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Restaurants near campus

Restaurants near Rhode Island College (RIC)

Every place to eat within a mile of Rhode Island College, closest first, including Golden Crust Pizza, Cheng's Kitchen and Tom's Kitchen.

Every place to eat within a mile of RIC

45 places, closest first. Distances are straight-line from the campus, so a walk runs a little longer.

A 10- to 20-minute walk · half a mile to a mile (45)

Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026), open places with a street address only. Hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout near RIC.

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The food scene around RIC

46places to eat within 1 mile
89%independent, not chains
1coffee shop or café

Open listings put 46 places to eat within 1 mile of RIC, none of them within a ten-minute walk of the middle of campus, and 702 within 3 miles. The most common: breakfast & brunch (5) and bakeries (5). 2 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.

Where to walk: the streets with the most places to eat within 1 mile are Smith St (21) and Greenville Ave (19).

What stands out around RIC is breakfast & brunch, Italian and bakeries — types that are listed here at 3 to 8 times the national rate.

By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:

Breakfast & brunch 5 Bakery 5 Italian 4 Pizza 4 Chinese 3 American 2 Ice cream 2 Bar & grill 2 Mexican 2

Popular cravings near RIC, within 1 mile: Asian food (5 places). Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good kitchen from an average one.

Eating on a student budget near RIC

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 2 are fast-food counters: the cheapest default, rarely the cheapest good meal. The value is usually in lunch specials, counter service, short menus and dishes built on rice, noodles, bread or beans. Where to eat when you're broke covers what to look for, or search cheap eats near RIC.

Need somewhere open right now? These listings do not carry live opening hours, and late at night a fair share of what is listed as open is not. The late-night guide covers how to check before you go, or search late-night food near RIC and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Providence, RI
  • Other names, current or former — RIC, RI College, R.I. College
  • Setting — in a suburb
  • Size — 5,000 to 9,999 students
  • Type — Public four-year institution

Campus figures are from IPEDS, the US Department of Education's institutional survey. Size is reported as the survey's own bracket rather than an exact headcount, because that is what the public dataset gives and we would rather quote it than estimate.

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Guides worth reading

What to eat during finals week Where to eat when you're broke Where to eat late at night Where to take visiting family and friends Eating out with a dietary restriction

Questions about eating near RIC

What restaurants are near RIC?
A few to start with, nearest first: Tom's Kitchen, Cal's Corner (breakfast and brunch, 0.6 mi), Curry Walla Indian Cuisine (indian, 0.6 mi), Fu Ming (chinese, 0.7 mi) and East Coast Pizza (pizza, 0.7 mi). They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near RIC?
Open map listings put 46 places to eat within 1 mile, and 702 within 3 miles. About 89% are independent rather than chains; one is a coffee shop or café and 2 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near RIC?
The busiest streets are Smith St (21 places) and Greenville Ave (19 places).
What kind of food is near RIC?
The most common types are breakfast & brunch (5), bakeries (5), Italian (4) and pizza (4). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: breakfast & brunch, Italian and bakeries.

Nearby campuses

Comparing schools, or eating with friends across town? These are the closest campuses to RIC.