
Gracie’s is a medium sized place in downtown Providence with Matt Varga as chef. There is no valet or assigned lot, so allow some extra time if you need to hunt for street parking. In addition to the nice sized white cloth covered table they had a number of booth like seats around the perimeter. Large windows to the street make up one wall of the dining room and they are heavily tinted which darkens the room quite a bit. Patterned cut outs are on some of the windows and gauzy drapes hang between some of the perimeter tables. There are a few tables outside. The wood floor is opposite the high dark ceiling with hammered copper inserts in some of the wood columns and booth dividers. The view out the window is of the street that is mostly filled with a bank building and its sign. They offer an a la carte menu as well as 2 tasting menus of 5 or 7 courses. Optional wine pairings are available and they have a full bar. We had pre-ordered the 7 course tasting and ordered our own wine. They promised to email and menu but never did. It is a good place anyway. Continue reading