Friday, March 29, 2024

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Hospitality & Tourism

At some restaurants, art also on the menu

When you enjoy an exceptional dining experience, you want to remember it. You may take home a menu or ask for a recipe. You...

R.I. company recalls salami products

BURRILLVILLE – Gourmet foods producer Daniele Inc. voluntarily recalled items containing salami products, the company said last month. The company said that the recall was...

Sustainability gets boost at conference

PAWTUCKET – The new mantra in the world of tourism is sustainability. Sustainable tourism is not a trend, but an economic imperative – and...
ACQUIRED TASTE: The Honey Dew Donuts shop on North Main Street in 
Providence. The franchise is looking to expand in the region. /

Honey Dew sees sweet spot in N.E.

Think there are too many coffee shops in Rhode Island? Larry Flaherty would beg to differ. Hired by Honey Dew Donuts last year as the...

Bankrupt chain Uno closes in Fairhaven

FAIRHAVEN – Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., owner of the Uno Chicago Grill chain, filed for bankruptcy reorganization in New York on Wednesday. The announcement follows...

Consultants no substitute for quality dish

No matter the industry, there will always be a consultant. Perhaps it is the mentoring principle, perhaps we as humans always think that no...
AT CAPACITY: David Lumnah, owner of the Tavern on Main, in Glocester, hosted 51 attendees at a Blackstone Valley Tourism Council event. /

Never a dull meal on this Blackstone Valley tour

If you find going to the same places to eat all the time dull, the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has a solution. A program run...
AN EMPLOYEE at a Tim Hortons shop in Connecticut puts out fresh doughnuts. /

Providence still doughnut capital of U.S.

PROVIDENCE – If you love doughnuts and live in Rhode Island, you’ve come to the right place. A recent study by the market-research firm NPD...
David Lumnah’s Tavern on Main in Glocester holds the record for most attendees (51) to a weekly program that visits northern Rhode Island eateries. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council program started last June and runs through March. A total of 34 weekly trips are planned, at an average cost of $19.95 per person. Lumnah, shown above at the tavern some say is haunted, drew the crowd a few days before Halloween. /

Food, fun on northern R.I. trail

David Lumnah’s Tavern on Main in Glocester holds the record for most attendees (51) to a weekly program that visits northern Rhode Island eateries....
THE HARSHEST WINTER since 1985 may be under way on the East Coast, according to AccuWeather. Above, heavy snow in Washington, D.C., last month. /

N.E. warned of Blizzard of ’78-like winter

PROVIDENCE – Better plan to stay bundled up, because the coming weeks could see some of the harshest winter weather in a quarter-century, according...
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