If you're an ice cream lover, Providence is the place for you. Partaking of the ice cream at at Big Alice's is an unofficial requirement for graduation from from Brown. Explore the area. Not surprisingly, the area features many fine Portuguese restaurants. The three places listed below are recommended.
Prices are very reasonable.
This section of Providence is within walking distance from downtown, up the hill, in the East Side of Providence. The most interesting sections are Benefit Street, between Sheldon and Olney Streets, and Brown University and the surrounding area, on the crest of the hill. Feel free to have a picnic lunch on the lawn of the John Brown House, on Benefit Street, between Power and Charlesfield Streets. You may may also want to visit the Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, one of the best in New England, and arguably one of best small museums in the country. The seventh oldest university in the United States, Brown was established in 1764.