Providence

Tom Tracy: If you eat at one place in Providence, make it here!

The Wall Street Journal: Be sure to try the cocktails like the banana liqueur-laced A Monkey Walks Into a Bar. There's live jazz on Friday nights. To nab a little privacy, get cozy on the fainting couch in the old vault. Read more.

USA TODAY: The birthplace of grilled pizza, and the Dirty Steak — a New York strip laid directly on the embers, yielding an amazing crust. Read more.

Hipster Jew: I'm going to tell my grand children about the times I had iced coffee with coffee ice cubes

Vina Ortiz: **Cash only!** Grilled muffins, coffee milk, thick cut bacon. Sun morning line is long, be ready to split your party to get a table sooner

Natasha Simeon-St Denis: An absolute hidden jewel. Honestly has to be one of the best restaurants in RI, not to mention MA and CT. Seriously, that amazing!

Serious Eats: For the most decadent special occasion cakes in Providence, check out long-time local favorite Pastiche.

Haig Bedrossian: Go for breakfast at 8am, order anything with sausage on the side and endless coffee. You're not in Providence - it's another world.

A: Their lunch specials are rockin but their oat lace cookies are to die for

Kate Scott: Drink their drinks. Look at stuff on the wall.

Steve B: See what's on tap, usually something you will not be able to find elsewhere.