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Lifespan, Brown reach affiliation agreement

PROVIDENCE – Months after announcing they were strengthening ties, Lifespan Corp. and Brown University have reached a definitive agreement. The definitive agreement is currently in...

Birch to close in Oct. due to COVID-19

PROVIDENCE – Providence restaurant staple birch is closing permanently due to the COVID-19 pandemic, acclaimed chef and co-owner Benjamin Sukle announced on Tuesday.  The 18-seat...

Beards confirm what we know in R.I.

The recent announcement that two Providence chefs have been named finalists in the 2019 James Beard Awards program is validation of what Rhode Islanders...

R.I. sends 2 chefs to James Beard Award finals

PROVIDENCE - The finalists in the 2019 James Beard Awards announced Wednesday included two Rhode Island chefs. For Best Chef: Northeast, two of the...
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Sarto has sense of place

Some restaurants are menu-driven, others price-driven. One of the newest downtown Providence restaurants describes itself as “neighborhood-driven.” The new Sarto on Weybosset Street is a...
BEN SUKLE, chef and proprietor with his wife Heidi of Oberlin and birch restaurants in Providence, has been nominated for Best Chef-Northeast in the 2018 James Beard Awards. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Sukle finalist for James Beard Awards

PROVIDENCE – Providence again this year is sending a finalist to the prestigious James Beard Awards, known as the “Oscars of the food world.” The...
BENJAMIN SUKLE, CHEF AND OWNER of Providence restaurants birch and Oberlin. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Boston chefs pick Providence

PROVIDENCE - Boston.com named Providence one of four New England ‘foodie cities’ that Boston chefs love in an article on Wednesday. The article featured input...
FILLING A VOID: Benjamin Sukle, pictured in his kitchen at Oberlin, says he decided to open the restaurant, his second, because he wanted a place where people could get “some slices of fish, a pasta and some really good wine,” adding, “that’s a void I think needed to be filled.” / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

National acclaim hasn’t stopped JWU grad Benjamin Sukle from focusing on...

Benjamin Sukle has spent nearly a decade perfecting his culinary craft in Rhode Island. After graduating from Johnson & Wales University with a B.A....
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT: Chef Benjamin Sukle combines a refined sense of the possibilities of food today with an appreciation for his customers’ tastes, and the combination has brought him national ­acclaim. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I.’s restaurant scene makes strong and tasty connections

When was the last time you had an in-depth conversation with one of the nation’s up-and-coming chefs? Never, because whenever you see one, he...
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