The Arcade Providence

The Arcade is a historic shopping mall built in 1826. As of early 2025, the main mall features several popular restaurants, a bookstore, boutique clothing shop, and hair salon. Definitely worth a visit.

Super cool building with condos and little shops. Great place to own an air bnb. Great location.

I visited this place on Sunday. Everything was closed except a book store, which was pretty cool and had unique genres.

A cool piece of Providence history that has been underutilized over the last few years. The Arcade is a small mall located in a beautiful building in downtown Providence, and is actually the oldest enclosed indoor mall in the country dating back to 1828. While it is beautiful inside and out and has a popular Lovecraft-themed bookstore and some good restaurants, there are a noticeable amount of empty spaces in here. I believe the second and third floors are used as micro-loft rentals, but can’t find much information on them. While I did enjoy spending time here, it seems that with a bit more advertising and effort, the Arcade could truly be revitalized and live up to its potential.

Kinda reminded me of the Quincy market in Boston. But way smaller. They have salons and lash/wax shops in there. Some restaurants which are really good also.