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A Rhode Island restaurant that won attention locally and nationally is closing.

A Rhode Island restaurant that won attention locally and nationally is closing.

Hunky Dory, a restaurant located in Warren, announced it will be closing.

Dunn, along with fiancée and business partner Rachel Lopes-Almeida, will open Folklore Provisions in Bristol, three years after closing his beloved namesake eatery in Warren.

A "European style cafe" at 301 Hope St. in Bristol (formerly Angelina’s, and Robertos before that) will be the home of Chef Eli Dunns newest culinary expedition.

“We’re growing a small business and learning as we go,” said Claire Bowen as she arranged bushels of sweet and charmingly imperfect organic apples on a late-September afternoon. “We hope to cultivate connections between local farms and local tables.”

The farm stands, art galleries and land-conservation efforts in the East Bay region show why fall is the golden season in the Ocean State.

Rhode Island's best restaurants and cafes for breakfast and brunch.

Many restaurants are now marketing a popular food item from their restaurants as packaged food products that will be distributed at grocery stores and markets. Many Rhode Island restaurants are now marketing a popular food item from their menus as packaged food products that will be distributed at grocery stores and markets.

Stock Culinary Goods owner Jan Faust Dane uses her own camera to capture the Providence, Rhode Island, shop's local chef clientel.