Destination: PROVIDEN

YOUR HYPER-LOCAL GUIDE TO THE CITY THAT PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT

BY ELYSE MAJOR

PVD HAS...

• The most co ee and donut shops per capita in the US

However you define it, Providence is a special place we call home. Whether you’ve lived here long enough to remember when Wayland Square had a Newport Creamery or are just unpacking your boxes, our editors share top picks around the city, which at 20.6 square miles, nothing is too far away, making it easy to connect the dots and go from here to there and back again. Help add to our lists by emailing your faves to Marketing@ProvidenceOnline.com and tagging Instagram posts with #heyrhodyphotos

How To Use This Guide

With so many options for each category, we’ve decided to limit each list but encourage readers to visit us online at ProvidenceOnline.com to explore even more ways to eat, play, and shop.

• The highest number of restaurants per capita of a major US city

• The oldest enclosed shopping mall in the US: The Arcade

• The largest contiguous area of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the US on the East Side of the city

• The heaviest bell cast by Paul Revere & Son at the First Unitarian Church