It’s almost hidden, but for a small glowing sign that says Pastaio. I first saw it when I was driving lost on the West End of Providence, and I made a mental note — this is where that new restaurant is I’ve been wanting to try. It’s tucked in a corner at the end of Dexter […]
It all started with a little friendly competition. Bobby Bradford and Tyrone Steans were friends who competed over cooking the best fried chicken. “We’d show up to the same family or friend’s events, like cookouts, and try to see who everyone liked better,” says Bobby, now co-owner and chef of SoulFull, a food truck that serves […]
Lil Rhody is the Ocean State, but it’s not all stuffies, clams cakes and fish. If you turn from the shoreline and go inland, away from the city and suburbs, RI has rich forests and plentiful game. Enter the food truck Open Season. It prepares traditional American food with wild game and locally sourced meats […]
Fermented foods are having a moment. And the increasing popularity of kefir, vinegar drinks and pickled, well, everything, shows that it’s not going away anytime soon. Lucy Kreger, co-owner of Luluna Health, a company that brews a fermented tea drink called kombucha, says that this is more than a trend. “People are paying attention to […]
Opened: Vanuatu Coffee Roasters, beloved for its Rhody coffee creation, sadly closed on Feb 26. Good news is, they posted on Facebook that they will be reopening under new management with the same great coffee and an extended menu. An opening date has not been released. facebook.com/vanuatucoffeeroasters294 Dash Bicycle has relocated to 228 Broadway (from 267 […]
Feeling virtuous, you order a spring greens salad at the new vegan restaurant. After some sparkling mineral water and fruit sorbet, you’re off for a mile-long stroll in the fresh air. What could be healthier? But within hours, you are doubled over with cramps and go racing for the bathroom. Oops! You have just become […]
Two weeks ago, when the bout of rain and gloom ceased for five days and the temperature spiked from cold to summer, the first thing I told my coworker was, “This is Hot Club weather.” There’s something inaugural to summer season when you can finally fill the waterfront patios, relax into summer dresses and […]
Let’s address the elephant in the cabana. Pasta Beach is a … peculiar name. Pasta Beach opened its long-awaited Wayland Square location in August 2016 and, for more than a year beforehand, I puzzled at the paper signs covering the upcoming restaurant’s windows: “Pasta Beach.” They weren’t two words I’d ever thought to pair together […]