Mid-Range in Providence

New Harvest Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.8
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Olneyville

New Harvest moved its main roastery and cafe to the Farm Fresh RI food hub on Sims Avenue in 2021. Single-origin espresso and filter; cuppings.

Olneyville New York System

• ★ 4.8
• New American
• $$
• Olneyville

Try Hot wieners 'all the way'

Open until 02:00 most nights, 03:00 weekends, the 1946 Olneyville hot wiener counter is Providence's late-night feed. James Beard America's Classics 2014.

Aleppo Sweets

• ★ 4.7
• Syrian
• $$
• Fox Point

Order Pistachio baklava, an order of muhammara and a lamb kabob plate.

Youssef Akhtarini's Aleppo Sweets on Ives opened in 2019, three years after his family resettled from Syria. Eight baklava plus a mezze menu.

Nicks on Broadway

• ★ 4.7
• Brunch
• $$
• West Side and West End

Order Daily-changing hash and the brunch chalkboard's pancake stack.

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.

Bolt Coffee Roastery

• ★ 4.6
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Bolt's Calverley Street roastery handles all of the company's wholesale and retail coffee. No cafe; the city's Bolt locations pour from here.

Long Live Beerworks

• ★ 4.6
• Brewery
• $$
• West Side and West End

Long Live Beerworks on Sprague Street is the West End brewery in a restored 4,000-square-foot mill. Eighteen drafts; views into the brewspace; cozy patio.

Tilted Barn Brewery

• ★ 4.6
• Brewery
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Rhode Island's first farm brewery, Tilted Barn sits in an authentic New England post-and-beam barn in Exeter. Single-batch farmhouse ales sell out.

Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street

• ★ 4.6
• Brunch
• $$
• Hope Village and the East Side

Order Morning bun, pain au chocolat, drip coffee.

Seven Stars on Hope Street is the East Side breakfast bakery counter. Country bread, croissants, the city's most-recognised morning bun; weekend lines.

Pizza Marvin

• ★ 4.5
• Pizza and Raw Bar
• $$
• Fox Point

Order A pepperoni pie and a dozen of the shucked clams, washed down with a Pepperoni Negroni.

Chef Robert Andreozzi's Pizza Marvin on Wickenden runs New Haven-inspired pizza with a small raw bar; the Pepperoni Negroni is the house cocktail.

Apsara

• ★ 4.5
• Cambodian
• $$
• West Side and West End

Apsara is providence's quietest Cambodian kitchen sits in a public street strip mall well off any visitor map; the food runs khmer, vietnamese, thai and lao.

Ellie's

• ★ 4.5
• Brunch
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Order Croque monsieur, quiche Lorraine, kouign-amann to go.

Ellie's on Westminster handles the bakery side of Ellen Gracyalny's group. Madeleines, eclairs, macarons; savoury quiche and tartines for the daytime crowd.

The Beehive Cafe

• ★ 4.5
• Brunch
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Order Avocado toast on Seven Stars bread and a New Harvest cappuccino.

Beehive in Bristol pours New Harvest coffee and runs scratch-baked breakfast and lunch from a two-storey corner spot near Independence Park.

Dune Brothers Fox Point

• ★ 4.4
• New England Seafood
• $$
• Fox Point

Order The fish sandwich and a side of fries; whatever local fish is on the chalkboard.

Nicholas and Monica Gillespie's Dune Brothers built a Fox Point fish market, sit-down room and takeout window on Ives Street in 2024. Pier-to-plate fish.

Ceremony Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.4
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• College Hill and Thayer Street

Ceremony is the Brook Street tea-and-coffee cafe that pours its own roasting partner's beans. Whole-leaf tea, espresso, communal workspace tables.

Whalers Brewing Company

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Whalers in Wakefield is the South County microbrewery whose Rise and Drift ales lead its flagship lineup. No kitchen, bring food in; cornhole.

The Hot Club

• ★ 4.4
• New American
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Try Bar snacks: fries, fried pickles, burgers

The Hot Club waterfront kitchen serves bar snacks late, with a 20:30 neon-flash tradition for kids at nearby Hasbro Hospital. Open to 02:00 weekends.

Los Andes

• ★ 4.4
• Peruvian
• $$
• West Side and West End

Los Andes in Providence: peruvian room. Providence's only serious Peruvian and Bolivian room sits on Chalkstone Avenue across town from any.

Borealis Coffee Riverside

• ★ 4.4
• Cafe
• $$
• Hope Village and the East Side

Borealis Coffee Riverside is a cafe room in East Side. Cycle here from downtown on the East Bay path, eight miles each way; the cafe closes at 15:00.

The Wickenden Pub

• ★ 4.4
• Belgian
• $$
• Fox Point

The Wickenden Pub is over 100 belgian beers from a wood-panelled fox point dive that has barely changed since the 1990s; not on any tourist map.

