Submitted by rhodyjourno t3_z9f8nd in RhodeIsland
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somegridplayer t1_iyhepq3 wrote
No.
BitterStatus9 t1_iyht3zb wrote
No.
lavendergrowing101 t1_iyhucwb wrote
nope
Zealousideal-Draft63 t1_iyhvhh6 wrote
Any have link without paywall?
degggendorf t1_iyhxiwr wrote
Right click/long press -> open in incognito usually works
Proof-Variation7005 t1_iyi9rxu wrote
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Beastcoastboarder t1_iykk69i wrote
No
nauticalinfidel t1_iymbv1h wrote
It's the new dining destination for the 1%...but don't be middle class with a family of 4 and expect anything more than the one pizza place for a reasonably priced meal.
rhodyjourno OP t1_iygh9nl wrote
LINK: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/30/metro/is-jamestown-new-dining-destination-rhode-island/
Details: More than half a dozen new restaurants have opened in this tiny Conanicut Island town over the past 18 months.
Start of story: When chefs Marla Romash and Marc Alexander visited friends in Jamestown in December 2014, they didn’t know they’d be walking into a scene straight out of a Christmas movie, as they describe it. It was the annual Holiday Stroll, and the two watched as Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived on the island by boat, the local women’s club passed out hot chocolate, and townsfolk gathered around the tree at East Ferry to watch its lighting.
“It was quite the scene, and we fell in love. That was it. We were done,” concedes Romash, and so began the couple’s quest to bring their culinary talents to Conanicut Island. They had to wait until this past spring to make that dream happen, and it turns out, they were hardly the only aspirational restaurateurs lured by Jamestown’s charms.
More than half a dozen new restaurants have opened in Jamestown over the past 18 months, in addition to new owners taking over the Village Hearth Bakery & Cafe, an island institution for two decades. “A renaissance,” is how Jamestown native and seasoned restaurateur Kevin Gaudreau describes it.
“When I was a kid, it was a total blue-collar community,” he said. Gaudreau was cooking in New York City when he and his wife decided they wanted to return to Conanicut Island to raise a family. He led the kitchen at the now-closed Trattoria Simpatico for five years He tried to buy the iconic eatery more than once, but moved on to other Rhode Island restaurants when a deal never materialized.
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