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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 Motif Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Honeybird · East Providence
Honeybird Kitchen and Cocktails lands somewhere between mama's home cooking and an old-school Southern pit stop, serving fried chicken with sides of dill-pickle potato salad and vinegar-loaded collard greens. It sits just over the East Providence line and pairs the food with a cocktail list that gives the room the second half of its name.
Great Northern BBQ Co · West End
Great Northern BBQ Co grew out of a food truck into a small storefront in the West End, cooking Southern-style barbecue that one local reviewer noted is not hard to find in Rhode Island once you know where to look. The little nook on Parade Street has become a regular stop for smoked meats away from the busier downtown strip.
Moonshine Alley · Downtown Providence
Moonshine Alley is a Nashville-style room downtown that hones in on Southern comfort food and live music, serving fried chicken Nashville hot and spilling out of its bun with a haystack of cider slaw and spicy honey. The bar pairs the food with a honky-tonk atmosphere that carries through most nights of the week.