Knead Doughnuts Elmgrove ★ 4.3
Knead Doughnuts' Elmgrove cafe runs the daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu from 07:00 to 14:00. Counter ordering, small standing bar.
Order: Maple bacon brioche, a classic glazed, drip coffee.
Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street is a brunch spot in East Side, Providence.
Seven Stars on Hope Street is the East Side breakfast bakery counter. Country bread, croissants, the city's most-recognised morning bun; weekend lines.
Must order: Morning bun, pain au chocolat, drip coffee.
Address: 820 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
Knead Doughnuts' Elmgrove cafe runs the daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu from 07:00 to 14:00. Counter ordering, small standing bar.
Order: Maple bacon brioche, a classic glazed, drip coffee.
Pizza Marvin opens Sundays for an all-day window with pies, raw bar and the Pizza Wine spritz. Walk-in only; the small dining room fills fast in summer.
Order: Pepperoni pizza, a dozen clams, a Pizza Wine spritz.
Knead Doughnuts' Elmgrove cafe runs the daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu from 07:00 to 14:00. Counter ordering, small standing bar.
Order: Maple bacon brioche, a classic glazed, drip coffee.
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.