Olneyville New York System
- ★ 4.8
- Street food
- $
- Olneyville
Try Hot wieners 'all the way'
The 1946 hot wiener counter in Olneyville Square, founded by Greek immigrant Anthony Stevens and his son Nicholas. James Beard America's Classics winner 2014.
31 cheap eats places in Providence, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Providence: the places editors actually return to. All Providence food.
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31 places
Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street
Order Morning bun
Seven Stars opened its Hope Street flagship in January 2001 at Hope and Fourth. Country bread, croissant, the morning bun every East Sider knows.
Aleppo Sweets
Order Pistachio baklava
Youssef Akhtarini's Aleppo Sweets is the Ives Street Syrian counter that opened in 2019. Eight baklava styles from walnut to chocolate pistachio.
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Seven Stars Bakery Broadway
Order Pain au chocolat
Seven Stars Broadway opened in 2007 as the West Side sister to the Hope Street original. Country breads, pain au chocolat, the same croissants.
Knead Doughnuts
Order Brown butter glazed yeast doughnut
Knead Doughnuts on Cromwell Street in Providence, the Rhode Island gourmet doughnut counter using locally sourced flour and dairy with rotating seasonal.
Bolt Coffee at the RISD Museum
Drink Cortado
Bolt Coffee's RISD Museum counter on Benefit Street pours the city's reference espresso. Small museum-floor cafe; closed Mondays with the museum.
Iggy's Doughboys and Chowder House
- ★ 4.6
- Street food
- $
- Oakland Beach
Try Doughboys, clam cakes, chowder
Gaetano 'Iggy' Gravino's Oakland Beach clam shack in Warwick, founded 1989. Award-winning RI clam chowder, doughboys, clam cakes; the year-round counter.
Caserta Pizzeria
- ★ 4.6
- Sicilian
- $
- Federal Hill
Try Pizza strips
Caserta on Spruce Street has been selling Rhode Island pizza strips since 1953. Sicilian-style square slices with sauce only or sauce-and-cheese.
Allie's Donuts
Try Cake doughnut and coffee
Allie's Donuts on Route 2 has been a North Kingstown morning landmark since 1968. Cake doughnuts under $3, drip coffee for $2; the long line moves fast.
Scialo Bros Bakery
- ★ 4.5
- Bakery
- $
- Federal Hill
Order Cannoli, filled to order
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.
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Ellie's Bakery
Order Kouign-amann
Ellie's reopened on Westminster Street in August 2024 after relocating from its longtime Weybosset Street room. French pastry from croissant to madeleine.
Bolt Coffee Washington Street
Drink Filter pour-over
Bolt's downtown flagship on Washington Street has counter seats, a long bar of pour-overs, and the steadiest WiFi of any specialty cafe in Providence.
Ceremony
Drink Single-origin pour-over
Ceremony on Brook Street is the College Hill third-wave cafe and tea room, with a sister on South Main; bright space, communal workspace tables daily.
The Beehive Cafe
Drink New Harvest drip coffee
Beehive in Bristol is the breakfast and lunch anchor, scratch baked pastries, salads and sandwiches with New Harvest pour-over. Sun-filled upstairs balcony.
Ellie's
Drink Cafe creme with a kouign-amann
Ellie's relocated to a bigger Westminster Street room in August 2024 as the daytime bakery cafe to sister Gracie's. French pastry, sandwiches.
Del's Lemonade trucks
Try Frozen lemonade
Del's Lemonade has pushed frozen lemonade carts across Rhode Island from a Cranston HQ since 1948, when Angelo DeLucia adapted a Naples family recipe.
Iggy's Doughboys
- ★ 4.5
- New American
- $
- Oakland Beach
Try Doughboys with cinnamon sugar
Iggy's Oakland Beach order at the window: a dozen doughboys with cinnamon sugar plus a clam chowder for under $15. The Warwick original is year-round.
Knead Doughnuts Elmgrove
Order Maple bacon brioche
Knead Doughnuts has multiple Providence storefronts; the Elmgrove cafe on the East Side is the steadiest. Daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu.
Ceremony South Main
Drink Specialty teas
Ceremony's downtown South Main outpost is the tea-focused sister to the Brook Street original. Loose-leaf service plus the full Ceremony espresso programme.
Borealis Coffee Riverside
Drink Latte in a pint glass
Borealis Coffee opened in 2016 in a restored 1850s train depot in Riverside on the East Bay Bike Path. Specialty roast, gluten-free bakery, cyclist stop.
East Side Pockets
Try Falafel pita
East Side Pockets on Thayer Street has been the College Hill Middle Eastern counter since 1997. Syrian-family-run; falafel, kebab wraps, late-night hours.
Dune Brothers Providence Shack
Try Fish sandwich and fries
Dune Brothers' seasonal Jewelry District seafood shack: counter service, picnic tables, fish sandwiches using underused species like dogfish.
D. Palmieri's Bakery
- ★ 4.4
- Sicilian
- $
- Johnston
Try Pizza strip and spinach pie
D. Palmieri's, in the Palmieri family since the 1905 Providence original, still slings pizza strips, spinach pies and Sicilian loaves from Johnston under $6.
LaSalle Bakery
Order Cake by the slice
LaSalle on Smith Street is the Smith Hill neighborhood Italian bakery; cakes, cookies, sandwiches, breakfast pastries, a steady morning line.
Hartley's Pork Pies
Order Original pork pie
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.
Knead Doughnuts Smith Street
Order Classic glazed brioche
Knead's Smith Street outpost serves the daily brioche and cake-doughnut rotation in the same morning window as the other shops; counter ordering.
Den Den Cafe Asiana
Drink Iced matcha
Den Den Cafe Asiana on Benefit Street is the all-day Korean and Japanese counter from Den Den hospitality. Bibimbap, soba, espresso and matcha.
Charuma Tea Bar
Drink Brown sugar bubble milk tea
Charuma on Weybosset is an authentic Taiwanese bubble tea bar with Taiwanese street snacks. Whole-leaf brewed tea, imported syrups, popcorn chicken sides.
PVDFest Food Truck Village
Try Mobile vendors, citywide
PVDFest Food Truck Village pulls dozens of mobile vendors into downtown Providence over a September weekend each year. Free admission, block-party setup.
Spike's Junkyard Dogs
Try Junkyard Dog with all the toppings
Spike's jumbo all-beef Junkyard Dogs come loaded with tomato, pickle, scallion, banana pepper and mustard, from a Providence-born hot-dog counter in Warwick.
Fellini Pizzeria
Try Slice and a soda
Fellini on Wickenden has been the family pizza counter since 1980. New York-style slices, fast service, open to 02:00 weekends; the cheap late slice.
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