“And I get all the credit!” Unlike at a standard soup kitchen, diners of all socioeconomic backgrounds sit together at communal tables, as the restaurant serves both paying customers and those ...

Track 15, the Providence food hall in the former Union Station, opens today after four years of planning and construction.

central communal table. Counter seating lines the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the patio on Portland's Middle Street (and the lines here and at Eventide, the sister restaurant next door).

Communal tables feature wood tops created from old railroad car floors. Above the restaurant counters are Solari-style menu boards that flash the available food items just as departure boards do ...