All the comments and up votes for Woonsocket help confirm it for me.

Long time resident here. I want to second the suggestion for Saint Ann's. It's an absolutely breathtaking piece of art. As far somewhere to eat it looks like Ciros is a good balance of what you're looking for. I have been meaning to get over to that polish bakery though, the pictures on Facebook look delicious. Another thing I haven't seen mentioned is Candy and nuts next to McDonald's at park Square. It's exactly what it says it is but still a unique shop in the city. Oh! And almost all of the crime that is here never was toward me. Even going to "bad" parts of town wasn't a problem.