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Places to Shop

Warren
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MAP F4
If it’s old, you’ll probably find it here.
A cluster of shops in the compact
downtown area of this former
whaling port and mill town have
turned it into a collector’s paradise.
Gray’s Grist Mill
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MAP F5 • Adamsville Rd,
Colorful display at RISD Works Adamsville
For cornmeal to make jonnycakes
RISD Works
1 (see p65) at home, stop at this old
MAP E4 • Chace Center, 20 N
mill on a weekend to see local flint
Main St, Providence • Closed Mon corn ground between immense
Creativity abounds at the RISD stones from France.
Works, the RISD Museum (see p42)
Peter Pots Pottery
store, which showcases fashion, 7
furniture, toys, and tools from MAP E5 • 494 Glen Rock Rd,
alumni and faculty members of West Kingston
the school. Collectors favor the modern lines
and distinctive glazes of Peter
The Fantastic
2 Pots Pottery, founded in
Umbrella
Factory 1948. The studio, in an
18th-century mill building,
MAP E5 • 4820 Old displays the complete
Post Rd, Charlestown line of dinnerware and
No umbrellas are decorative pieces.
made here and it isn’t
Pier
a factory. It’s actually a 8
maze of unusual little Marketplace
shops selling work by Glazed pot, Peter MAP E5 • Narragansett Town
local craftsmen and Pots Pottery Beach, Narragansett
artists, novelty gifts, On breaks from the beach,
ethnic treasures, and sunbathers browse the
even pots and plants. resort wear and gift shops here,
then treat themselves to ice cream
Brown & Hopkins
3 or a bag of saltwater taffy.
Country Store

Providence Place
MAP E4 • 1179 Putnam Pike, 9
Chepachet MAP E4 • 1 Providence Place,
Children can select from the “penny Providence
candy” counter while their parents This shopping mall in the heart of
browse the home furnishings and downtown Providence overlooks
accessories at this historic store. Waterfront Park, and has every local
and national chain you could ask for.
Bowen’s Wharf
4 Garden City Center
MAP F5 • America’s Cup
Ave, Newport 0
MAP E4 • Rte 2, Cranston
Shops on this 18th-century wharf This outdoors village-like complex 7
have a nautical flavor. Landlubbers miles (11 km) from Providence offers
can easily outfit themselves to look the same range of shops and dining
like seasoned sailors. that you’ll find in enclosed malls.
See map on pp86–7
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