Pizza Marvin Sunday

• ★ 4.4
• Brunch
• $$
• Fox Point

Order Pepperoni pizza, a dozen clams, a Pizza Wine spritz.

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.

Den Den Korean Fried Chicken

• ★ 4.3
• Korean
• $$
• Hope Village and the East Side

Order An order of double-fried drumsticks with sweet-and-spicy glaze, plus tteokbokki.

The Den Den group's Korean fried chicken counter on Angell Street. Double-fried wings and drumsticks in plain or gochujang glazes; small dining room.

Foolproof Brewing Company

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Foolproof on Grotto Avenue in Pawtucket has been pouring craft beer for over a decade. Twenty-plus on tap; the taproom seats 40 and books for private events.

East Side Pockets

• ★ 4.3
• Middle Eastern
• $$
• College Hill and Thayer Street

Try Falafel and shawarma wraps

Thayer Street's Middle Eastern late counter for Brown and RISD students. Falafel, shawarma, kebab wraps until 02:00 weekends; only late option here.

Hartley's Pork Pies

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

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.

Bayberry Garden

• ★ 4.3
• Brunch
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Order Veggie hash, raw oysters and a French 75.

Bayberry Garden's plant-filled Innovation District room does weekend brunch with sustainable raw bar and seasonal hashes; the Pedestrian Bridge patio.

Knead Doughnuts Elmgrove

• ★ 4.3
• Brunch
• $$
• Hope Village and the East Side

Order Maple bacon brioche, a classic glazed, drip coffee.

Knead Doughnuts' Elmgrove cafe runs the daily rotating brioche and cake-doughnut menu from 07:00-14:00. Counter ordering, small standing bar.

Den Den Cafe Asiana

• ★ 4.2
• Japanese
• $$
• College Hill and Thayer Street

Order Hot-stone bibimbap and a seafood pancake; an order of fried chicken to share.

Den Den Cafe Asiana on Benefit Street is the all-day Asian counter from the Den Den hospitality group. Bibimbap, soba, tonkatsu, rice bowls, gyoza.

Wara Wara

• ★ 4.2
• Japanese
• $$
• Hope Village and the East Side

Order A bowl of tonkotsu ramen, pork belly buns, a glass of cold junmai.

Wara Wara on Hope Street has been serving ramen, cold sake, oysters and tapas since 2016. Compact dining room; the bar takes counter orders late.

Borealis Coffee

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Hope Village and the East Side

Borealis Coffee is the East Bay roaster and cafe in an 1850s train depot in Riverside on the East Bay Bike Path. Specialty single-origin roasts, cuppings.

Providence Brewing Company

• ★ 4.2
• Brewery
• $$
• Olneyville

Providence Brewing Company is Rhode Island's first Hispanic-owned heritage-revival craft brewery, in the Farm Fresh RI food hub on Sims Avenue.

Massimo Sunday Brunch

• ★ 4.2
• Brunch
• $$
• Federal Hill

Order Bottomless mimosa with the Italian sausage hash.

Massimo on Atwells opens Sundays at 10:30 for brunch, an Italian-leaning menu with mimosa packages. Federal Hill's most-booked Sunday brunch.

Sicilia's Pizzeria

• ★ 4.0
• Pizzeria
• $$
• Federal Hill

Order A slice of the stuffed deep-dish, or a small pie of plain cheese for the comparison.

Sicilia's on Atwells has been a Federal Hill family pizzeria for 30-plus years. Home of the original deep-dish stuffed pizza; slice service, casual back room.

New Harvest Coffee at Hope Artiste Village

• ★ 4.0
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

New Harvest's Pawtucket facility at Hope Artiste Village runs the wholesale roasting and a public-facing classroom; coffee education on Saturdays.

Trinity Brewhouse

• ★ 4.0
• Brewery
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Trinity Brewhouse on Fountain Street next to PPAC is Providence's original brewpub, since 1994. Ten-plus house and local taps; new ownership.

Narragansett Beer Fox Point Brewery

• ★ 4.0
• Brewery
• $$
• Fox Point

Narragansett Beer moved its brewery and taproom from Pawtucket to a new 18,000-square-foot Fox Point facility on Tockwotton Street in 2021. RI brand.

Fellini Pizzeria

• ★ 4.0
• Pizzeria
• $$
• Fox Point

Try New York-style slice

Fellini on Wickenden has been the late-slice pizza counter since 1980. Open to 02:00 Thursday to Saturday; small patio in summer; cheap NY slices.

Rooftop at the Providence G

• ★ 4.0
• Seafood
• $$
• Downtown and the Jewelry District

Try Brick-oven flatbreads, raw bar

The Providence G rooftop runs DJ nights to 02:00 on weekends with the kitchen open for flatbreads and raw bar. Retractable glass roof, fire pits.