Perennial dishes drawing tourists, new customers to R.I. eateries

For $19.95, diners at Jo’s American Bistro in Newport can order a 50-year-old fish and chips recipe and experience a taste of the city as it was in the mid-20th century. “Newport is fish and chips” and this recipe “has been handed down from generation to generation,” said Joann Carlson, owner of the 5-year-old eatery…