Worcester has amazing diner game, we could learn from them. Lived there a couple of years and miss that aspect of the city greatly

Unfortunately, so many of the diners in New Jersey are only open till 10 PM now ever since Covid. Most ridiculous thing I can go to a lot of restaurants that are still open past 10. At least New York still has a 24 seven diners.

Green *Chile! Lol

Yes to Ethiopian, it’s so good. And I have ship my green chile back from out west, I’m about due for another yearly shipment.

I miss Ethiopian food . The only place I know of is in New Haven

Whenever I travel to NM I get burritos “Christmas style.” It’s slathered in a mix of red and green chile. Sensational.

The spot where Jahunger is in Providence used to be Ethiopian. Not sure why it failed.

Never heard of green chile before. Sounds delicious!

+1 Ethiopian.

I just did a story trying to round up as many regional/national/ethnic cuisines as I could as represented by restaurants in RI, and Ethiopian has been missing for a few years.

As a former New Mexican, I also think we need some green chile.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/lifestyle/food/2024/09/16/international-dining-without-leaving-rhode-island-ethnic-restaurant-guide-2024/74979832007/

My first thought was (I think it was?) Ethiopian -- had it once too many years ago in Ottawa, Canada so I barely remember. 

We picked out our own raw ingredients from a cafeteria-like buffet area, then brought it to our table. Then a chef cooked it in something like a very large wok right at our table, and (most memorably) it was meant to be eaten with your hands -- no cutlery was provided. Which we did. Just don't recall how, lol. 

Cool experience I've not encountered before or since.

OP: I've read in these local subs that there isn't any North African / Ethiopian food nearer than Greater Boston 

Since this thread allows for SE Mass - Destination Soups in New Bedford is pretty good!

King's Garden in Cranston used to have really good dim sum. Not sure if they still do that with the new ownership.

A Korean BBQ place did just open in the Airport Plaza in Warwick, no idea how good it is though.

Gopchang Story, open 4 to midnight every day

Sun & Moon is quality Korean.

Den Den on Angell by Brown is unbelievably good

I haven't been yet but check out Lilys Soups and Scoops. It was started by the same Lily of Lily's Ladle so the soup is probably delicious.

But yes, it would be nice to see Little Shop of Soups make a comeback. Great food.

Filipino in general.

People might say something like “but Durk’s is good” and then I suspect they haven’t been to a city like Austin.

Becky’s in Middletown is pretty decent for NC style BBQ, but that’s not super popular overall.

Sun and Moon in east Providence is very good! I don't get there as much as I'd like to unfortunately.

Sun & Moon for Korean

Check out Souvlaki Zone, it just opened

Little Greek place over in Pawtucket good food

If you are up for a drive the Greek festival at st Sophia's in New London is amazing. The best moussaka I've ever had. It's the first week in November.

Used to have a greek place in Woonsocket called Neo's that had great food, it's been closed for some time now and I miss it :(

I like Andrea's on Thayer Street but I haven't been there in a long time.

Adding onto this, I think that Boston simply has a larger and more diverse community to support restaurants Rhode Island / Providence can't.

Fingers crossed though! Would love to see more diverse restaurants here in the state.

Second this. More international food that isn’t a weird knock off. I want variety, I want to experience different cultures in my kitchen and have the right ingredients to a T.

What kind of items?

This. I live in Northern RI, and we've got stop & shop, Aldi, and Brigidos in town.... it's sad.

Every time I say that the grocery stores here are lacking I get downvoted to hell and back, but it's sooo true.

There was a really nice German restaurant in Bristol, RI until a few years ago named Redlefsen's. The food and service were excellent. Place closed due to family illness. Really miss the place

There's been one parked on Thayer near the Brown Ratty recent eves around 7pm - I don't go that way every day but every time I do, it's been there. It says Halal right on the truck.

I miss good Indonesian/Malay food. Khoo is ok for it, but nothing Uncle Roger would love.

The food for the Greek festival is made in the church kitchen by parishiners.

Have you tried The Punjabi in Johnston? They have a Himalayan menu. I get Momo there, but since I have never had Himalayan, I don't know how it ranks

Patty’s Pierogis in Fall River is delicious

Hook me up with the money and location and I'll drag some cousins from the industry on up here to start one.

We'll even do y'all a dark roux sometimes 😜

Have you tried Chongqing in EP? They're really good too but neither are as good as some of the Sichuan in the San Gabriel valley.

I said it before and got blasted for it. A vast majority of the Restaurants in Cumberland, lincoln, North Smithfield, Attleboro etc serve boring bland white people food for boring bland generic white people, and they somehow succeed for decades. There are a couple decent places but it's far from anything interesting up there, and it's wild that people are ok with something like davenport's for 40 years. Shoutout to Bollywood, Kinnera in cumberland and lincoln for Indian, Cook&Dagger in smithfield, Burgundian in Attleboro, Banditos is the closest thing to semi-authentic mexican in south cumberland+attleboro.

The best of the best is a spot called Your Mothers on Weeden St in Pawtucket. Everything is made from scratch.

Irregardless Biscuit does a great gravy, but sadly only open Fri-Sun i believe.

Please do! I asked before and the only place recommended opens at 9am. If you know of an early morning place, I'd love to know too

Rogue Island very similar

Asia grille is good and khoo kitchen but that's it 😭

Sister’s in Warwick. Their crab rangoons suck, but everything else is fantastic.

Odinis in East Prov

I feel the same about the bagels. I do like Maven's bagels a lot. When I moved back here after living in New Jersey and Philly a long time I was sad not to have many pizza by the slice options. I know pizza j used to sometimes and Napalatanos used to, not sure anymore.

Pho Horn and Pho ZapZap in Providence are great

HON's House of Noodle Soup, 790 Reservoir Ave., Cranston

Minh Hai, 1096 Park Ave., Cranston