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TURNING THE PAGE: Tom Roberge, co-owner of Riffraff Bookstore + Bar, is hopeful that online book sales will increase when and if the business’s outdoor patio, now open daily with limited hours, closes in the winter. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Riffraff sells books like no one else

It seems fitting that a book was the inspiration for Riffraff Bookstore + Bar’s name. Tom Roberge, co-owner of the Providence business, credited the name...
COMFORTABLE SURROUNDINGS: Customers take advantage of the café interior while checking out what’s available for purchase at the Savoy Bookshop & Café in Westerly.  / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

It’s a tough business, but like Twain, the demise of independent...

For the past 12 years, through rocky times that included falling into receivership in 2007 and recovery under new owners, Jennifer Kandarian has worked...
EXTENDING AN INVITATION: Riffraff owners Tom Roberge and Emma Ramadan want their soon-to-open bookstore/bar to be a welcoming place for readers to explore literature and large themes. / COURTESY RIFFRAFF

A new way to start dialogue

The bookstore and coffee shop, that's been done quite a bit. Less common is the bookstore/bar. Riffraff LLC will open for business, joining combined interests,...
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