Cheap eats in downtown Providence cluster near Kennedy Plaza, the bus terminal area, and along Westminster Street. Pizza slice shops, taqueria-style spots, and the food court inside Providence Place Mall all hit the under-$15 lunch range. For a Rhode Island institution, hot wieners with celery salt at Olneyville New York System are a state specialty and dirt cheap, with the original location in nearby Olneyville. Federal Hill has a few sandwich and slice shops that beat the sit-down restaurant prices. Johnson & Wales students have mapped the cheap eats scene thoroughly, so anywhere you see a line of culinary-school backpacks is usually worth the stop.
