Start from 22 curated places around Tiverton, RI, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Groundswell Cafe + Bakery
A sun-drenched French-inspired cafe tucked inside a converted barn at Tiverton Four Corners. Breakfast and lunch draw locals for flaky croissants, quiche, baguette sandwiches, and seasonal salads made with produce from nearby farms. Belle Époque decor and an outdoor courtyard make it the most atmospheric coffee stop on the Farm Coast.
Evelyn's Drive-In
A Tiverton institution since 1969, perched on the shore of Nanaquaket Pond. The menu is classic Rhode Island shore dinner: clam cakes, chowder, fried whole belly clams, lobster rolls, and the famous Lobster Chow Mein that earned a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives segment. Order at the window, grab a picnic table, and watch herons work the pond.
Trails & outdoors
Fort Barton / Sin and Flesh Brook Trail
Tiverton's most popular trail loops 2.3 miles through the hardwood forest below the Revolutionary War redoubt, following Sin and Flesh Brook through a quiet ravine. The route combines the historic hilltop overlook with a shaded creekside walk and earns its 4.5-star AllTrails rating through variety: open ridgeline, dense forest, and brook crossings all within an easy hour.
Weetamoo Woods Trail
A 4.9-mile loop through Tiverton's largest woodland preserve, traversing a rare maritime oak-holly forest and winding along Dundery Brook past a small waterfall. The trail passes a boulder commemorating Queen Awashonks of the Sakonnet tribe and connects several distinct forest ecosystems within an easy, flat-to-rolling walk.
Things to do
Four Corners Arts Center
A Rhode Island nonprofit housed in the circa-1800 Soule-Seabury House at the heart of Tiverton Four Corners, with over an acre of landscaped grounds used for rotating sculpture exhibitions, concerts, outdoor dance performances, and theater. The summer sculpture park features internationally recognized artists from June through October. Concerts range from chamber music to folk and jazz.
Sakonnet Vineyard Wine Tastings
Rhode Island's oldest winery pours seated tastings in a barn room and on an open porch overlooking the vines in Little Compton. A new winemaking team arrived in 2026 and has been releasing fresh estate wines — Vidal Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and new rosé and sparkling bottlings — alongside wine by the glass or bottle. Seasonal events, from harvest gatherings to live music among the vines, run through the growing season.
Landmarks & sights
Tiverton Four Corners Historic District
The intersection of Main Road and Neck Road where 18th-century farmhouses, stone walls, and art galleries cluster into one of New England's best-preserved rural village centers. Galleries like Four Corners Gallery and Sakonnet Collective occupy historic buildings alongside the Yellow House bookshop, antique dealers, and Provender deli. The Four Corners Arts Center hosts sculpture shows from June through October on its landscaped grounds.
Sakonnet Vineyard
Rhode Island's oldest winery, founded in 1975 in the agricultural heart of Little Compton and now farmed with organic and sustainable methods. Owner Carolyn Rafaelian brought in a new winemaking team in 2026 to revive the estate's reputation, with more than 20 acres of vines on a 169-acre farm producing Vidal Blanc, Chardonnay, estate Pinot Noir, and new rosé and sparkling releases. Self-guided walks through the vine rows are free; tastings are poured in the barn room or on the porch overlooking the estate.