Top Choice Street Carnival in Providence
WaterFire
Particularly during summer, much of downtown Providence transforms into a carnivalesque festival thanks to the exceedingly popular WaterFire art installation created by Barnaby Evans in 1994. Marking the convergence…
Top Choice University in Providence
Rhode Island School of Design
Top Choice Modern American in Providence
birch
With a background at Noma in Copenhagen and the fabulous Dorrance at the Biltmore, chef Benjamin Sukle and his wife, Heidi, have their own place: the understated, but fabulously good, birch. Its intimate size and st…
Top Choice Library in Providence
Providence Athenaeum
Top Choice Modern American in Providence
Loie Fullers
This wonderfully original, atmospheric little bistro on the outskirts of the Federal Hill neighborhood is an oasis of fun and deliciousness on an otherwise drab trunk road. Inside, candles, ornate polished woods, fr…
Top Choice French in Providence
Chez Pascal
This friendly French bistro welcomes diners with inspiring homemade pâtés and charcuterie, escargots à la bourguignonne, and slow-roasted duck with a golden raisin and red-wine sauce. Sourcing ingredients from local…
Top Choice Bar in Providence
Ogie's Trailer Park
This place is just so awesome and unexpected that we almost want to keep it to ourselves. Let's just say that in terms of thematics and design, if you crossed the Brady Bunch with Mad Men with Breaking Bad, you'd be…
Top Choice Bar in Providence
The Avery
Tucked into a quiet residential neighborhood in West Providence, the Avery is easy to miss. But once inside there's a jaw-droppingly gorgeous varnished wood interior, with backlit art nouveau wood cuttings and an el…
Top Choice Notable Building in Providence
Rhode Island State House
Top Choice University in Providence