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The best of Providence, RI ✈️🤩
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items Spent a year living in Providence, Rhode Island 🇺🇸 These are all the spots I LOVE and would recommend to anyone who’s going.
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Thrifting/Quirky finds
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Bars/Clubbing
Food
A great date night spot for some tapas. The tapas are sooo good. Costs a pretty penny but it’s worth it. The ambiance and food are incredible. The waiter was so nice and the drinks were top notch.
Palo
Very niche tacos you would never think of but surprisingly work really well. They have such a nicely decorated place and the frozen margaritas are incredible. The entrees like empanadas and chips are great too.
Xaco Taco
This place is the place you HAVE to try in providence. The food is the next best thing to food directly from Latin America. Great sizes too and great prices. Recommend the burrito and the horchata
Baja's Taqueria
Great Cuban sandwich and salad and chips. They have a nice outdoor bench area to eat that’s great for the summer. It’s a cool street too so you can go for dessert or drinks after. You order inside, they give you a little device that vibrates when you...
Tallulah's Taqueria - Ives Store
Good bagels, the best one was the salmon spread one and they’re very generous with the spread
Providence Bagel
They used to give me little appetizers for free every time I went there. The staff is very friendly and nice. Really good food
East Side Pockets
There’s also one on wickenden by Trader Joe’s but the one on Thayer serves way bigger pizzas. One slice definitely fills you up. The one on Thayer has thin crust, the one on wickenden has the thick ones.
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They have THE BEST chicken tikka masala. The place is big and at least the times I’ve gone they don’t have music on so it’s very quiet but the food is awesome. Definitely my go to place for Indian
Taste of India Restaurant
Just look at the food pics 🤌🏼 they have incredible food. They also just recently opened up. This was food I’ve never tried before and I was blown away by all the flavors. The plates are also big sized so you get your moneys worth.
Suya Joint Providence
Cafes
These are cafes/pastry/dessert spots but the app won’t let me change the name
I was so surprised when I bumped into this place. Honestly the most unique cocktails and drinks. They have a cute disco ball and it just has that vintage feel. The food is AMAZING and pretty reasonable prices
Cafe Italia
Used to be my spot on the weekends for a study date. They have really nice drinks with good sizes and the desserts are so yummy. Staple item is for sure the smoothies. Make sure to bring your laptop fully charged because there’s only like three outle...
Wildflour Bakery and Cafe
Kinda pricey but the ambiance is great amazing music and definitely the place you can stay at until closing to work and only order a drip coffee. The pastries look incredible, just never tried them because I’m broke lol
Madrid Bakery
If you’re looking for desserts that will blow your mind and have you feeling like you’re in Europe, this is the place. They’re very fancy and delicious. I used to get birthday cakes from here for my friends and sometimes little desserts if I was brow...
Pastiche Fine Desserts
This is my favorite bookstore in the city. They have some boxes outside of books for $1 and they have a downstairs floor with books divided by language (Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Greek, etc) the upstairs is full of books too. It’s an amazi...
Paper Nautilus
Really cute place. The drinks are soooo good. The pastries are nice too but on the pricier side. It’s a small but warm and comfy place. I know a lot of clubs and groups meet here. The staff is very kind
Small Format
Huge original ice creams with waffles that are baked on the spot too. They have a variety of ice creams and they have featured ones depending on the time of year. The best one I tried was one for Chinese new years.
Kow Kow
Thrifting/Quirky finds
I used to take anyone who came to visit me to this store. Good place to look around if you’re into art and jewelry. There’s always something new there and they have such cool little gifts and trinkets. The clothes are so fashionable too but they cost...
SPECTRUM-INDIA 252 Thayer St Providence, RI 02906
Three floors of amazing antiques. They have EVERYTHING you could imagine. Could easily spend a whole day there. I used to go to coffee exchange for a drip code which is on the other side of the street. Then we Th my coffee go browse nostalgia. The ow...
Nostalgia Antiques & Collectibles | Vintage Thrift Store RI
$7 entrance fee. Do NOT forget your id because if you don’t have it they won’t let you in. After you get in every single game is free. It’s a very cool spot. They have a bar (gotta pay for your drink) and a little outdoor area with music sometimes. T...
Free Play Bar Arcade
This place is very well hidden in a church. They have signs around the area and once you find it you have to go down some stairs. They have a lot of shelves with books at the entrance and they’re like $2. Then you go in and the owners sometimes have ...
The Thrifty Goose Thrift Shop
Workout spots
I used to go to yoga sometimes in this studio. Not sure how much they charge for class (guess it’s pretty expensive) because I used to go as a friends monthly guest (you have two a month if you’re a member) they have hot yoga. The instructor has a ve...
Providence Power Yoga
Cultural
This is my favorite bookstore in the city. They have some boxes outside of books for $1 and they have a downstairs floor with books divided by language (Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Greek, etc) the upstairs is full of books too. It’s an amazi...
Paper Nautilus
AWESOME place. They have old and new culture films. Not the mainstream ones. The place itself has an old feeling. They also have film festivals. I went to the French film festival where they had three movies everyday and it was great.
Avon Cinema
I used to go on sundays because it’s free that day. They have little stools everywhere so you can go and just sit and sketch whatever you like. They also have cool events like evening hours and talks.
RISD Museum
Bars/Clubbing
I lived like a street down from this place and I used to go to my little corner booth and order an incredible espresso martini and read my book. They host trivia nights and have great beers too
McBride's Pub
Pretty cool place with games and good drinks. They have chess night every Tuesday
Wild Colonial Tavern
I love a good beer garden and this one is perfect. The space is sooo nice and they have music and nice beer and you can just pick a bench and sit with your beer outside and hang out. Sometimes I brought a friend and other times I would just chill by ...
The Guild PVD Beer Garden
Very cool spot. If you wanna play pool you should make your reservation before in the website because it gets crowded. They have big kinda fishbowl drinks that are very economical. Doesn’t matter how many people play pool there’s a set fee for the ho...
Snookers Sports Billiards Bar & Grill
Really cool place. I bumped into here by accident and when you get in it has an old music machine and a pool table and it has the classic American pub feel. Then you go outside and it’s sooo spacious and pirate themed and has a little pond and good m...
Captain Seaweed's Pub
This place is AMAZING it was my go to night club. On sundays they have Latino night. Sometimes they have people putting on shows. Vibe is different every night.
EGO Providence
My go to club. They have a couple poles and drag shows and great music and it’s just awesome
THE DARK LADY (@thedarkladypvd)
This is a great place they have drag brunch on the weekend and drag bingo sometimes and it’s just such an amazing vibe with nice cocktails
Black Sheep
They have the most amazing different espresso martinis they’re like five. Also a really amazing burger with fries. They have djs come in the late night sometimes and the staff is so friendly.
Needle and Thread
An intimate cute bar. Pretty crowded to the end of the night but it’s good Ernest and there’s a little club upstairs. Feels like you discovered a city secret when you go in
Red Door
Really good dishes with pretzels and a variety of beers. They have trivia in Wednesday’s and it’s really fun.
The Malted Barley
Small but fancy spot. It’s so crowded but in a good way and they have nice drinks. Good way to start or end the night.
The Eddy
This place is sooo nice and it’s kinda hidden which makes it more special. You definitely don’t expect the place to look like that from the outside. 🐈⬛ They have amazing cocktails and the best fries I’ve ever tried . Also have live jazz like twice ...
The Royal Bobcat