restaurants

Years before the Revolutionary War and the Salem witch trials — and long before the United States even existed — this iconic Rhode Island restaurant was already serving up classic New England fare.The White Horse Tavern, housed in a distinctive red colonial building in the quaint seaside city of Newport,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Schnipper, cofounder of multiple restaurants, including Schnipper’s and Hamburger America. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.When my brother and I opened Schnipper’s in 2009, we thought having a broad menu made sense. We were focused on burgers,…