Tag: Dining Out
Dining Out: Naysayers may be wrong
Under normal circumstances, the restaurant industry can be tremendously exciting. Every night is a performance and a roll of the dice. Will our place...
Dining Out: The hurdles keep coming
Restaurants are complex places. There are legal and fire codes, health and safety requirements, municipal and state inspections, regulations and licensing, year in and...
Restaurants are weathering the worst
This summer was like no other. Across the country, sections of cities and towns were transformed into terraces and piazzas where restaurant tables migrated...
Dining Out: Restaurateurs make fresh start in Smithfield
Restaurateur Michael Mota had to pivot.
He created Skyline at Waterplace in Providence. The restaurant and event venue located in the center of the city...
Dining Out: Workers are feeling the stress
Experts, restaurateurs and that little voice in our heads all agree: We need to get out and be with people. Beyond that, we seem...
Restaurants go through indoor dining learning curve
When the state issued guidelines for Phase II of reopening for restaurants – allowing for indoor dining – Rhode Island restaurateurs scrutinized them word...
New phase means an awkward step outdoors
We are going outside to eat at this stage of the coronavirus crisis. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo started allowing limited outdoor dining for restaurants...
Eateries already planning how to get diners back
When the opening of the economy is discussed on a state or national level, restaurants are always near the top of the list. Add...
East Greenwich bistro launches in midst of a pandemic
Opening a new restaurant in the best of times is a challenge. When it is a “first” restaurant, the stress level increases. But opening...
Some restaurants make good out of a disaster
It appears that when we emerge from this coronavirus crisis, it will not be all at once but in segments, perhaps industry by industry....















