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
Neighbourhooddowntown
HoursMon-Sat 07:00-19:00; Sun 07:00-18:00
Location
Address: 993 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908
Also in downtown
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
More bakeries in Providence
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