Tag: Bob Burke
Changing times, faces and festivals
At the end of 2024, there was an air of promise on the local restaurant scene, however stories breaking in mid- to late January...
Newbury: Food events are heating up
Summer has landed in a big way in Rhode Island. More accurately, a sweaty humid way. Here are two upcoming July food events to...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, June 2024
1. PBN announces 40 Under Forty honorees POSTED ONLINE: JUNE 10. Forty young professionals have been chosen as the winners of Providence Business News’...
Burke has been delivering ‘old school’ hospitality at Pot au Feu...
Bob Burke, the dean of Providence restaurateurs, owns Pot au Feu, a beloved French bistro that has been open for 50 years.
Upon reading that...
Hearty portions an R.I. tradition
Rhode Island has never lost the old school touch.
A recent story in Food & Wine turned the spotlight on a style of dining that...
Providence restaurants incorporate echoes of the past in modern dining
In this throwaway culture, something is new for about two weeks, after which it becomes disposable. Time to throw it out – OK, recycle....
R.I. delegation urges SBA to provide financial assistance to still-struggling hospitality...
PROVIDENCE – The state’s congressional delegation is pushing the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide financial assistance to restaurants in both Rhode Island and...
Dining Out: Are gratuities shrinking?
Signs are all around us of a return to normal. At long last, things appear to look more like the life we knew before...
Dining Out: Missing the bigger story
Has good news from restaurant row become the “man bites dog” story of 2021? That’s the old journalism trope used to describe how unusual,...
Pot au Feu owner hopes contest essay can be a “lifeline”
PROVIDENCE – Pot au Feu Restaurant owner Bob Burke's heartfelt tribute to his employees for their response to COVID-19 has him in the running...
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