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Six R.I. chefs, 2 restaurants named James Beard Award semifinalists

PROVIDENCE – Six Rhode Island chefs and two restaurants were named semifinalists Wednesday for the 2025 James Beard Awards, also known as the “Oscars...

Mask mandate is over; divide endures

The state may have ended its COVID-19 mask mandate, but now some consumers are making decisions on where to spend their money based on...

Local restaurateurs split over vaccine requirements for diners

PROVIDENCE - The New York Times called a mere 45 minutes after Benjamin Sukle posted  a new set of COVID-19-related restrictions at his downtown...
Bruce Newbury

Discovering new places the low-tech way

The future of restaurant discovery may well be the state of the art 40 years ago. Before restaurant reviews and reservations were on platforms,...

Beards confirm what we know in R.I.

The recent announcement that two Providence chefs have been named finalists in the 2019 James Beard Awards program is validation of what Rhode Islanders...

R.I. sends 2 chefs to James Beard Award finals

PROVIDENCE - The finalists in the 2019 James Beard Awards announced Wednesday included two Rhode Island chefs. For Best Chef: Northeast, two of the...
BEN SUKLE, chef and proprietor with his wife Heidi of Oberlin and birch restaurants in Providence, is a semifinalist for Best Chef-Northeast in the 2019 James Beard Awards. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Two R.I. chefs named James Beard Award semifinalists

PROVIDENCE - The 2019 James Beard Award semifinalists were announced Wednesday morning and two Rhode Island chef-restaurateurs are in the hunt. Nominated for Best Chef-Northeast...
Bruce Newbury

Sarto has sense of place

Some restaurants are menu-driven, others price-driven. One of the newest downtown Providence restaurants describes itself as “neighborhood-driven.” The new Sarto on Weybosset Street is a...
BEN SUKLE, chef and proprietor with his wife Heidi of Oberlin and birch restaurants in Providence, has been nominated for Best Chef-Northeast in the 2018 James Beard Awards. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Sukle finalist for James Beard Awards

PROVIDENCE – Providence again this year is sending a finalist to the prestigious James Beard Awards, known as the “Oscars of the food world.” The...
CHEF-RESTAURATEUR Johanne Killeen of Al Forno was named as a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef in the 2018 James Beard Awards.

Providence has 3 in James Beard Awards semis

  PROVIDENCE - The nominees for the “Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Awards, were announced today in New York. Again this year...
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