Suya Joint to Open in Providence Fall 2024
Food at Suya Joint (Photo courtesy of Suya Joint)
If you’re hungry for news regarding the food scene in downtown Providence, RI, then we’ve got you: a Boston favorite restaurant, Suya Joint, is opening in 2024!
The restaurant, owned by Chef Cecelia Lizotte, will serve Nigerian cuisine and will include a vibrant bar and cocktail program highlighting flavors from West Africa. Opening at 320 Westminster Street, we’re very excited to have Suya Joint join many notable restaurants on this historic street (including Oberlin, Kleos, Sura, Gift Horse, Amaryllis, and The Malted Barley).
Lizotte opened her first location as a catering business in the Roslindale area of Boston back in 2012. The original Suya Joint relocated and expanded in 2016 to a larger footprint in the Roxbury neighborhood. Today, Lizotte continues to operate the Roxbury location and has added a popular food truck which serves Suya Joint menu favorites in and around Boston. And check it out- the food is so tasty that one of Lizotte’s most recent accolades is Boston Magazine naming Suya Joint as the best West African restaurant in Boston.
Suya Joint’s menu highlights the cuisine of Lizotte’s native Nigeria, with favorites including Jollof rice and beef Suya, a Nigerian meat skewer and the restaurant’s namesake. (Excuse us- we know we’re drooling!) Other well known dishes include succulent Nigerian stews offered with a choice of protein alongside a choice of fufu, a delicious dumpling made with pounded grain.
And hear ye, hear ye, folks with dietary restrictions: since the entire menu is dairy-free, we’re confident that Suya Joint’s offerings will be a popular option; much of the menu is gluten-free and vegetarian, too! Adding to the mouth-watering menu selection, the new restaurant will also offer a bar and cocktail program highlighting West African flavors.
“I’ve spent a good amount of time seeking locations for the next Suya Joint,” says Lizotte. “When I saw the Westminster space, I knew it was right. I can’t wait to open and share my food with the Rhode Island community.”
The new location in Providence will serve guests seven days a week, for lunch and dinner, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Takeout and delivery will also be available. We cannot wait to check out Suya Joint in downtown Providence in the fall of 2024! For updates, check out Suya Joint’s website and follow @suyajoint and @indowncitypvd on Instagram.
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