The Eddy
Drink Spicy Siesta
The Eddy on Eddy Street, open since 2012, is the city's reference craft cocktail bar. Classic and creative cocktails, cheese, charcuterie, oysters.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Providence for grown-ups.
Where to drink
8 places
The Hot Club
- ★ 4.5
- Waterfront dive bar
- $$$
- Downtown and the Jewelry District
Drink Cold can of Narragansett
The Hot Club has been the family-run Providence River waterfront bar near Hasbro Hospital for nearly 40 years. Cheap drinks; the 20:30 neon flash.
Ogie's Trailer Park
- ★ 4.4
- Tiki and dive
- $$$
- West Side and West End
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.
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The Wickenden Pub
- ★ 4.4
- Belgian beer bar
- $$$
- Fox Point
Drink Belgian Trappist on draft
Wickenden Pub is the Fox Point dive with one of the longest Belgian beer lists in New England (over 100). Cash and cards; pints and friendly bartenders.
Lucky Enough Eat and Drink
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail and beer bar
- $$$
- West Side and West End
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.
Rooftop at the Providence G
- ★ 4.0
- Rooftop bar
- $$$
- Downtown and the Jewelry District
Drink Skyline-view negroni
The Dorrance Street rooftop at the Providence G has the city's most-photographed view of the State House dome. Brick-oven flatbreads, oysters.
Trinity Brewhouse
- ★ 4.0
- Brewpub
- $$$
- Downtown and the Jewelry District
Drink Tommy's IPA on tap
Trinity Brewhouse on Fountain Street is Providence's original brewpub since 1994. New ownership, chef and brewer in 2026; 10-plus local taps.
The Malted Barley
- ★ 4.3
- Craft beer and pretzel bar
- $$$
- Downtown and the Jewelry District
Drink Local craft beer flight
The Malted Barley on Westminster pairs 37 craft drafts and 80 bottles with hand-rolled artisan soft pretzels. The Everything is the standard.
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