Local brunch spot hiding serious wine instincts
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Reviewed April 30, 2026
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You come to Nicks on Broadway for the ricotta pancakes and leave thinking more about the wine list than you expected. It's compact, but someone clearly made intentional choices here — Rhode Island producers sitting next to Slovenian whites and Portuguese reds is not an accident. This isn't a list that happened to a restaurant; it's a list someone built.
The regional spread punches well above the size of the list — Rhode Island (Greenvale), Italy, Portugal, California, Oregon, Germany, and Slovenia all make appearances, which is a lot of ground for what looks like a focused card. The Champagne section alone has Guy Larmandier's Vertus Brut Rosé Premier Cru and a Louis Roederer Brut Premier Magnum, which is a genuinely surprising find at a casual brunch spot on Broadway. Portugal and Italy carry the everyday drinking weight well, with accessible, food-friendly bottles that don't demand you think too hard. The local-wine angle with Greenvale's Rhode Island rosé is a nice touch — and at $13 a glass, it's practically an act of charity.
Ten-plus options by the glass covering bubbles, whites, and reds, with glass prices clustered tightly between $12 and $14 — rare pricing discipline in a market where $16 pours have become the new normal. The Muri 'Yamile' Frizzante Rosé from Copenhagen is the kind of pour you don't expect to see anywhere in Providence, let alone at brunch. Rotation isn't confirmed, but the presence of a 2024 Greenvale suggests the list gets some seasonal attention.
Greenvale Vineyards Rosé 2024 — $13
A Rhode Island rosé at $13 a glass with a 15% markup is essentially the restaurant doing you a favor. Greenvale has been making solid coastal rosé for years and this vintage is drinking well — supporting a local producer at a price that's hard to argue with makes it the easiest call on the menu.
Guy Larmandier Vertus Brut Rosé Premier Cru NV
Most people ordering Champagne at brunch go on autopilot and grab whatever sounds familiar. The Larmandier is a grower Champagne from a Premier Cru village in the Côte des Blancs — lean, precise, and a world apart from the big-house stuff. Most diners will scroll right past it, which means more for the people who know.
Louis Roederer Brut Premier Champagne Magnum
Look, Roederer is perfectly good Champagne — but at the top of the price range on a list this size, a Magnum of a non-vintage NM Champagne is the safe, showy choice. You're paying for the format and the name recognition. The Larmandier gives you more interesting wine for almost certainly less money.
Quinta de Cabriz Brut NV Rosé + Eggs Benedict
The Dão Brut Rosé has the acidity to cut through hollandaise without bullying the egg, and the light red fruit keeps it from feeling too serious for a Saturday morning. It's a $13 glass doing the work of something twice the price, and it makes eggs benedict feel like a slightly better decision than it already is.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Nicks on Broadway is a brunch spot that wandered into wine territory and turned out to have genuinely good taste — fair prices, local producers, and a grower Champagne or two hiding in plain sight. Send a friend here and tell them to skip the mimosa.
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