Ceremony College Hill

you're on brook street, which cuts through college hill with the kind of unhurried energy that comes from being surrounded by brown university's campus and the smaller streets feeding into it. ceremony fits that stretch without announcing itself too loudly. what keeps people coming back, reliably, is the consistency: a place where the coffee is taken seriously enough that you don't have to think twice about ordering. providence has its share of cafes, but the regulars here have clearly decided this one is worth the repeat visit, which means something. if you're in the east side neighborhood for the afternoon, this is a reasonable place to anchor yourself. order an espresso-based drink and stay a while on brook st.