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close334 South Water Street, Providence, RI 02903 (Downtown Providence) | (401) 331-1500
This Venue is Permanently Closed
PLANT CITY is an integrated, plant-based food and lifestyle brand designed to offer its community innovative, compelling offerings aligned with the rapidly growing movement toward sustainable food and health. Taking cues from the also robust category of food halls, PLANT CITY is a more focused concept, providing visitors with multiple consumer options, including retail, quick serve, full service dining and an array of education and entertainment products. The core of the brand is its highly refined approach to plant-based food, leveraging the already well known Matthew Kenney Cuisine concepts and building upon that to seamlessly bring them under one roof.
This is the fourth restaurant that we’ve owned together. Over the last 20 years we have been in the Boston area, upstate NY, and finally Providence. This is the food we love to eat and prepare. We think this is going to be the best one yet. We hope you think so too. -Lauren & Susan
The Bacaro experience is as heavy or light as the customer chooses it to be. Whether a night out is about meeting some friends over a wonderful bottle of wine with some prosciutto and grilled figs or summer melons or a full service dining experience, Brian and Jennifer have created the environment that fulfills the senses. Bácaro Restaurant was founded in 2007 and resides in the historic Charles Tanner Building along the riverfront in downtown Providence. Named after the Bácari of Venice, Bácaro focuses on Italian cuisine, applying a simple approach to indigenous ingredients. Owners Brian Kingsford & Jennifer Matta, brought their dream of opening a restaurant to fruition after working almost two decades together in the industry. The name Bácaro comes from what the Venetians refer to their small wine bars as, “Bácari” named so after the God of wine Bácchus. In Venice, these lively wine bars focus on small bites of food called “Cicchetti”, pronounced “chee-keh-tee” Bácaro is a multi-conceptual restaurant offering customers the unique experience of a Venetian Bácari, a Roman Sálumeria, and an Upscale Restaurant. The experience can be as simple as a board of mixed sálumi, cheeses & olives with Venetian tapas and wine to a multi-course fine dining experience.
We take our name from the traditional folk ballad, "The Wild Colonial Boy" - the story of Jack Duggan who left Ireland for Australia where he robbed the rich to feed the poor. At Jack Duggan's time, and well before, the terms "wild" and "colonial" were used as terms of racist derision, meant to belittle the native Irish who lived "beyond the pale" - where our families come from - and to thereby justify the taking of their lands. By applying these terms to Jack Duggan, whom they described as at once "a terror to Australia" and a "tribute to all Ireland," the balladeers are reclaiming those terms, turning them from things of which to be ashamed and into things to be celebrated. Our logo features a figure, taken from a 1610 map of Ireland, which was captioned, "The Wilde Irish Man." The cartographer meant to portray him derisively but, like the balladeers did with Jack Duggan, we're reclaiming The Wild Irish Man. We have taken the name and the figure as our own because we believe that The Wild Irish Man and Jack Duggan were forbears of whom to be proud. Named One of the 9 Best Irish Bars in America by USA Today and One of 50 Best bars in America by both Esquire and InStyle Magazine. Voted Best Bar in RI by both Providence Phoenix and Rhode Island Monthly Home of the Guinness Perfect Pint Award and Stone's Most Bitter Bar. Award Winning Pub Quiz--BiWeekly, please check our calendar. Thank you for joining us here at the Wild Colonial.
Modern lounge with a Mediterranean tapas menu great for couples or large groups and private parties.
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 4pm – 9:30pm
Wednesday: 4pm – 9:30pm
Thursday: 4pm – 9:30pm
Friday: 12pm – 10pm
Saturday: 4pm – 12pm
Scenes: Lounge, Live Music, Restaurant, Bar, Kid Friendly
Cuisines: American, Gluten Free, Mediterranean, Seafood
Music: Dining Music, Top 40, Vocals
Crowd: Casual Crowd, Professionals
Best Food: Pizza, Steaks
Best Drinks: Martinis, Wine Selection
Dancing: Sometimes
Highlights: Entrees, Outdoor Area, Atmosphere (relaxed)
Avg. Entree: $16 - $20
Crowd Type: casual upscale friendly professionals
Dance Floors: yes
Dress Code: casual
Outdoor Area: Outdoor patio
Parking Lot: Parking lot on South Water Street and a lot in the back of building off of James street
TVs: Tv at bar areas
VIP: VIP available in the loft Fridays and Saturdays
Water View: water and city views
Valet Parking: Weekends and special events
Coat Check: Yes
Resident DJs: Yes
Other Features Include: Ambience
