Tag: Dining Out
Dining Out: Nothing beats a good expo
The expression “the show must go on” applies to the restaurant business in more ways than one.
Everyone in the industry comes to the realization...
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...
Newport restaurants rebound
There were some choice words used by many restaurant patrons who dined out this past Valentine’s Day that came as a surprise to hosts,...
Dining Out: Building a special ‘village’
Operating a luxury resort means the ordinary isn’t enough.
The Ocean House on the scenic Rhode Island coastline in Westerly revealed a transformation of its...
Dining Out: Let’s not forget the ‘open’ signs
Two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine restaurants did not go out of business in Rhode Island this week.
This bit of news from restaurant row may...
Warming up your winter
It appears that this young year is running at the same speed as the last two, with the same impaired drivers at the wheel.
As...
Changes in R.I. hospitality scene in the new year
As we pass into a new year, there are still some leftover issues to resolve. Evidently, the pandemic is not finished with us, although...
Are we going back to the igloos?
The winter of 2022 is here. It is the second full winter under the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first winter, The idea of living...
Making a return to the adventurous
The word among many chefs is that they are moving back from the cutting edge. Many echo what one celebrity chef told an interviewer...
Committed to serve
Stories of heroes in food service continue to come to the forefront. Two such incidents happened in the same week.
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11,...