Modern Diner
This 1941 Sterling Streamliner diner is a beauty to behold. In addition to the extensive breakfast and lunch menu, you'll often find 30 or more specials posted on the wall.
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This 1941 Sterling Streamliner diner is a beauty to behold. In addition to the extensive breakfast and lunch menu, you'll often find 30 or more specials posted on the wall.
Taking its name from the Hindi word for kitchen, this restaurant near the Providence city line serves cuisine from a staggering 27 regions of India. The menu includes numerous spicy, gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan selections.
All-you-can-eat roast chicken, bread, salad, pasta with red sauce, and fries is a northern Rhode Island tradition that grew out of the need to feed many people efficiently. The 1,000-seat wonder known as Wright's Farm has served pretty much the same family-style menu since the 1950s. With 75 ovens, six dining rooms, and four bars, the mammoth banquet facility dishes up nearly 1 million pounds of chicken a year. Fans of kitschy local lore will enjoy a visit to this certifiable tourist attraction, where the gift shop sells chicken-themed doodads, toys, collectables, and candy by the pound.
Folks come from all over to savor the affordable, fresh, lightly battered, gently fried fish and hand-cut, English-style "chips" at this local institution in Market Square. The family-owned restaurant, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022, serves up a casual and relaxed feast in a wood-paneled dining room.