Burger Bender 2024

The Newport Burger Bender is Back and Beefier Than Ever

Now through February 23rd, fifty-six restaurants from all over Aquidneck Island, Jamestown and Bristol will present their take on “The Best Burger."
Abbie Chipps, Kaitlyn Murray,

Burger from Midtown Oyster Bar. Photo by Jacquelina Paiva / courtesy of Discover Newport What makes a perfect burger? Is it a generously toasted bun? The ideal ratio of cheese to patty? What kind of patty — chicken, beef, turkey, mushroom? Maybe your perfect burger includes generous helping of pickles, or maybe nothing but ketchup and a thick, warm patty….

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Restaurants, The Dish

Ja Patty Brings a Taste of Island Life to Rhode Island

Co-founders Conroy Outar and Alison Rosario cook and sell authentic Jamaican food at their new restaurant and "tuck shop" in Providence
Jamie Coelho,

Ja Patty co-founders Conroy Outar and Alison Rosario cook and sell authentic Jamaican food from their food trailer parked in front of the Lorraine Mills at 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket.

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History

Gold Rush: A Look Inside the Independent Man’s Restoration Process

The fourteen-foot-tall statue is ready to head back to the top of the State House.
Dana Rae Laverty,

Photo via Getty Images/Kickstand After months of restoration work, Rhode Island’s first gentleman — all fourteen feet and 1,400 pounds of him — is ready to head back to his perch atop the State House. After a crack was found in his marble base — experts think lightning may have been to blame — the Independent Man was taken down…

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At Home

Alison Bologna Creates a Space for All with New Shri Location

The bustling live, work and wellness community weaves new life and light into Pawtucket's Conant Thread complex.
Dana Rae Laverty,

A collage of Shri students welcomes visitors to the space. Photography by Angel Tucker Punching out the bricked-in windows was one of the first orders of business when work started on Shri’s new location in the summer of 2021. The move was both strategic and metaphoric: The word shri, in Sanskrit, means light, radiance and abundance. Once finished, the windows…

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Decor, Home and Style - Promo, House Lust

House Lust: A Historical Marvel in Downtown Woonsocket

This building has it all: High ceilings! Exposed brick. A dreamy owner's duplex. A retail store! A restaurant. A former speakeasy!
Dana Rae Laverty,

Honan’s Block in Woonsocket, which houses an exquisite owner’s loft, is on the market for $799,000. Photo courtesy of Compass. It’s been a while, House Lusters, but I hope you’ll agree that this gorgeous property was worth the wait. It has everything! (Said in best Stefon voice.) via GIPHY A dreamy owner’s duplex! Tin ceilings. Exposed brick. A retail shop!…

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History

16 Real-Life Haunted Places in Rhode Island

From star-crossed lovers to lonely orphans to mysterious figures, meet the things that go bump in the night in the Ocean State.
Kaitlyn Murray,

A haunting at General Nathanael Greene’s Homestead in Coventry, portrayed by Kinsley Coelho and Josh Wojnar. Photography by Wolf Matthewson. Everyone remembers their first ghost. I can still picture mine right down to the eerily blank expression beneath the brim of his black porkpie hat and the way he evaporated into the sunlight the second he passed through our slider…

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Current

Catch Food Flights with Club Adventures

The new local food tours are being helmed by some of Providence's culinary elites.
Dana Rae Laverty,

Photography courtesy of Club Adventures by AAA Exclusive Vacations. Photography courtesy of Club Adventures by AAA Exclusive Vacations. The hosts of Club Adventures’ new food tours read like a list of Providence culinary all-stars: Oberlin’s Ben Sukle. Robert Andreozzi of Pizza Marvin. Gift Horse’s Chris Pfail. The tours, twelve in all, take travelers all over the globe and were the…

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Easy as Pie

Sam’s Bakery has been serving Lebanese meat pies and pita bread for sixty-three years.
Jamie Coelho,

Photography by Wolf Matthewson Sam’s Bakery is a perfect example of adapting to its surrounding community. When Saleem and Georgette Yamin first opened the Lebanese bakery in Fall River in 1961, they started out baking only pita bread. But once McDonald’s became popular and the family saw customers lining up for American-style burgers, they had the idea to add ground…

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Art, Culture, Education

Putting a Face to the Global Humanitarian Crisis

A husband-and-wife duo share their powerful photos of refugees at a new Brown University exhibit.
Dana Rae Laverty,

“The Power of Faces: Looking at the Global Refugee Crisis” is on view at Brown University through Dec. 20. Photo courtesy of Daniel Farber Huang and Theresa Menders. There are 117 million displaced people in the world; people fleeing their homes because of poverty, war, violence, persecution or human rights violations. Rhode Island-based photographers Daniel Farber Huang and Theresa Menders…

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Current, History

Third Floor of the Breakers in Newport Opens to Public for First Time in More Than a Century

You can now take a tour of the Vanderbilt family's private living quarters.
Dana Rae Laverty,

Photography by George Gray/The Preservation Society of Newport County. For the first time in 129 years, the public can peek inside the private living quarters of the Vanderbilt family during a new “Preservation in Progress” tour at the Breakers mansion in Newport. Tourgoers can see original fixtures, furnishings and decor and watch preservation efforts while traveling through a timeline that…