Good Food:
Nicks on Broadway (Brunch, long waits)
Al Forno (a little fancy)
Birch (New-School new-nordic type local tasting menu)
North (haven't been but heard good things)
Kitchen (awesome tiny place for brunch, one kick a$$ old guy cooks big plates of goodness)
Pastiche (awesome fine desserts spot, classic no weird piles of stuff, just the best cakes and tarts and all that).
Seven Stars (good coffee, pastry, bread)
Good Drinks (may be a little out of touch moved 4 yrs ago):
The Avery (dark n vintage cool)
E & O (local dive/hipster bar)
The Red Fez (downtown hipster dive)
Julians (good beer list, pricey, decent food)
Sights:
Swan Point Cemetery (beautiful stroll around, HP Lovecraft buried there)
Prospect Park (big RW statue hop the fence to get a good view of downtown)
RISD museum (good stuff old and new)
Music:
Honestly don't know these days, I'm old and uncool
could check out AS220 for younger stuff, prob some good jazz bars around
There Monday??
Bovi's in east providence has an incredible big band play, it's super great, John Hallmark Jazz Orchestra
Good Hikes around the suburbs, just look em up.
Also, beautiful but probably cold as hell by the water (Jamestown, Newport, Narragansett, etc)
Have fun!
Also, there's one of KKF's top shig fanatics hiding out in RI somewhere, Drawman.
Cheers and have fun and stay warm!
OK.....so what might a fine southern gentleman such as myself do with his time were he to find himself there in feb over a weekend? I got GPS and ain't afraid to drive (if they roads are even 1/2-assedly maintained). Was thinking about a tour at the ATK/CI facilities.....