Maria isn’t cooking - it’s her kids and grandkids. It’s good, but it’s not quite the same and the quality of cooking isn’t as good.

This person is clearly reading NYT articles from a decade ago. Cable Car closed like 5 years ago?

It took me way too long to learn that they opened Dolores. It's not exactly the same and it is more expensive, but I found the menu has all the same sauces and is just sort of reworked into new menu items.

Dl Rancho Grande is Dolores, basically (same team). All of my favorite sauces and stuff are still the same,the menu is just fancier and reworked lol.

Update: I caved. Just ordered.

I see Dr. Linda Young, DNP and she is amazing. Extremely open and helpful regarding any concerns you may have and is definitely taking patients :) https://www.drlindayoungdnp.com

If you feel like driving a bit, Bonsai in Lincoln RI is great! I see Nancy, who I personally believe is the best technician there. I also only get gel nails and all of her work has been awesome! She can also do nail art and was able to do the new Hailey Bieber nail trend, which was great.https://bonsainailspalincoln.com

The nachos at Besina are great! I like the spicy farro pepperoni pizza and the artichoke spinach dip w pita are amazing. Plant City is great and their new bar, 345, across the street is awesome.

Hey outsiders are watching. You don't talk about this here

I think the shredded one hundred dollar bills they'd put in the calzones really fucked with the profit margin.

i just moved here (Narragansett) from Texas. too. i’m enjoying food i couldn’t get in Austin. i’ll miss tex mex and bbq soon enough though.

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I don't disagree that reforming property ownership would make it so that investors (of various sizes) can't take advantage of housing scarcity to earn obscene rents.

However, even doing that still doesn't solve the problem of housing supply-demand mismatch. When housing construction lags population growth for decades there is going to be scarcity no matter what - and that lag in construction is thanks to decades of local, state, and federal support for discriminatory zoning and inefficient property tax policies, fueled by racism and classism.

The landlords are just riding the wave which our governments and zoning boards have prepared for them by attempting to freeze our cities in 1965.

With a sub-5% vacancy rate, if prices fall by half overnight, everyone who currently can't afford a home just won't be able to find a home. The good news is that fixing the supply side lowers prices, takes away those massive rents, and along with them the incentive for rental conversions and speculative purchases.

Right. So rent control is not the problem.

No, I’m saying rent control cannot be the problem, because it doesn’t exist.

If you think lack of rent control is the problem, you need to take a minute and understand that rent control and limits on occupant numbers are solutions in the same vein - ie they’re not.

The building was extremely charming and beautiful. Most of the reason I and many others enjoyed going there was because of the cozy and beautiful historic interiors. If they rebuild, that’s great, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

>In all honesty to make a proposal of this nature is downright negligent and ignoring the real problem at hand which is rent control.

I hope you mean lack of rent control

Letting a building go unused and virtually neglected for over two years then claiming they had no choice but to tear it down is kind of bullshit.

They closed the business in 2019 saying they needed to do renovations, did nothing for two years, then in 2021 tore it down. What could’ve been done during those two years to prevent the tear down? Did they intentionally wait until the building was too far gone because tearing it down was always in their plan?

Yeah also I love that people whine on here all the time about rich and spoiled RISD, Brown, etc. but then are those poor college students about this

Were you gonna buy it and fix it? Lol

I don’t think “supposedly” is necessary. People get all bent out of shape about historic buildings - but nobody wants to OR offers to pay for it. That block has cement buildings, apt buildings with plastic siding, etc - this idea its some picturesque block of a historic street is stilly.

Come on. There are sketchy buildings on this street, buildings with plastic siding, etc. The old building was a disaster and not functional. Everyone wants to keep stuff, but nobody wants to pay for it.

The fact that they are rebuilding is great.

I do not support this ordinance. At all. In case anyone was wondering.

How could this possibly be enforced? 🙄

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