Brown University and RISD sit on the East Side hill above downtown. Thayer Street is the student-cheap-eats spine; Wickenden Street, the Fox Point border, runs from college brunch into Federal Hill-grade pizza.
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Order Hot-stone bibimbap and a seafood pancake; an order of fried chicken to share.
Den Den Cafe Asiana on Benefit Street is the all-day Asian counter from the Den Den hospitality group. Bibimbap, soba, tonkatsu, rice bowls, gyoza.
Order Cortado
Bolt Coffee's RISD Museum counter on Benefit Street pours the city's reference espresso. Small museum-floor cafe; closed Mondays with the museum.
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Ceremony is the Brook Street tea-and-coffee cafe that pours its own roasting partner's beans. Whole-leaf tea, espresso, communal workspace tables.
Try Falafel pita
East Side Pockets on Thayer Street has been the College Hill Middle Eastern counter since 1997. Syrian-family-run; falafel, kebab wraps, late-night hours.
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