Tag: Ted Karousos
Treating restaurant staff as family yields success
As prices come down, producers, purveyors and consumer-facing businesses in the local restaurant scene are adopting coping mechanisms, some of which may become mainstays...
Some restaurants still feeling a burden
If the unimaginable ordeal we have come through over the past 14 months has ended – which is a big “if” – the end...
Dining Out: What’s in a name? During a pandemic, a lot
Who says there is no entertainment at restaurants in this time of COVID-19? The following encounter would have been quite entertaining if it were...
Dining Out: Restaurateurs make fresh start in Smithfield
Restaurateur Michael Mota had to pivot.
He created Skyline at Waterplace in Providence. The restaurant and event venue located in the center of the city...
Dining Out: Workers are feeling the stress
Experts, restaurateurs and that little voice in our heads all agree: We need to get out and be with people. Beyond that, we seem...
Restaurants go through indoor dining learning curve
When the state issued guidelines for Phase II of reopening for restaurants – allowing for indoor dining – Rhode Island restaurateurs scrutinized them word...
New phase means an awkward step outdoors
We are going outside to eat at this stage of the coronavirus crisis. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo started allowing limited outdoor dining for restaurants...
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...
‘Third place’ vying for No. 1
The “third place” is taking a prominent space in people’s lives. It refers to the place where one spends time when one is not...
All dining out, even via delivery, is local
It is referred to in the trade as “third-party delivery” – the utilization by a restaurant of an online food-delivery app. At first glance...