Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

This new Federal Hill spot offers intimate indoor spaces or out-door tables for people watching, drinks and Lebanese food. But the real focus is the hookahs, big water bubblers primed with your choice of flavored tobacco (sweet melon and double apple are good bets). The smoke is cool and tastes strongly of fruit, and the mouthpiece is passed around (with separate plastic covers to limit germ sharing) for the ulti-mate legal pass-around puffing.