Tag: Restaurants
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...
Are you comfortable dining out amid the ongoing pandemic?
While some restaurants have closed amid the ongoing pandemic, most are still trying to find creative ways to survive COVID-19's devastating economic effects.
Many are...
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...
Eateries already planning how to get diners back
When the opening of the economy is discussed on a state or national level, restaurants are always near the top of the list. Add...
Stepping Up: Newport Craft brewing up donations from sales to help...
NEWPORT – Virtually every city and town across the globe is facing its share of challenges in having to indefinitely shut down its respective...
R.I. shutting down restaurant dining for two weeks; Providence Place mall...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Monday morning announced that the state will shut down dine-in services at all restaurants, bars and cafes...
2019 was the year of ‘Uber to table’
The year 2019 may well be remembered in dining circles as one during which a major change took place on both sides of the...
East Providence restaurants charged with underpaying employees
EAST PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Madeira Restaurant Inc. and the Waterfront Restaurant and Lounge Inc., operators...
Restaurant boom fizzles
Employment at food services and drinking places rebounded strongly in October as waiters, cooks and bartenders in hurricane-ravaged Florida and Texas went to work....
Restaurants where the jobs are
July was another fine month for jobs, with the unemployment rate falling to 4.3 percent, labor-force participation rising, and nonfarm payroll employment up by...