Dessert in Lincoln, open until midnight

"Dessert near me" in this part of Rhode Island usually returns an ice cream counter or the dessert page of a restaurant that would rather you had ordered dinner. Layali Cafe is a dessert cafe. That is the entire menu, not an afterthought at the end of one: crepes and waffles are the headline, and the fruit salads, milkshakes and Eastern sweets are what bring people back.

Open late

The evening problem in a small town is that the kitchens close and what is left is a bar. If you do not drink, or you have the family with you, that is the end of the night. Layali is built for the hours after dinner. The counter is open from noon until midnight on Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday, and until 1 AM on Friday and Saturday, closed on Mondays. Come after a meal somewhere else, or make the whole evening out of it. Evenings are the busy part of the day, so order ahead through the menu page if you want to skip the wait, and book a table if you are six or more on a Friday or Saturday.

Somewhere sweet that is not a chain

Sometimes the search is not for a specific thing, it is just for somewhere sweet that is open and not a chain. Start light with a fruit salad or a smoothie, go properly sweet with a Kinder crepe or an Oreo waffle, or take the traditional route with warbat and a Turkish coffee. The Oreo and Kinder crepes and waffles and the Mix Berries Mojito are the things most tables order. For anyone who does not want chocolate, there are the fruit salads, the Nuts Crepe with honey and cream, and the Eastern sweets tray.

From the towns around Lincoln

The cafe is at 259 Front St, a few minutes from Route 146, with parking on site. Cumberland, Pawtucket and Central Falls are closer than Providence; Smithfield, North Providence and Woonsocket are an easy evening drive. If you are coming from Providence itself, there is a page for that with the route.

Eat in or take away

Everything is made when you order it. Eat in, or build an order on the menu page, tell us when you are coming, and it is ready when you arrive; you pay at the counter on collection, and nothing is charged online. Crepes and waffles are best warm, so time a pickup rather than letting them sit.