Tag: Persimmon
Providence chef wins James Beard award for best in Northeast
PROVIDENCE – Sky Haneul Kim of Gift Horse was named the Best Chef Northeast at the 2025 James Beard Awards Monday in Chicago.
Kim was...
3 Providence chefs, Oberlin named 2025 James Beard Award finalists
PROVIDENCE – Oberlin and three local chefs, including one who is ascending in the scene, have made it to the final round of the...
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...
Revisiting some of R.I.’s restaurant rows
During a recent trip to Vermont, the subject of “restaurant rows” came up – places where there are groupings of quality establishments. Two Burlington...
James Beard rejiggers the map
The James Beard Awards have become known as the Oscars of the food world. Competition has become intense as chefs and restaurateurs constantly search...
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...
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...
Fine dining is back
“There’s absolutely an appetite on diners’ parts to be dazzled!” This observation in a recent published report from Caroline Potter, the chief dining officer...














