9/21
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Restaurant review by DON FOWLER Red Crab Seafood Restaurant opened recently at 1800 Post Road (Airport Plaza) right on the heels of Hook & Reel, which we reviewed recently. Both restaurants follow the same formula of seafood boil combinations. Prices are
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by DON FOWLER
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4/1/21
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I met Dino Passaretta in the spring of 2018. He opened Vanda, a restaurant in the Apponaug section of Warwick. It had been several restaurants over the years. It is not a huge place with a cozy atmosphere with an Italian flare. Vanda offers a homemade
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4/1/21
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Restaurant review by DON FOWLER In researching restaurants that have disappeared from Rhode Island over the past 40-plus years, I have noticed that many of them were in and around the airport. Bertucci's is the exception. The popular Italian/brick oven
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By DON FOWLER
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3/18/21
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By DON FOWLER The recent passing of Gregg's founder Ted Fuller brought back many fond memories of Gregg's restaurant, the Warwick institution that grew in size, service and splendor over the years to gain its rightful place as a Rhode Island icon. We
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By DON FOWLER
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3/18/21
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE Curfews for restaurants instituted late last year as part of the state's pandemic response have been lifted. During the state's weekly COVID-19 briefing on Jan. 28, Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott announced
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2/4/21
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By DON FOWLER I tasted my first Weck last week. It was one of the best sandwiches I have ever eaten! What is a Weck, you ask? Take a Kimmelweck roll, add six ounces of thinly sliced, slow cooked roast beef, and top it with horseradish and au jus sauce,
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By DON FOWLER
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12/17/20
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By Restaurant Review by DON FOWLER We fell in love with Cajun cooking on our first trip to New Orleans and always look forward to the Chili Brothers booth at the Rhythm & Roots Festival. A Cajun restaurant came to Cranston last year, but quickly closed.
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By DON FOWLER
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12/3/20
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By Don Fowler TWIN OAKS Cranston's Twin Oaks restaurant has survived prohibition, fire, flood and pandemic, serving its classic meals through good times and bad. The iconic establishment served take-out and offered patio dining through the spring and
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By Don Fowler
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11/5/20
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Restaurant review by DON FOWLER When I asked Joyce where she wanted to dine on her 80th birthday, there was no hesitation - Matunuck Oyster Bar! An easy ride south down Interstate 95 to Route 4 to East Matunuck Road, past the colorful trees takes you to
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by DON FOWLER
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10/29/20
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By DON FOWLER While most restaurants are struggling to stay open, along comes a new restaurant built right at the entrance to a struggling cinema complex that has opened one new movie in five months, and just down the road and across the street from
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By DON FOWLER
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8/19/20
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The pandemic may have flipped much of our society upside down, but one thing will always remain true no matter where you find yourself geographically or how dire the public health crisis may be - people need to eat. Rhode Island in particular relies
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8/12/20
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By LAURA WEICK Providence Restaurant Week will look a bit different this year: by teaming up with an up-and-coming Warwick delivery business, this year's event will help Rhode Islanders "e;Stay Local, Eat Well."e; WhatsGood is a Warwick-based company that
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By LAURA WEICK
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8/12/20
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In between the antics of Halloween and the rush of Christmas there is an important holiday that often gets lost in the shuffle; that holiday is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time to pause from the …
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By Jennifer Coates
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11/19/19
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Summer may be over but there are still plenty of reasons to head to the “beach” – to the “Beach Café & Pub that is!! The road to Oakland Beach takes you right past this neighborhood eatery, …
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By Jennifer Coates
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11/1/19
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