Tag: Restaurants
Outdoor dining expanded in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE – Outdoor dining is expanding across the city as businesses cope with the Washington Bridge closure.
The City Council on Wednesday approved recommendations...
U.S. retail sales up 0.6% in February
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans picked up their spending a bit in February after pulling back the previous month. But last month's gain was...
Olneyville New York System’s sign auction raises $27K for R.I. food...
PROVIDENCE – When he decided to put the restaurant’s historic 1954 neon sign up for auction to support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank,...
Retail sales fall 0.8% in January from December
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans took a break from spending in January after the traditional holiday season splurge.
Retail sales fell 0.8% in January from...
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...
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...
Retail sales up 0.3% in November, showing how Americans continue to...
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still...
Bridge closure impact on small businesses: ‘We’re in trouble’
PROVIDENCE – "Depression" and "exasperation" are two words Rick Simone used to describe how affected small businesses are reacting to the closure of the...
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...
Are concerns about inflation and the possibility of a looming recession...
Despite monthslong concerns about inflation and a looming recession, retail sales at restaurants and bars have jumped this summer compared to a year ago.
National...
