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Locally sourced food drives demand for healthy menu items at R.I. eateries

SLOW-COOKED: Sous-chef Nate Brothers cuts a freshly smoked brisket for customers at Durk’s Bar-B-Q, a new restaurant serving slow-cooked meat, such as brisket and pork belly, in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO
SLOW-COOKED: Sous-chef Nate Brothers cuts a freshly smoked brisket for customers at Durk’s Bar-B-Q, a new restaurant serving slow-cooked meat, such as brisket and pork belly, in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

Restaurant goers are becoming ever-more picky when it comes to healthy food, and the trend is having a disparate impact on menus in the Ocean State. The National Restaurant Association this year released a report saying seven in 10 adult respondents to a national survey said the availability of healthy menu options would make them

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