The Liberty Elm

Coffee shop, juice bar and garden center

We're your local coffee hangout - and we just happen to serve some tasty food, too! Located in a 1947 Worcester Lunch Car diner just blocks from the beautiful 430-acre Roger Williams Park and Zoo, we're the gateway to the historic Elmwood neighborhood. We pride ourselves on NOT being upscale but serving real, robust coffee and lite fare to match -- honest, healthy comfort food that's as satisfying to the bus drivers and utility company workers across the street as it is to the artists in the mill next door and the bicyclists training down Elmwood Avenue - a truly diverse community. Add to all of this the fact that we also run a small garden center on our lot where you can sip your "cuppa" outdoors amidst the greenery and peruse what plants you'd like to purchase for your urban landscape. Bikers of ALL KINDS welcome. (Uh -- did we mention The Liberty Elm is a fine destination for your next ride?!) Conveniently located just off Rt. 95 Exit 17 southbound, Exit 16 northbound, and Rt. 10. Or just a hop and a skip from Downcity, directly across the street from the RIPTA bus garages on Elmwood Ave./ historic Rt. 1. Reasonable prices - good tunes - local art - local music - free wi-fi.

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W). Its official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Area, 1,214 sq mi (3,144 sq km). Pop. (2000) 1,048,319, a 4.5% increase since the 1990 census. Capital and largest city, Providence.  Nickname, Little Rhody. Motto, Hope. State bird, Rhode Island red. State flower, violet. State tree, red maple.     Rhode Island is the smallest of the 50 states and except for New Jersey the most densely populated. The dominant physiographic feature of the state is the Narragansett basin, a shallow lowland area of Carboniferous sediments, extending into SE Massachusetts and, in Rhode Island, partly submerged as Narragansett Bay . The bay cuts inland c.30 mi (50 km) to Providence, where it receives the Blackstone River; it contains several islands, including Rhode Island (or Aquidneck), the largest (and the site of historic Newport); Conanicut Island, with the resort of Jamestown ; and Prudence Island.      Although more than half of Rhode Island is covered with forests, it is highly urbanized. Providence is the capital and the largest city; other important cities are Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, and Newport .  Rhode Island's coast is lined with resorts noted for their swimming and boating facilities, and windswept Block Island is a favorite vacation spot. Narragansett Bay is famous for its sailboats and yachts. The America's Cup yacht race has been held in Newport several times, beginning in 1930 and most recently in 1983. The state also has many historic attractions.   Rhode Island's traditional manufacturing economy has diversified and is now also based on services, trade (retail and wholesale), and finance. In spite of this, many of the products for which Rhode Island is famous are still being manufactured. These include jewelry, silverware, textiles, primary and fabricated metals, machinery, electrical equipment, and rubber and plastic items. Tourism is also important.         Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright (c) 2003.