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Rhode Island Food & Dining Headlines
COMMENTARY | COLIN GEOFFROY AND SAM GLYNN
The cost of doing business shouldn’t include unfair credit card swipe fees
Over the past decade, swipe fees have more than doubled, jumping nearly 17 percent last year, costing businesses $160.7 billion nationwide.
RI FOOD & DINING
Fall food guide: 12 often overlooked best places to eat and drink in Rhode Island this fall
From family-owned farms to a cidery’s antique bar, here are a few unique places to have a meal this autumn.
PROVIDENCE
Downtown Providence grocer Rory’s closes its doors, a year after opening
Rory’s Market + Kitchen was the first grocer to open in downtown Providence in decades.
RI FOOD & DINING
Del’s Lemonade replenishes newly released apple cider flavor
The new flavor has been so popular, many locations sold out.
RI FOOD & DINING
Providence’s beloved Riffraff bookstore and bar have new owners that plan on keeping it just the same
Just three months after it hit the market for $250,000, the ever-popular RiffRaff Bookstore and Bar in Providence’s West End neighborhood has been purchased by Ottavia De Luca and Lucas Mann.
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER
What wine goes best with Pirate’s Booty? Or pigs-in-a-blanket?
Unexpected wine parings were the stars of the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival. So we decided to experiement ourselves.
RI BUSINESS
Historic Block Island inn destroyed in fire had not been inspected by state since 2019
“The maintenance and cleaning of the hood was a factor” in causing the fire that destroyed the Harborside Inn, inspectors wrote in a report obtained by the Globe.
FOOD
We’ve been buying olive oil all wrong. Here’s what you need to know.
I was drawn in by fancy labels, lower-to-middle price points, and smart terms like “cold pressed” and “extra virgin” — but I never actually knew what I was buying.