also, are they any Armenian restaurants in the Providence area?

Not that I know of. There was an awesome place in Worcester called Shiraz that had been around forever but they closed a couple years ago. I think there’s a place in Watertown, but that’s a little farther.

I highly recommend the various Armenian church bazaars around the area, they always get a lot of great vendors.

Also, as someone of Armenian heritage and an avid cheesy Gordita crunch fan, I always feel like this combo was made for me lol

There is Sonia's in Cranston. Not an Armenian restaurant per se but their are some dishes on there among other types of items . Owners are Armenian

There used to be a small hole in the wall bakery on Orms St, you can totally miss it driving by. I forget the name and if memory serves me correct they only made lamejun.

Someone needs to make a PVD remix of Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

Isn't in Providence, but in Middletown there's a Mexican restaurant called Tito's Cantina, And directly next door is a Taco Bell.

Not sure if it counts, but the REMEMBER UKRAINE billboard sponsored by Job Lot amuses me.

As an Armenian I too always laugh at this intersection but there is a reason for it being there, Douglas Avenue used to be heavily populated by Armenians in the 70’s and 80’s. The brick building that used to house the Brooklyn Coffee House or whatever (near Times 2) used to be home to a Armenian fraternal organization. My mother and many of her cousins, alongside other families, grew up on Camden Avenue. My grandmothers house (where I grew up and my family continues to live) is still there right off Admiral/Douglas.

As for other juxtapositions, this one isn’t as funny per se but I always found it interesting how at the intersection of Douglas and Eaton there is a police substation facing the projects. Meanwhile all the streets and houses along Eaton street are adorned by American flags, red solo cups, and a $50,000+ a year private university literally a stones throw from Section-8 housing.

like the other poster said definitely try Sonia’s, all of their sandwiches are bomb. if you want to pay a pretty penny you could definitely get some nice groceries there as well (apricot jam, basturma, etc).

if you are ever on Allen’s Ave skip Sea Plane (they are trash forreal) and instead go to OV’s. OV’s is a wonderful, classic American diner but it is owned by Armenians and has a couple items on the menu.

In Cranston there is a place called “Taco Solutions” 2 buildings down from a Taco Bell, and it always makes me laugh.

When I worked at NUWC I would frequent both. Sometimes you want Tito's. Sometimes you want Taco Bell.

I think PC is over $70k now, if you can believe it

Taco solutions intrigues me. I’d love for my tacos to be solved

Edit: Boo! They’re not a restaurant they do heating and plumbing systems

The communist library on Camp Street that is in the same space the police substation used to be.

The Armenian Heritage Park and neighboring Taco Bell are a huge improvement over how that intersection used to look. In the 90's, that site was occupied by an abandoned gas station surrounded by a chain link fence.

always great to see a space changed to make a more positive impact on its community

Not a restaurant, but every Fall there are Armenian food Festivals - definitely worth a visit with an empty belly. There's also one in Cranston as well.

The Starbucks at the corner of Chestnut & Friendship housed in the old Swedish Workingmens Association building I always thought was nice.

There's a sex shop on Wickendon. I took some visitors to The East Side for cocktails and oysters. When we came out, they noticed it. So we went up and took a look. 😮

Mister Sister! Great place; very chill

nature is healing

While it's disappointing that they are not involved with tacos, they are one of the few remaining international manufacturers headquartered in RI which is pretty cool. Also they pronounce it Tay-co

https://www.tacocomfort.com/company/

And the building on the Johnson & Wales campus is the "Tay-co" Center, not the "🌮" Center!

I lived near that police station, not once, day or night, did I ever see a cop in that building.

Tito's is pretty good. There used to be one in the airport, right?

The signs that literally say "STRIVE FOR RENT" juxtaposed against, just like, I don't know... The entire sociopolitical climate I guess.

Red Ink is such a cool little spot

I think so, yes. And there was also a Seekonk location.

Well they probably need to be outside of the building to patrol