‘There’s just no lunchtime crowd anymore’: Downtown Providence restaurateurs navigate post-COVID challenges

PROVIDENCE – Benjamin Sukle, owner and operator of Oberlin restaurant at 266 Westminster St., has seen many eateries come and go over the years – including one of his own.   The restauranteur opened his first downtown restaurant, Birch, on Washington Street in 2012, before closing it in late 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Sukle originally

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