American Restaurants

Ribs

Sticky Fingers

137 Douglas Avenue, right after the entrance for I-95 South. Phone: 272-7427.

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Considered by several contributors to be the best place in town for ribs. On Monday and Tuesday nights from 6 to 10 PM there is an all-you-can-eat special for $10 that features ribs, barbequed chicken, salad and more.

Wes's Ribs

over in Olneyville somewhere.

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Open unusually late (like somewhere between 1am and 4am, depending)

Steakhouses and Seafood

Barnsiders

375 S Main St

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Very good, but fairly expensive, standard american fare: steak, seafood, etc. Very good salad bar. $15-20 entrees.

Red Lobster

31-B Universal Blvd, Warwick (Route 2 (?), near Pace)

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Fair seafood place. Very standard food.

Hemmenways

1 Old Stone Sq, Providence (At the bottom of the Hill towards downtown)

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Very good seafood, at a price.

Archie's In Pawtucket

Pawtucket

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Moderately expensive steak and seafood. Try the 40oz caveman steak.

Phoebe's

663 Fall River Av, Seekonk (Near the Showcase Seekonk Cinema) Phone: 336 6295.

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Wonderful seafood restaurant.

The Bluepoint

99 North Main St, Providence. Phone: 272 6145.

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Excellent seafood restaurant but very expensive ($40-50 per person).

Ocean Express

800 Allens Av, Providence. Phone: 461 3434.

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It is good and relatively cheap.

Plaza Grille

64 Depasquille Av, Providence. Phone: 274 8684.

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It is good but less cheap.

Angels

125 North Providence. Phone: 273 0310.

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It is good but not cheap.

TexMex

Chili's

255 Collyer, Providence (next to Shaw's) Phone: 421 4850.

1276 Bald Hill Rd, Warwick (near Pace). Phone: 821 0310.

50 Highland Av, E. Providence (near Ann & Hope). Phone: 431 4062.

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Pretty good TexMex; fairly cheap.

Montana's

272 Thayer St (upstairs), Providence. Phone: 273 7427.

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Good TexMex.

Californian

Adesso

161 Cushing, Providence (off Thayer). Phone: 521 0770.

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Very good, nonstandard pizza and pasta, e.g. barbecued chicken and cilantro pizza. Quite expensive. Used to be the standard place for faculty candidates, but apparently was too slow.

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Very good desserts!

Troye's

404 Wickenden St (Next to Pizza Pizza), Providence. Phone: 861 1430.

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Very good, unusual "Southwestern grille" food, such as pesto lamb kebabs, pheasant sausages. Expensive for the amount of food you get.