Clam cakes aren't anything like hush puppies, they're fritters. Hush puppies are a corn meal batter while clam cakes are a softer, more doughy batter that is risen before it's fried. A Cabinet is a milk shake. You specifically described a Coffee Cabinet. The one thing about Rhode Island that I always found so unique was what they called foods: Cabinets and Grinders. They don't call a sub sandwich a "Grinder" anywhere else. So unique. OMG...The Portuguese food in Rhode Island...incredible! I'd never had Portuguese food before and when I lived in Rhode Island my landlady was this sweet Portuguese woman who was thrilled to have a pregnant lady move into her upstairs apartment. She would bring me all sorts of soups and stews. Just the sweetest woman anywhere. As a "thank you" my neighbor, who lived on the third floor, and I made her a big platter of lasagna. Homemade, sauce and every thing from scratch. She took it to her family, who she stayed with on weekends. She was the nicest landlady I've ever had, really made living in Rhode Island the best experience ever.

She really appreciated our Rhode Island Foods! Thank you!!! I love my state!

Well now I'll need to visit Rhode Island.

Made me think of my Mom. Her brother went to Brown, and my always volunteered to help with move-in/out days and it was because of the food.

You need to try strip/party pizza and Dynamites up in the Woonsocket area.

Love all those foods omg I miss them so much

I think you nailed nearly ALL of our local favorites. Two I'd add are party pizza/pizza strips from D. Palmieri's in Johnston and bismarks from West's Bakery in Hope Valley. We really do have some great food here and thank you for taking the time to shoot this video!

Bakery pizza strips. Federal Hill in Providence for Italian food. East Providence for Portuguese/Cape Verdian food. Narragansett and Newport for seafood. I miss home and the food.

The saugy dog looks really good

Regarding Del's, you'd touched on the prominence of Italian cuisine in RI earlier in the vid. The original "Del" was Franco DeLucia of Napoli. When he emigrated to the USA, he brought over a family method of making crushed ice fruit drinks that's actually more akin to the technique behind sorbetto/Italian ice. It was his son, Angelo, who eventually founded the Del's that exists today. It was intended to be drinkable, so it's not quite as "stiff" as a true sorbetto, but that's why the ice they use has such a fine grind/crush to it.

werd I need to visit Rhode Island one day 🏝 lol

Thank you. Yummy!

Wow. I’m from Tucson and the fact that you knew Eegees is awesome, and now know what the frozen lemonade tastes like. Small world and thank you!

Yummy 🤤 😋

Oh WOW, Rhode island wouldn't have been on my rador but the drinks and food may change that! 😂😂

You guys know your stuff. You went to two of the best restaurants in RI, O’ Dinis and Matunuck Oyster Bar. Great video as always!

I would recommend trying some of the local Asian markets in providence, they have lots of good food.

I'm glad to hear that they have Sagres Cerveja (beer) in Rhode Island. It's my favorite beer from Portugal. As Jocelyn might say, "it's soo good!" In fact, I stayed in the city of Sagres when I was in Portugal. If you are ever back there stop off in this city. It is so photogenic. I call it a sleepy fishing village. I went to one of the restaurants overlooking the bay there and they had a sign near their large window that said, "No, this is not a post card." LOL!

I forgot to mention that an eegee's just opened near me a few months ago. Now I'm going to have to try their frozen lemonade drink.

I live in Rhode Island and I go clamming every summer with my moms parents and my cousins and I love raw clams and clamecakes

Go to Newport Creamery and get an Awful Awful, they are Awfully good 😉 If you can find one 😣 Also in Northern RI, Chelo's is a cozy family restaurant with Awesome desserts! Also, thirded or fourthed on the weiners. I was glad you specified no ketchup, that is a HUGE no-no on a weiner, but a weiner is not a hot dog. I can't remember the difference, if it has to do with the spicing or the meat composition, but there is a difference.

We love this area. Our favorite restaurant (not so much one single food item) is Nordic Lodge in Charlestown, RI and it’s the best seafood buffet you will ever have. The grounds are beautiful and entertaining and you can lounge in their hammocks or sit in their Adirondack chairs overlooking the lake as long as you like. It’s a must visit in RI.

Cold strip plain pizza, meat pies & Stanley burgers.

