Village Restaurant: Nigerian Flavor Meets Down-Home Vibe
On a cold Tuesday, my friend David and I headed out to try the newly-opened Village Restaurant at 100 Fountain Street in Providence, which features authentic Nigerian cuisine. Toyin Wilcox […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Blaze Smith Hill
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. For BJ Murray, owner of Blaze Smith Hill, the business started […]
Black Beans PVD
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. Adena Marcelino’s journey to being one of Providence’s esteemed black business […]
Purveying the Sweet and the Sarcastic: Two bakeries on the rise
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. Alaska-native Nina Reed received her culinary degree from J&W over a […]
Kin Southern Table + Bar
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. If you’re ever in downtown Providence and looking for comfort food, […]
Super Trooper: Culinary adventures on Valley St
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. Troop in PVD is part bar, part music venue, part gallery, […]
Indigenous Diner: Sly Fox Den Too
While working on the November issue of Motif, we kept hearing about an indigenous restaurant called the Sly Fox Den Too. It’s a wonderful and quintessentially Rhode Island kind of […]
Guildy Pleasures: Warren’s first brewpub
The smallest town in the smallest state, Warren, RI, which was once known by most as a blink on the way to Newport, has experienced a renaissance in recent years. […]
Friskie Fries: Motif Overall Favorite Truck Award
Where do the best thoughts come from? A boardroom? The shower? For Randy D’Antuono, the best ideas came in the wee morning hours sitting on a street curb in Amsterdam, […]