A mini mart war is brewing on Federal Hill. Who will survive?
Category - Retail
Jef NickersonCapital Center area dining
Panera at Providence Place looks ready to open any minute now. All the furniture is in, all the signs are up. I know I said that I don’t really care for Panera, but I actually wished it was open when I was there...
Downcity: Tonight, late night shopping. Next week, revelry
The shops Downcity are open until midnight tonight for all your last minute Christmas shopping needs: Still have some last minute shopping to do? Nervous of when you’re going to fit it all in? Have no fear because...
Greater City ProvidenceThe Salon, Grand Opening Party, Dec. 18
December 18 starting at 7:00pm The Salon 57 Eddy Street, Providence (behind City Hall) 7PM – 2AM / No Cover In The Cutting Room (10pm-2am): DJ Sets By BODEGA GIRLS, DAMIAN DAVIID, & VJ by BETH WEXLER In The...
Capital Center Commission Committee Meeting, Dec. 7
Photo (cc) Mr. Duckie Though we heard before that Panera Bread was going into the Napa Valley Grille location, now the Capital Center Commission Agenda shows P.F. Chang’s looking to locate in that spot: AGENDA...
Free holiday parking starts Nov. 26
City of Providence Press Release: Shoppers offered two hours of free parking to make it easier for people to Buy Providence this holiday season PROVIDENCE – Holiday shoppers will be able to park two hours for free...
Natural Food grocery sought for West Side location
Image from WBNA The WBNA has issued a Request for Proposals for a natural food grocer in their new building at 1577 Westminster Street. West Side group seeks natural foods grocery to partner Big incentives for...
A likely unpopular take on Food Trucks
Photo (cc) stu_spivack I’ve been watching the slow emergence of Food Truck culture in Providence and have mostly been happy about it. The Food Trucks popping up thus far have good food, they bring a certain cachet...
Craftland Hooha tomorrow, be there!
Our year-round, full-time, perpetual Craftland Shop is now open for business! And you are cordially invited to the Craftland Grand Opening Hooha Celebration! We will honor the work of independent artists by swaying to...
Taqueriagate
OMG y’all! Did you hear about the dust up between AS220 and Taqueria Pacifica? No? You been under a rock or something? I first saw one of my friends post about it on Faceplace, then it showed up on Daily Dose and...
Smith Street Update
Despite some tough economic times, there have been a lot of positive changes on Smith Street in the last year and in the last few months in particular. Smith Street is one of those streets that has amazing potential to...
Matthew CoolidgeChristmas in July
Well, August actually, but the good news here is; YEAR ROUND CRAFTLAND! Abby Saunders interviews Deb Dormody on the Live Downcity Blog and has all the details. Visit the Craftland Blog where I’m sure there will be...
Opinion: Hopefully Recession Kills “Signless Retail” Trend
Look hard… Can you tell what’s in the building in the photo to the left? What it’s used for? Well, if you’re a regular reader to this blog, you actually probably do know, in fact, that it houses...
Bret AncowitzThayer Transformed?
Photo by Bret Ancowitz, garrisphoto.com The Brown Daily Herald has a great article charting the recent and upcoming changes to Thayer Street. The take home message is that it’s not hard to imagine a time when...
24-Hour Providence
Yesterday, the Projo blog posted that the restaurant Pizza Queen approached the Board of Licenses requesting a license to operate 24-hours. They were denied. To make things interesting, they requested the approval to...
BDH Would Love a Chipotle…
View Larger Map The editorial page for the Brown Daily Herald has a great suggestion for the now closed Roba Dolce spot on Thayer Street – a Chipotle… “Wait!” you might say. “Isn’t...
Local Whole Foods Close Earlier
The closing of the Warwick Mall one hour earlier on some nights was recently reported with a grave tone suggesting that this was the long-awaited proof that the economic apocalypse had finally arrived. In my opinion...
