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Larry Lindner
Newport Life magazine
“Most every weekend, the line’s out the door; the seats are full,” says Jennifer Hilton.
“All my friends who never want to come over the bridge from Newport, East Greenwich, Lincoln when I finally get them here, they’re just blown away,” chimes in Hilton’s friend, Holly Prentice.
The two are gushing between bites of roasted cauliflower salad, having managed to snag a bistro table on the porch of the recently opened Groundswell Cafe + Bakery at Tiverton Four Corners. The Parisian-style eatery takes up the ground floor of an 1870s building that housed a sandwich shop called the Provender for almost 40 years. On the opposite corner sits Groundswell Garden + Home, which is also new. The cozy home-goods-cum-gift-shop fills the interior of a 1754 house blessed with wide floorboards and working fireplaces. Even on a cold January weekday, business in the two establishments remains brisk.