Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street ★ 4.7
Seven Stars opened its Hope Street flagship in January 2001 at Hope and Fourth. Country bread, croissant, the morning bun every East Sider knows.
Worth the queue: Morning bun
Bakery counters in Providence worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
Seven Stars Bakery Broadway ★ 4.6
Seven Stars Broadway opened in 2007 as the West Side sister to the Hope Street original. Country breads, pain au chocolat, the same croissants.
Worth the queue: Pain au chocolat
Scialo Bros Bakery ★ 4.5
Scialo Bros opened on Atwells in 1916 and reopened in 2021 after a pandemic-era closure. Cannoli filled to order from brick ovens dating to the 1920s.
Worth the queue: Cannoli, filled to order
LaSalle Bakery ★ 4.3
LaSalle on Smith Street is the Smith Hill neighborhood Italian bakery; cakes, cookies, sandwiches, breakfast pastries, a steady morning line.
Worth the queue: Cake by the slice
PVDonuts ★ 4.6
PVDonuts on Wickenden, opened 2016 by Paul and Lori Kettelle and sold in 2025, is Providence's brioche-doughnut counter. Heavy on butter, light on sugar.
Worth the queue: Weekly rotating brioche flight
Knead Doughnuts Elmgrove ★ 4.4
Knead Doughnuts has multiple Providence storefronts; the Elmgrove cafe on the East Side is the steadiest. Daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu.
Worth the queue: Maple bacon brioche
Knead Doughnuts Smith Street ★ 4.2
Knead's Smith Street outpost serves the daily brioche and cake-doughnut rotation in the same morning window as the other shops; counter ordering.
Worth the queue: Classic glazed brioche
Aleppo Sweets ★ 4.7
Youssef Akhtarini's Aleppo Sweets is the Ives Street Syrian counter that opened in 2019. Eight baklava styles from walnut to chocolate pistachio.
Worth the queue: Pistachio baklava
Hartley's Pork Pies ★ 4.3
Hartley's English pork pies use the 1902 recipe Thomas Hartley brought from England. The Lincoln RI satellite serves the Somerset MA original's classics.
Worth the queue: Original pork pie
Ellie's Bakery ★ 4.5
Ellie's reopened on Westminster Street in August 2024 after relocating from its longtime Weybosset Street room. French pastry from croissant to madeleine.
Worth the queue: Kouign-amann