Thayer Street
A student shopping street next to Brown University, lined with cafés, budget restaurants, bookshops, and old movie theaters.
Thayer Street runs north to south through College Hill and is the social center of Brown University students. It is packed with budget eateries from around the world, dessert shops, secondhand clothing stores, and the university bookstore. The Avon Cinema, opened in 1938, still shows art-house films. The lunch hour is the busiest time. It’s easy to eat and browse here after touring the Brown campus. The northern end is livelier, and walking south will take you to Wickenden Street in Fox Point.
Opening hours
Shops approx. 10:00–22:00
Nearby sights
- Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum
- Brown University
- John Hay Library
- John Brown House Museum
- Providence Athenaeum
- RISD Museum
- Prospect Terrace Park
- Benefit Street