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11 bakery places in Providence we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Providence | Bakery across every city.
Providence bakes across a wide span, from old Federal Hill Italian counters to the city's new wave of doughnut and pastry rooms. Seven Stars Bakery built its reputation on the East Side, where the Hope Street flagship sells country bread, croissant and the morning bun. Scialo Bros has held its corner of Atwells on Federal Hill for more than a century, while Knead Doughnuts runs the modern gourmet doughnut counter at multiple storefronts including the Elmgrove cafe.
Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street ★ 4.7
east-side · 820 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
Seven Stars opened its Hope Street flagship in January 2001 at Hope and Fourth. Country bread, croissant, the morning bun every East Sider knows.
Seven Stars Bakery Broadway ★ 4.6
west-side · 342 Broadway, Providence, RI 02909
Seven Stars Broadway opened in 2007 as the West Side sister to the Hope Street original. Country breads, pain au chocolat, the same croissants.
Scialo Bros Bakery ★ 4.5
federal-hill · 257 Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI 02903
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.
LaSalle Bakery ★ 4.3
downtown · 993 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908
LaSalle on Smith Street is the Smith Hill neighborhood Italian bakery; cakes, cookies, sandwiches, breakfast pastries, a steady morning line.
Knead Doughnuts ★ 4.6
fox-point · 55 Cromwell Street, Providence, RI 02907
Knead Doughnuts on Cromwell Street in Providence, the Rhode Island gourmet doughnut counter using locally sourced flour and dairy with rotating seasonal.
Knead Doughnuts Elmgrove ★ 4.4
east-side · 139 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence, RI 02906
Knead Doughnuts has multiple Providence storefronts; the Elmgrove cafe on the East Side is the steadiest. Daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu.
Knead Doughnuts Smith Street ★ 4.2
downtown · 900 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908
Knead's Smith Street outpost serves the daily brioche and cake-doughnut rotation in the same morning window as the other shops; counter ordering.
Aleppo Sweets ★ 4.7
fox-point · 107 Ives Street, Providence, RI 02906
Youssef Akhtarini's Aleppo Sweets is the Ives Street Syrian counter that opened in 2019. Eight baklava styles from walnut to chocolate pistachio.
Hartley's Pork Pies ★ 4.3
downtown · 871 Smithfield Avenue, Lincoln, RI 02865
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.
Ellie's Bakery ★ 4.5
downtown · 250 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Ellie's reopened on Westminster Street in August 2024 after relocating from its longtime Weybosset Street room. French pastry from croissant to madeleine.
Hartley's Pork Pies ★ 4.3
downtown · 871 Smithfield Avenue, Lincoln, RI 02865
Hartley's Pork Pies on Smithfield Ave in Lincoln is the 1900 Yorkshire pork-pie recipe carried to Fall River, sold from a Providence-suburb takeout counter.
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