12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
In new Providence restaurant, Suya Joint focuses on Nigerian spices, stews, and fufu
Why you should go:
For a sit-down lunch or dinner for flavors of Nigeria and West Africa.
Inside of Suya Joint's location in downtown Providence.
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The backstory:
Cecelia Lizotte
At the end of 2020, Lizotte briefly launched takeout brand 'Abinchin Plateau' out of
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Chef Cecelia Lizotte is the owner of Suya Joint in Providence, R.I.
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What to eat:
If it's your first time, go with the joint sampler, which brings together their namesake Suya wings with beef or vegetable Samosas, plantains, and stew all on one plate. If it's your second time, get the beef suya as an appetizer and split it with your table. The dish has thinly-sliced pieces of beef marinated in Lizotte's suya spice, which consists of peanut powder, ginger, cayenne, onion and garlic, and then grilled and served with more onions. Try any of the stews, particularly the vegetarian tausche stew (which is a creamy peanut consistency that's simmered with vegetables and a blend of herbs and traditional Nigerian spices).
A beans, chicken, and plantains dish from Suya Joint, a West African restaurant in downtown Providence, R.I.
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What to drink:
Wash down spicy meats with a glass of guava or passionfruit juice if you're not drinking. If you are drinking alcohol, opt for a coconut guava martini or the Obudu Mountain, which uses spicy Ghost tequila and muddled jalapeños with mango purée, fresh lime juice, and pineapple juice.
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Beef pies and a West African stew dish at Suya Joint in Providence, R.I.
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Final say:
For February, in honor of Black History Month, Lizotte is serving a special menu for just $20. You get the option of two meats (jollof rice with sweet plantains and chicken or black-eyed peas with sweet plantains and chicken) or their vegetarian dish (jollof rice with black-eyed peas, beans, and sweet plantains. Pair it with a glass of their house Shiraz.
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320 Westminster St, Providence, R.I., 401-388-4952,
. Appetizers $8-$22; fufu $4; sides $5-$8; rice or beans entrees $22-$25; African dinners $38; Nigerian soups and stews $21-$24; desserts $10.
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