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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Rhode Island Monthly and Boston Globe. Updated August 2026.
Oberlin · Downcity
2025 James Beard Outstanding Restaurant semifinalist. Chef Ben Sukle's wood-fired-oven, housemade-pasta room with a standout raw bar.
Persimmon · Fox Point
2025 James Beard Outstanding Hospitality semifinalist. Chef Champe Speidel's chef's-counter room with a menu that changes nightly based on fresh local sourcing.
nicks on broadway · West End
Chef Derek Wagner. a 2025 James Beard Best Chef: Northeast semifinalist. Counter seating, New-England-sourced tasting fare.
Bayberry Garden Restaurant · Innovation District
Four-course seasonal tasting ($85, $65 pairings) in a 100-plant-canopy dining room at the base of the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge.
Claudine · Downtown
A small tasting-menu room from two chefs, Maggie McConnell and Josh Finger, who cooked together at Per Se and The French Laundry before opening their own restaurant in Providence. Rhode Island Monthly's December 2025 review revisits a project the Boston Globe had already been tracking since 2025, when word first got out that a New York-level restaurant was coming to a small city. It runs downtown on Weybosset Street.