{"id":4864,"date":"2017-04-13T19:57:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T03:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2017-05-06T12:27:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T20:27:51","slug":"warren-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/travel\/warren-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren, Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4859\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4859\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4859\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown.jpg\" alt=\"Warwick downtown.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown-250x194.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-downtown-900x698.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren downtown.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Warren, Rhode Island,\u00a0is a town where the\u00a0somewhat dumpy downtown seems frozen in the 1950s. In other words, my kind of place.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4865\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4865\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river.jpg\" alt=\"Warren River, Warren, RI.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river-250x173.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-river-900x624.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren River, Warren, RI.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Warren is advantageously located on the Warren River.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4866\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4866\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886.jpg\" alt=\"Warren, from the Beacon. Engraving from The Providence Plantations for 250 Years (1886). \" width=\"1000\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886-250x93.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/warren-1886-900x333.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren, from the Beacon. Engraving from <em>The Providence Plantations for 250 Years,\u00a0<\/em>1886.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Warren was among the earliest areas settled after Europeans arrived in North America. By 1886 it was an important northeastern city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4872\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4872\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren.jpg\" alt=\"Del's, Warren, RI.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren-250x173.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dels-warren-900x621.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Del&#8217;s, Warren, RI.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It boasts a classic, possibly even the\u00a0supreme Del&#8217;s Lemonade.Walker Evans should have photographed it. And it has multiple antique and consignment shops that are goofy, fun, and cheap by northeastern standards. \u00a0Oh, and Carol says I should mention the record shop on the main drag, where the guy has Bang &amp; Olufsen turntables, plenty of classic disks, and will chat you up most charmingly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4860\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4860\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4860\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior.jpg\" alt=\"Eli's, Warwick, RI.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/elis-interior-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eli&#8217;s, Warwick, RI.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are quite a few good restaurants here. We had a delightful lunch at Ely&#8217;s. Good beer and music selection curated by Tyler (I think that&#8217;s him in the black tee).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4861\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4861\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu.jpg\" alt=\"Eli's menu &amp; Baxter Phantom Punch Winter Stout.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-menu-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eli&#8217;s menu &amp; Baxter Phantom Punch Winter Stout.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Try the Baxter Brewing Co. Phantom Punch Winter Stout.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"r\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4862\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eli-exterior-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warren, Rhode Island,\u00a0is a town where the\u00a0somewhat dumpy downtown seems frozen in the 1950s. 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