I was born and raised in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, I left RI back in '80. My favorite Rhode Island specialty is spinach pies. If you avoid ones with cheese or pepperoni, they're vegan and can be purchased from most Italian bakeries. Tomato pie (a thick pizza covered with tomato sauce and usually served cold, is also a Rhode Island specialty (and did NOT originate in Philadelphia!) is also worth a try and can be purchased from the same bakeries that sell spinach pies.

Had to move to Nebraska after living around Boston for a while. Miss the Dels lemonade the most from RI. I have ordered the packets online, but just not the same.

My family's heritage is portuguese and we have relatives who live in Providence, Pawtucket and Cranston.A must do for foodies is Westerly . All you mentioned are musts and are soo Goood. The WaterFire event in Providence which generally happens in October is something to see with a great munchie. Harriet and I have always enjoyed our time there. Thanks for the nice vlog. Be Well my friend. Harriet and Jim Richmond, Va.

Yes I'm from RI!! Yes yes yes!! The hot dogs are called Gaggers, at least in South county. So if you wanted the hot dog with all of the fixings you would say let me get a " Gaggah all the way"! Lol makes me laugh every time

Also, you might want to reupload this and mention soupy, the locals around here are absolutely obsessed with it and have it down to an art form!

I have to try that coffee milk. I lived in Connecticut for a decade and never tried it.

Coffee milk is most known in RI, but really is a New England thing. I grew up drinking it. I haven't had in many years, but growing up in Essex County, MA (northeastern MA) it was quite common as at one point as a child.

Row Die Lin is changing the name to Carbs

Weiners are not [ I repeat, NOT! ] hot dogs. They are long sausages made with a natural casing filled with beef, pork, veal, and spices. Before cooking and serving, the lengths of filled casing are cut by hand into individual weiners.

Haha I work a few streets away from that plaza you’re in 😂

it is not just a hot dog with celery salt

You had me at "ice cream makes everything better" ;) Looking forward to visit the us again once the plague is over with and the travel warnings for possible political unrest are removed. Thanks for sharing

WRONG A WEINER ISNT A HOT DOG, they are specially made in and for RI by order, comes in 5' rope you cut to size, some places you say hot dog you go to back of line! Most states can't even sell them that's why famous, can put same stuff on hot dog like most do but not even close. Sry 51 years here in RI and they are serious, can go many places and say Weiner but it's a hot dog with stuff on side, before covid all the dives that grilled saugies until burst are closed 😢, atleast can grill them fishing or in yard lol. I like all stuffies Portuguese or not, but I make Portuguese and use all quahaug juice and double quahaugs lol, and chorizo, everyone loves but restaurants can't afford all that, but get whenever on menu and never ever dissatisfied yet lol. Tyvm

Is Cabinet similar to Italian Affogato?

Are there healthy foods to eat in these places?

@2:40 *”Definitely the best Portuguese food I’ve had outside Italy.”* 🤔😆😆 *split top roll* - Y’all ate those fancy beach town hot wieners, Joc. NY System hot wieners in Providence are all on steamed hot dog buns almost 100% exclusively from Homestead Bakery. *lobster roll* - @3:37 Does Rhode Island lean Maine or Connecticut? *Excellent EATS episode.*

We always called them gaggahs, not hot weiners 😂

You say "chowdah" funny. 😁. Weiners are not hot dogs! Del's language is amazing but sadly the online mix you can buy is definitely not the same!

Which is better, coffee milk or Kahlua and milk?

You're like the "Bubba Blue" of clams. Thats all I got to say about that.

Wieners is always our go too but they took it off our menu . Don’t know if it’s a territorial issue 😂

"No one, and I mean NO ONE, puts ketchup on a hot dog. It's in the US Constitution." -Harry Callahan (Well maybe not the Constitution part, but it should be!) Hot wieners...who can't NOT laugh at that!

Hot Weiners are not Hot dogs -

That is NOT a hot wiener. And a hot wiener is not 'basically a hot dog.' They taste nothing alike. geez

You are doing Rhode Island any justice at all.. .We never call hot dogs Weiners....it's Saugy or Hot dogs. Westerly wouldn't be the place to judge food in Rhide Island.....PROVIDENCE is the place for Rhode Island food....that lobster roll is sad looking

She’s not born here than we who were here since 2 from another state . She from out the country they be sabotaging so bad smh it’s ridiculous.