Tag: Federal Hill Commerce Association
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...
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...
Racial-justice protests put businesses in tough spot
Tensions are mounting between activists with the Black Lives Matter movement and the small-business community.
At issue is whether the disruption caused by demonstrations, and...
Roughly 90 R.I. restaurants/bars showed some noncompliance; Simone concerned about curfew
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will implement its 11 p.m. shutdown for bars Friday, after Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said during her weekly COVID-19 press...
Five Questions with: Rick Simone
Rick Simone | Founder, Ocean State Coalition; executive director, Federal Hill Commerce Association
1. What exactly is the Ocean State Coalition and how and why...
Dining Out: Signs of success in gloomy time
There is no denying and no attempt to minimize the economic and emotional upheaval that the restaurant community has suffered. We salute, support and...
TOURISM PIVOT: Struggling industry shifts focus closer to home
Ella Gonzalez is used to hearing families from faraway places bustling into the lobby of the Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina during the summer....
Federal Hill restaurants offer a lesson in perseverance
While the immediate future for Providence’s normally thriving restaurant scene is decidedly uncertain, an experiment underway on Federal Hill offers hope – and perhaps...
Al fresco means survival for restaurants on Federal Hill
Rick Simone doesn’t mince words when it comes to the success of closing part of Atwells Avenue in Providence on Friday and Saturday nights...
How far should police reform go?
The national movement to make police agencies more accountable for their use of force and treatment of black people has led to moves toward...
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