Celebrate Spring Rhode Island Style This Weekend: May Breakfasts
Friday, April 30, 2010
Whether you're loyal to your local church's annual fete, or feel like making an expedition to one across the state, it's May Breakfast weekend, and everyone needs a dose of johnnycakes, syrup, and fudge to take home. It's a Rhode Island rite of spring, and with the help of our friends at quahog.org, we've gathered up our favorite fests from one end of Rhode Island to the other. Dig in.
Saturday, May 1st
Central Falls May Breakfast and More, Ralph J. Holden Community Center. Breakfast, community health fair, farmer's market, health screenings, demonstrations, and more. 10am-1pm, 361 Cowden St., Central Falls, 727-7425.
Chepachet Chepachet Union Church. Jonnycakes, sausage, pancakes, bacon, scrambled or fried eggs, toast, cereal, juice, coffee, tea and fruit. Plants and May baskets available. 7-10am, adults $7, children 12 and under $4, 1138 Putnam Pike, Chepachet, 568-2518.
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Cranston 143rd Annual May Breakfast
East Greenwich
North Providence St. Anthony Parish Center. 7-11am, adults $7, children 6 and under eat free, 1413 Mineral Spring Ave., North Providence.
Providence Church of the Redeemer. Eggs, ham, sausage, beans, homefries, pancakes, blueberry pancakes, muffins, juice, tea, coffee. 8-11am, adults $7, children 5-11 $3, under age 5 free, 655 Hope St., Providence, 331-0678, www.churchofredeemer.net
Rumford Newman Congregational Church, UCC. May baskets. 7-11am, adults $6, children under 12 $3, corner of Newman and Pawtucket Ave., East Providence, 434-4742.
Warwick 85th Annual May Breakfast, Norwood Baptist Church. One of the longest-running May Breakfasts in Rhode Island, since 1926. Eggs to order, ham, bacon, home fries, baked beans, cereal, muffins, pies, rolls, coffee, tea, juice, and milk. May baskets featuring fudge or flowers. 7-10am, adults $7, children 5-12, $4. 48 Budlong Ave., Warwick, 941-7040, www.norbap.org
Westerly
West Warwick
Woonsocket St. James Episcopal Church. 7am-12pm, adults $6, children under age 10 $3, 24 Hamlet Ave., Woonsocket.
Sunday, May 2nd
Smithfield May Breakfast Brunch, Smith-Appleby House Museum. Hearty country breakfast of homemade cinnamon buns, chilled fruit cup, Virginia ham, scrambled eggs, French toast, Johnny cakes, and coffee, served by costumed volunteers in this historic house. 11 am, $15 per person includes a house tour, reservations required, 231-7363, www.smithapplebyhouse.org
South Kingstown Snug Harbor Volunteer Fire Company Annual May Breakfast, Snug Harbor Fire Station. Menu of orange juice, fruit cup, homemade muffins, scrambled eggs, ham, jonnycakes, home fries, toast and more. 7:30-11:30am, adults $6, children 6 and older $3, 17 Bliss Rd. (off Succotash Rd.), South Kingstown, 789-0409, http://members.cox.net/snugharborfire
Tiverton Tiverton Lions Pancake Breakfast, The Patriot's Club, Tiverton VFW. All you can eat breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, beans, coffee, juice, and pastries. Proceeds to go towards providing scholarships to qualifying high school students. 8-11am, adults/seniors $6, children under 12 $3, 134 Shove St., Tiverton, 297-9799, http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/tivertonri
Wakefield South Kingstown High School. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wakefield. 7:30-11am, adults $5, children ages 6 to 12 $3, age 5 and under free, 215 Columbia St., Wakefield.