Catering in food makes it difficult to please diverse food preferences. However, the area around the workshop location has an extensive offering of restaurants to cater to every taste. We are therefore asking you to handle food on your own. This way, you can decide what works best for you: perhaps you like heavy breakfasts and skip lunch; maybe you eat just a fruit for breakfast and load up on dinner; or otherwise.

Below we offer listings of food. We're happy to answer your questions as well!

There are three main restaurant areas you can access easily:

• Thayer between Waterman and Bowen. See more below for this area.
• Wickenden between Benefit and Hope: the options include several kinds of Asian places as well as cafes.
• Atwells between Marcello and Bradford, the “Little Italy” area of Providence (known to locals as Federal Hill). You can easily get there and back using the trolley (take it from the stop on Thayer just north of Starbucks).

You may be especially interested in taking advantage of the outstanding dinner deals offered as part of Restaurant Week (July 10-23).

Food in the Immediate Vicinity

The Thayer area has numerous options. All these are just minutes from the CIT (and only a few more from the dorm), so they're ideal for breakfast and lunch.

On Waterman, between Thayer and Brook:

  Thai Spice -- Thai food and a coffee shop
  Haruki Express -- sushi and a Japanese store
  Subway -- the national chain

On Thayer, between Fones and Waterman:

  Froyo world -- frozen yogurt
  Better Burger Co. -- burgers (including veg options) and breakfast

On Fones, between Thayer and Brook:

  La Creperie -- Paris meets Providence!

On Thayer, between Fones and Angell:

  Au Bon Pain -- breakfast, coffee, drinks, sandwiches, bakery
  Viva and Paragon -- lunch, dinner: gourmet sandwiches, salads, burgers, pasta
  Starbucks -- the national chain
  Juniper Frozen Yogurt -- organic frozen yogurts
  Tealuxe -- tea! and tea! and some snacks...and more tea!

On Angell, west of Thayer:

  Phonatic -- Vietnamese, pan-Asian
  English Cellar Alehouse -- pub with food

On Angell, east of Thayer:

  Spats -- pub with food

On Thayer, between Angell and Meeting:

  Blue State Coffee at Brown Bookstore -- cafe with some food (lunch)
  Tedeschi Food Shops -- convenience store
  Kabob and Curry -- Indian
  Nice Slice -- thin-crust pizza
  Johnny Rockets -- the national chain
  Andréas -- Greek
  Antonio's Pizza -- creative toppings; not for purists
  Gordito Burrito -- Mexican

On Meeting Street, west of Thayer:

  Meeting Street Cafe -- sandwiches and desserts

On Meeting Street, east of Thayer:

  Ben and Jerry's -- the national chain
  Byblos -- Middle Eastern, with hookah bar

On Thayer, north of Meeting Street:

  Blue State Coffee -- cafe with some food (lunch)
  Shanghai -- Chinese
  East Side Pocket -- Middle Eastern
  Kartabar -- bistro, cocktails
  Bagel Gourmet Olé -- primarily Mexican; breakfast burritos; also bagels
  Shark Sushi and Hibachi -- sushi, hibachi, American, cocktails
  Bajas Tex Mex -- another burrito place

Brook (one block east of Thayer), south of Benevolent (two blocks south of CIT):

  Iron Wok -- Chinese
  Loui's Family Restaurant -- homestyle, greasy spoon; breakfast; from the Food Network