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Dining Review: Goodstuff Smokehouse February 17, 2021 On the border of Woonsocket, Goodstuff Smokehouse is what it says. The restaurant is little more than a box bordered in wood planks with a massive draft list hanging overhead and a soundtrack of classic rock wailing from the walls. Bikers in leather vests and doo-rags are regulars and it’s easy to find the parking lot, which is often filled with Harleys and pickup trucks. But for all of Goodstuff’s requisite hard-nosed attitude, the restaurant approaches food with an unexpected dose of sugar. Candied bacon. Photography by Angel Tucker. Bags of kettle corn line the register, scooped up like county fair food by kids trailing behind their parents. Cornbread, served in wedges, is as good as an unfrosted birthday cake (“Can bread taste like sweet cream?” marvels one myopically focused father), and even thick slabs of bacon are served with a candied glaze ($11.99). No doubt that with at least eighteen craft be ....
12/30/2020 Businesses faced closure, struggled to adapt in 2020 Nick and Elaine Markopolous, of Hudson, Mass., are served by Justine Dancuse, of Woonsocket, outside Christopher’s Kitchen & Bar in May. (Breeze file photo by Robert Emerson) Pandemic spurs new activity in some sectors There were few sectors harder hit by the COVID-19 pandemic than the small business community, where protective measures disrupted a way of life for thousands of business owners across the state. In Woonsocket, restaurant owners and small retail businesses were forced to shut their doors to customers in March as a wave of infections spread across the state. Takeout replaced table service as customers flocked to support local restaurants, but with fewer customers and no in-person alcohol sales, many owners still reported a drop in sales of more than 50 percent. ....