GLOBE ADVENTURES HORIZONS: COME & SEE AMERICA : RHODE ISLAND,PROVIDENCE, FEDERAL HILL

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

COME & SEE AMERICA : RHODE ISLAND,PROVIDENCE, FEDERAL HILL

GLOBE TROTTER NEWS AT PROVIDENCE, RHOSE ISLAND

FEDERAL HILL, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND is alleged to be a past neighborhood. Although an aging look appears at a glance, more is to be expected rather from the daily rhythm of life.

Here, Italians, Hispanic seem to have a kind of rendezvous for fun. By noon, Old Canteen, a seventy–five old restaurant has a family touch. Italians remain a community family oriented, eager to gather for any occasion. In fact, on the 29 September, inside Old Canteen, the owner, M. Sal Mazilli has no time for any comments with the press. “Better be back in the morning, today is bad day”, M. Mazilli told us. . Employees were indeed at a rush to meet the demand of the customers.

Nearby Angela’s shares this mid-day tempo. Angela’s at the main entrance has a kind of discretion that saves the surprise when you step in. Angelo’s. Civita Farnese is there since 1924. It is there that restaurants really make history. With its walls adorned with pictures of famous actors, such as Al Pacino and Marlon Brando, the movie stars of the Godfather, you can understand how Italians try to save their icons. Nevertheless, Angelo’s and Old Canteen, both of them, give Atwells and Federal Hill their personality,

Lucia’s across the street seems to be gorgeous as a multicolor sombrero and an cheerful and polite woman, maybe Lucia, welcomes visitors and customers. Mexico is above everything sounds and colors, let alone dance and tequila . This Mexican restaurant is open from Monday to Sunday, ( abierto de lunes a Domingo) reads a business card.

Federal Hill in fact is a business wise neighborhood, comprised of Dominicans, Americans and Italians. Our Globe Trotter reporters marvel at meeting in a nutshell so many races and nations looking for a living in America. What a contrast with the very core of the official Rhode Island with the huge buildings of the past. Federal Hill is showing history could take a different path, one busy people keep reinventing everyday in this America so full of dreams…

By the way, let’s have a drink at Andino’s again an Italian restaurant