Bruce Newbury
Dining Out: What’s in a name? During a pandemic, a lot
Who says there is no entertainment at restaurants in this time of COVID-19? The following encounter would have been quite entertaining if it were...
Dining Out: Encouraging numbers
Here in Rhode Island, so many of our choices when it is time to eat revolve around restaurants. It is one of the real...
Dining Out: Naysayers may be wrong
Under normal circumstances, the restaurant industry can be tremendously exciting. Every night is a performance and a roll of the dice. Will our place...
Dining Out: The hurdles keep coming
Restaurants are complex places. There are legal and fire codes, health and safety requirements, municipal and state inspections, regulations and licensing, year in and...
Restaurants are weathering the worst
This summer was like no other. Across the country, sections of cities and towns were transformed into terraces and piazzas where restaurant tables migrated...
Dining Out: Restaurateurs make fresh start in Smithfield
Restaurateur Michael Mota had to pivot.
He created Skyline at Waterplace in Providence. The restaurant and event venue located in the center of the city...
Dining Out: Workers are feeling the stress
Experts, restaurateurs and that little voice in our heads all agree: We need to get out and be with people. Beyond that, we seem...
Dining Out: Signs of success in gloomy time
There is no denying and no attempt to minimize the economic and emotional upheaval that the restaurant community has suffered. We salute, support and...
Al fresco means survival for restaurants on Federal Hill
Rick Simone doesn’t mince words when it comes to the success of closing part of Atwells Avenue in Providence on Friday and Saturday nights...
Rehearsal dinner make a tentative return
The quarantine has brought about much heartache over the past 100-plus days. As much of a tyrant as the coronavirus is in bringing a...