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UNCLE TONY'S PIZZA AND PASTA has reportedly closed down its Cranston location less than two months after the R.I. Department of Health found multiple health code violations.

Uncle Tony’s Pizza reportedly closes Cranston location permanently

CRANSTON – The Uncle Tony’s Pizza and Pasta location that was temporarily closed due to health violations has reportedly shuttered permanently. WJAR-TV NBC 10 first...
Padraic Keane is the founder and chief of operations at Keane’s Wood Fired Catering, a full-service catering operation that opened in Cranston before moving to Warwick last year. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Relationships build sales

Padraic Keane | Keane’s Wood Fired Catering founder and chief of operations As an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, it’s easy to spend an enormous...
OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEMS INC. will auction off all the pieces of its original 1954 neon sign on Feb. 5, with all proceeds benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. / COURTESY OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEMS INC.

Olneyville New York System to auction 1954 neon sign to support...

PROVIDENCE – A local restaurant institution is auctioning off a bit of its history to help support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. In a...

Job gains and free-spending shoppers lifted Wall Street in 2023, but...

NEW YORK (AP) – Job gains and raises helped power solid economic growth in the U.S. last year, but what if those gains were a mirage?  Gross...
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Molly Moran-Ogren, left, chair of the R.I. Seafood Marketing Collaborative, meets with her team, Jordyn Kastlunger, fisheries marketing specialist at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and Nick Celico, Roger Williams University School of Law intern.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

PR effort raising profile of local fish on menus

More Rhode Island restaurants and fish markets are taking part in an effort to promote fresh, locally caught seafood than three years ago, according...
OFFERING ­ALTERNATIVES: Scott Kirmil, owner of the Diego’s restaurants in Rhode Island, displays the recyclable food containers his eateries use, a year before a ban on Styrofoam containers goes into effect. Opponents of the ban say small restaurants will have to bear additional costs. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Restaurants preparing for ban on Styrofoam containers

On one of his rare days off last summer, Scott ­Kirmil, owner of six Rhode Island eateries, with plans for a seventh, was sitting...

Report: R.I. economy shows mixed results in Q3 despite historically low...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s economy experienced mixed results across key economic indicators in the third quarter despite the state’s unemployment rate reaching its lowest...
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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...

Keane’s Wood Fired Catering kept the fire burning beyond COVID-19

PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2023 $250,000 to $5 million No. 3. Keane’s Wood Fired Catering CEO (or equivalent): Padraic and Kaylyn Keane, owners 2022 revenue: $1 million 2020...

DLT’s Registered Apprenticeship program gets $353K federal boost

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training will receive a $353,679 State Apprenticeship Expansion grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Sen....
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