Lounges

Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol is Rhode Island's most patriotically charged community — a Narragansett Bay town hosting the oldest continuously running Fourth of July celebration in America (since 1785, before the Constitution was ratified), where the extraordinary harbor, outstanding seafood restaurants, and the remarkable American Revolution heritage create a lounge culture of unique American founding patriotic significance.

Hope St, Bristol, RI 02809

East Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island's diverse entertainment scene extends well beyond Providence's creative core — a small state with an extraordinary concentration of distinct ethnic and cultural communities (Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Cape Verdean) creating neighborhood bar cultures with genuine cultural roots. East Providence's working waterfront heritage and its vibrant Portuguese-American community create a lounge culture shaped by some of New England's most distinctive immigrant traditions.

East Providence, RI 02914

Narragansett, Rhode Island

Narragansett Town Beach is Rhode Island's most spectacular beach resort — a South County beach community where the outstanding surfing culture (the best surf on the New England coast), the remarkable Casino-era towers, and the beautiful Narragansett Bay create a summer lounge culture of genuine Rhode Island coastal character.

Ocean Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport's cocktail culture reflects the most opulent leisure city in American history — a destination where the Vanderbilts, Astors, and Belmonts spent their summers in palaces called "cottages," creating a resort culture of extraordinary refinement. Newport's remarkable Gilded Age heritage (The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House, and Rosecliff are among the most spectacular domestic buildings ever constructed in America) creates a cocktail lounge environment of singular American aristocratic leisure significance.

Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket serves as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution — a Blackstone River mill city where the Slater Mill Museum (the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in America, founded 1793) and the remarkable McCoy Stadium (home of the PawSox, the beloved minor league baseball team affiliated with the Boston Red Sox) create a lounge culture of extraordinary American industrial heritage significance.

Main St, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence's cocktail lounge scene is extraordinary for a city its size — shaped by RISD's legendary design program, Brown University's intellectual culture, and the remarkable Italian-American culinary tradition of Federal Hill. Providence's extraordinary creative community creates cocktail lounges where craft and design are applied to drinks with an artistic seriousness that reflects one of America's most creatively concentrated small cities.

Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence's Thayer Street cocktail scene serves Brown University's Ivy League community with outstanding cocktail bars and restaurants. Brown's remarkable academic reputation and the College Hill neighborhood's extraordinary concentration of outstanding independent establishments create a cocktail lounge culture of genuine Ivy League academic community significance.

Thayer St, Providence, RI 02906

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence's downtown cocktail lounge scene has emerged as one of the most creative in New England, with bars like Justine's presenting cocktails with genuine artistic ambition. The RISD-Brown academic complex creates a consumer base for cocktail culture that is simultaneously highly educated, artistically sophisticated, and willing to experiment with new flavor experiences.

Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence's lounge and cocktail scene reflects the city's extraordinary creative culture — a Rhode Island capital where RISD graduates who stayed in Providence to open bars and restaurants create some of the most visually and conceptually interesting cocktail lounges in New England. The intersection of art school design sensibility with Providence's entrepreneurial culture creates bar experiences that consistently surprise and delight visitors.

Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

The Dean Hotel presents multiple themed lounges and live music in a converted 1912 boarding house in Providence.

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence's Federal Hill cocktail and wine bar scene is the most authentically Italian-American drinking culture in New England — an Atwells Avenue neighborhood where the extraordinary Rhode Island Italian-American heritage (over 19% of Rhode Islanders claim Italian ancestry, the highest percentage of any state) and outstanding wine bars create a lounge environment of genuine Italian-American community cultural significance.

Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02903