The only 110 Grill in Rhode Island has served its last meal. The downtown Providence restaurant, tucked off Fountain Street in the same building as the Residence Inn across from the Civic Center, has permanently closed, leaving basketball fans and downtown diners without their go-to spot for pre-game burgers and cocktails.
The closure was confirmed by Rob Luzzi of RAVentures Hospitality Group, according to WPRI.com, which first reported the shutdown. The company attributed the decision to what it called a difficult business call, the station reported, though no further explanation was given for why this particular location didn't make it.
The Providence restaurant had built a reputation well beyond its hotel-lobby location. golocalprov.com describes it as a popular pre-game bar for Providence College basketball, the kind of place fans would duck into before heading across the street to the Civic Center for tip-off. The chain leaned into that relationship as recently as July 2025, when it touted an NIL sponsorship involving PC players, including sophomore guard Ryan Mela, in a press release highlighted by the same outlet.
A Chain Menu Built Around Allergies
110 Grill has marketed itself as a dining option for customers with food sensitivities, pledging to offer its entire menu completely gluten-free, according to a report from courant.com. The Providence location fit that mold while also serving an expansive menu of American cuisine and cocktails. With the downtown spot gone, the nearest 110 Grill locations for Rhode Islanders are now in Fall River and Wrentham, Massachusetts.
The shuttered Providence restaurant was part of a chain with locations spread across New England and New York, per golocalprov.com's reporting. But it's not the only one to go dark recently. The same company closed its first Connecticut restaurant, in Canton, in December 2025 — a location that had opened in 2020 inside The Shops at Farmington Valley, according to courant.com.
A Pattern of Closures Across the Northeast
In that Canton case, RAVentures Hospitality Group used nearly identical language to describe the decision, telling courant.com that after much deliberation, a difficult business decision was made to close the location. Two 110 Grill restaurants remained open in Connecticut after that closure, in Southington and Manchester, the outlet reported.
Other 110 Grill locations have also recently shut their doors. A Syracuse, New York restaurant at Destiny USA reportedly closed after six years in business, according to syracuse.com. Additional closures have been reported in Latham and Henrietta, New York, following similar multi-year runs at those sites.
For now, Rhode Island diners and Providence College fans looking for a pre-game bite near the Civic Center will have to find a new spot. Whether another restaurant will take over the Residence Inn space, or what comes next for the location off Fountain Street, hasn't been announced.
