Very subjective. Gregg’s is good for sure. But there are lots of little bakery’s around that hold their ground. When all else fails get an ice cream cake!

Stop in, their chicken apple walnut salad/wrap is a favorite. I love their thanksgiving dinner when I'm craving comfort food but don't want to go through all that effort. But you really can't go wrong. When my family visits from FL, Gregg's is always a restaurant we try and work in. Chelo's is good too, a little more greasy than Greggs.
And the table pickles at Greggs are amazing! don't forget to get those!

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Death by Chocolate from Greggs is the only acceptable answer for die hard chocolate lovers. I like a little variation, so I'm here for the heath cake.

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I must try it. I love wright’s cake

Thank you very much for the advice. If we like the place, then we're staying in it for some time.

Don't be sorry, I appreciate it. Our dog isn't on any restricted breeds lists so that's not an issue. We are actually trying to stay a little outside the city and more south (below the airport and closer to the coast, but not really Narragansett. More like North Kingston, East Greenwich, etc. Thank you for that information.

It is known

What I'd do is look up the assessment record for the property you want to rent and use that to research the owner and owner address. Does the person even live in the state? I'd be reluctant to rent from someone who's not around. Is it a name you can connect to a management company, and can you find information on that management company? Run the name or any name associated closely with the owner or a company through Google and the RI court system. Eviction hearings can give you other properties the owner might have, can check on those, see how they're being managed (or not).

Fun fact: Davenports has one of the former head bakers on staff from Greggs doing their desserts. Their chocolate cake is just as good, plus the Heath Bar is incredible.

Smokey Bones Chocolate Lava Cake

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Pastiche

Gregg's desserts are way better, I think the food is otherwise comparable/I lean towards Chellos

dunno where you’re looking, but when we lived in PVD for 3 years we found our apartment through the people at Residential Properties on Wickenden. After looking at apt buildings all day I dropped in without an appointment and they were SUPER helpful in pairing us with a great landlord in one of those converted houses on the east side. He’s no longer a landlord, otherwise I’d recommend him, but I would recommend chatting with a real estate agency, in person. Also: I’d keep it to yourself that you’re open to house hunting, landlords want good tenants for as long as they can. Knowing that you might only be for a year could work against you. Also also: Rhode Island is awesome! Happily living here now for 7 years

For a chocolate lover, it's definitely gotta be a death by chocolate from Gregg's. I got it once for my bf's birthday, it came in a cardboard box because it's too heavy for a regular cake box.

Ah okay gotcha

We mostly looked through Zillow or realtor.com, because when I called property management companies and realtors, this is what several recommended to find legit landlords. We discovered that we needed to be here in person to look at rentals, because the houses are, more often than not, rented same day or next day. And since rental houses aren’t that available, expect to make more than one trip and to only find 1-2 houses to look at during each trip. Be prepared for sticker shock. We were looking for a small 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with a yard that would take one dog, and the prices were at least double what you listed in safe areas. Most of the potential landlords required us to send a photo of our dog, cause they screen out rentals to families with certain breeds. You have a small dog so that should not be a problem for you. Rentals in Rhode Island are seasonal. Most around Providence coincide with university schedules in the fall but landlords rent them early. At one point I was very excited because I started to see some great rental houses in Portsmouth and Newport with leases starting in June and rent that wasn’t too high. But when I called the landlords, it turns out they only rent to military families and the landlords set the rents to match military housing stipends. Check prior posts on Reddit to research neighborhoods. Providence is a city where one block may be safe but another one isn’t. Sorry to not be more encouraging, but the market here is very difficult.

Agree, I love love chocolate, but do not care for the chocolate chips on that cake. Overkill.

Yes, but we only just started considering a house. We like the apartment that we applied for and are not against living in one for a year or so until we find something, but a house is now on the radar if we can swing it and meets the criteria.

Whole heartedly agree with this!

I got that as a birthday cake one year and most of it went into the trash. It looked pretty though.

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Now renamed Cakelicious but I think it's the same bakers. I'm not a big cake person and can't personally vouch for theirs, but I love their other pastries!