The cool quadrant of the moment. Broadway carries Nicks on Broadway and the Seven Stars West Side bakery; Westminster runs toward Olneyville Square past Ogie's Trailer Park and the Armory District's restored Victorians and dive bars.
Top-rated food tour in Providence
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Order Whatever the chalkboard's running for the week, plus the brunch hash that built the room's reputation.
Derek Wagner's Nicks on Broadway in Providence is a 2026 USA Today Restaurant of the Year. Seasonal locally driven cooking; Wagner a 2025 Beard finalist.
Order Lomo saltado and a round of anticuchos; salteñas if they have them at lunch.
Los Andes on Chalkstone Avenue is Providence's Peruvian and Bolivian destination, with a waterfall and koi-pond patio. Lomo saltado, anticuchos, salteñas.
Order Pain au chocolat
Seven Stars Broadway opened in 2007 as the West Side sister to the Hope Street original. Country breads, pain au chocolat, the same croissants.
Drink Frozen tiki cocktail
Ogie's Trailer Park on Westminster pairs trailer-park decor (AstroTurf, lava lamps) with a tiki-leaning patio; frozen drinks, wing night, trivia.
Drink Vito Lantz's classic Negroni
Bartender Vito Lantz and Art Chamberland's Lucky Enough on Westminster opened in 2021 as a horseshoe-bar neighborhood spot. Classic and frozen cocktails.
Long Live Beerworks on Sprague Street is the West End brewery in a restored 4,000-square-foot mill. Eighteen drafts; views into the brewspace; cozy patio.
On this list, shown aboveNicks on Broadway
Lucky Enough's vinyl-and-turntable programme runs on a 10-foot 4K projector setup, with a horseshoe bar built from salvaged Satin Doll bricks.
Also on this listOgie's Trailer Park