Making Providence feel like home Julia Broome will bring her familyâs comfort food to town when Kin Southern Table + Bar opens in March By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated February 15, 2021, 8:08 a.m. Email to a Friend Julia Broome, a Providence native, hopes to pay homage to her Southern ancestors at her new restaurant.Cornish Associates PROVIDENCE â When the going gets tough, Julia Broome knows people turn to comfort food. Thereâs no shortage of dishes she could whip up. Itâs more about picking which of the recipes that had been ingrained in her growing up that make the choices endless: Shrimp poâboy. Jambalaya. Grits. Collard greens.