Nicks on Broadway ★ 4.7
Derek Wagner's Nicks on Broadway runs the city's most-booked weekend brunch. Seasonal market-driven plates; lines around the block by 10:30.
Order: Daily-changing hash and the brunch chalkboard's pancake stack.
Knead Doughnuts Elmgrove is a brunch spot in East Side, Providence.
Knead Doughnuts' Elmgrove cafe runs the daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu from 07:00 to 14:00. Counter ordering, small standing bar.
Must order: Maple bacon brioche, a classic glazed, drip coffee.
Address: 139 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence, RI 02906
Derek Wagner's Nicks on Broadway runs the city's most-booked weekend brunch. Seasonal market-driven plates; lines around the block by 10:30.
Order: Daily-changing hash and the brunch chalkboard's pancake stack.
Ellie's on Westminster handles the bakery side of Ellen Gracyalny's group. Madeleines, eclairs, macarons; savoury quiche and tartines for the daytime crowd.
Order: Croque monsieur, quiche Lorraine, kouign-amann to go.
Beehive in Bristol pours New Harvest coffee and runs scratch-baked breakfast and lunch from a two-storey corner spot near Independence Park.
Order: Avocado toast on Seven Stars bread and a New Harvest cappuccino.
Massimo on Atwells opens Sundays at 10:30 for brunch, an Italian-leaning menu with mimosa packages. Federal Hill's most-booked Sunday brunch.
Order: Bottomless mimosa with the Italian sausage hash.
Den Den Cafe Asiana on Benefit Street runs all day on the College Hill side. Bibimbap, Japanese soba and rice bowls; the Korean brunch counter.
Order: Hot-stone bibimbap with a soft egg, plus seafood pancake.
Bayberry Garden's plant-filled Innovation District room does weekend brunch with sustainable raw bar and seasonal hashes; the Pedestrian Bridge patio.
Order: Veggie hash, raw oysters and a French 75.