Open daily for breakfast and lunch

Breakfast and lunch in a 1947 diner car

Farm-fresh eggs, stuffed French toast and Angus burgers, served at a stainless steel counter on Providence’s West Side.

The long stainless steel counter and red stools inside West Side Diner
Mon to Sat
6 am to 2 pm
Sunday
7 am to 2 pm

1380 Westminster Street, Providence   (401) 490-0644

Signature favorites

The plates regulars come back for.

Stuffed banana berry French toast topped with whipped cream
Breakfast

Stuffed banana berry French toast

Two slices of Texas bread stuffed with cream cheese, banana, blueberries and strawberries, topped with whipped cream.

Philly cheese steak omelet with home fries and toast
Breakfast

Philly cheese steak omelet

Shaved steak, mushrooms, peppers, onions and melted American cheese.

Tex-Mex burrito with salsa and sour cream
Breakfast

Tex-Mex burrito

Scrambled eggs, chili, red and green peppers, sautéed onion, cheddar jack, salsa and sour cream.

The Rhody Burger with onion ring and fries
Lunch

The Rhody Burger

An 8 oz Angus burger with cheddar, bacon, an onion ring and barbecue sauce.

Mediterranean wrap with grilled chicken
Lunch

Mediterranean wrap

Grilled chicken breast, mixed greens, tomato, onion, feta, olives and Greek dressing.

BBQ pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw
Lunch

BBQ pulled pork

Slow-cooked pork in tangy barbecue sauce with coleslaw on a grilled Kaiser roll.

Reuben on grilled rye with fries and a pickle
Lunch

The Reuben

Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss and Thousand Island on grilled rye.

Browse the full breakfast and lunch menu

The stainless steel exterior of the diner car with its neon sign Curved end of the original counter Counter with the dessert case

The diner was born on this street

Providence gave the world its first lunch wagon on Westminster Street in 1872. Our diner car came along in 1947 and has now come home to the same street.

Built by the Kullman Dining Car Company in New Jersey, Poirier’s Diner fed three shifts of mill workers in Olneyville for decades. Saved from demolition, moved and carefully restored, it’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places and back to doing what it does best.

1872First lunch wagon, Westminster St
1947Our Kullman car opens
2003National Register listing
Read our story

Pick your seat

Counter stool, window booth, or the back room.

See the gallery
Curved counter with chrome stools

The counter

Original stainless, terrazzo-style tile and spinning stools. Watch the grill at work.

Booths along the diner car windows

Window booths

Room for the whole family.

Cook plating breakfast at the pass

Made to order

Every plate comes off our grill.

Back dining room with local artwork on the walls

Local art on the walls

Work by Rhode Island artists, on consignment.

The bright back dining room with tables and chairs

The back room

Our dining room seats large parties, showers and team breakfasts. Ask about events

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What the neighborhood orders

Ask anyone who’s slid into a booth here and you’ll hear the same names come up again and again.

  • Stuffed French toast
  • Eggs Benedict
  • Western omelet
  • The Hungry Man
  • Breakfast burrito
  • Linguica and eggs
  • The Rhody Burger

Come hungry

We’re on Westminster Street in the heart of the West Side, with street parking nearby.

Opening hours
Monday to Friday6 am to 2 pm
Saturday6 am to 2 pm
Sunday7 am to 2 pm
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