Hope Street, north of Brown, is the city's neighbourhood food spine: Seven Stars Bakery, Persimmon, the Saturday farmers market at Lippitt Park, Aleppo Sweets on Ives, vegan ice cream at Like No Udder.
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Order Whatever Champe is plating from the Rhode Island shellfish run.
Champe and Lisa Speidel's Persimmon on Hope Street runs four-night seasonal French-leaning cooking. Foie gras, RI shellfish, the city's special-occasion room.
Order An order of double-fried drumsticks with sweet-and-spicy glaze, plus tteokbokki.
The Den Den group's Korean fried chicken counter on Angell Street. Double-fried wings and drumsticks in plain or gochujang glazes; small dining room.
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Order Latte in a pint glass
Borealis Coffee opened in 2016 in a restored 1850s train depot in Riverside on the East Bay Bike Path. Specialty roast, gluten-free bakery, cyclist stop.
Order Morning bun
Seven Stars opened its Hope Street flagship in January 2001 at Hope and Fourth. Country bread, croissant, the morning bun every East Sider knows.
Order Maple bacon brioche
Knead Doughnuts has multiple Providence storefronts; the Elmgrove cafe on the East Side is the steadiest. Daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu.
Borealis Coffee is the East Bay roaster and cafe in an 1850s train depot in Riverside on the East Bay Bike Path. Specialty single-origin roasts, cuppings.
The Hope Street Farmers Market is a farmer-run cooperative at Lippitt Park, Hope Street and Blackstone Boulevard. Vegetables, breads, cheese, meats.
Stock Culinary Goods on Hope Street is the East Side's cookware shop with a small workshop programme: knife-skills nights with Chef Lara and occasional.
On this list, shown aboveSeven Stars Bakery Hope StreetKnead Doughnuts Elmgrove