The Nitro Bar

you're on thames street, which runs right along newport's harbor, and the neighborhood pulls between tourist season chaos and something quieter underneath. the nitro bar sits at 404 in the middle of all that. cold brew is the honest center of what they do here, and if you come in warm months expecting something quick and cold, you'll find it done with real attention rather than as an afterthought. newport's summers are humid and relentless, and a properly nitrogenated cold brew, dense and smooth from the tap, is one of the more sensible responses to that. regulars here know what they're getting, and they keep coming back, which says more than most things do. start there, on thames, with something cold.