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Fork in the Rhode names 51 restaurants for RI NY System wiener
Fork in the Rhode, a local RI food blog, says Stykee's New
York System on Elmwood Avenue in Cranston offers the best wiener in the state. It
was named one of the 10 best places in
the state to get a NY System wiener. A total of 51 restaurants were visited by
judges, who ordered the dogs "all the way." (meat sauce, chopped
onion, mustard and celerey salt)
Here's the blog's top 10 list in full:
Cosmic
Steak, Pizza & Weiners
1141
Post Road
Warwick
Dot’s
Dairy Bar & Grille
1476
Newport Ave.
Pawtucket
Jesse's
N.Y. System
710
Main St.
West
Warwick
Liberty
Lunch
732
Central Ave.
Pawtucket
New
York Lunch
8
Main St.
Woonsocket
Olneyville
N.Y. System
18
Plainfield St.
Providence
Rod’s
Grill
6
Washington St.
Warren
Stykee's
New York System
1617
Elmwood Ave.
Cranston
Timmy's
Restaurant
644
W Shore Road
Warwick
Weiner
Genie
80
Higginson Ave.
Lincoln
ALL THE OTHERS
Athenian
Deli & Restaurant 1242 Oaklawn Ave Cranston
Athens
Pizza House 1 Austin Ave Greenville
Barbara’s
Place 77 North Main St. Woonsocket
Ben’s
Chili Dogs 158 Broadway Newport
Bucci’s
Café 37 Main Street Lincoln
Chepachet
Deli 842 Putnam Pike Chepachet
Coffee
King 66 Fountain Street Providence
Connie
and Nikki’s Restaurant 526 Pawtucket
Ave. Pawtucket
Ferrucci’s
Original New York System 1246 Main
Street, Arctic West Warwick
George’s
Grill New York System 716 Reservoir
Avenue Cranston
George’s
Pizza ‘N Pub 60 Main St Pascoag
Indigo
Pizza Lounge 599 Tiogue Ave Coventry
John’s
New York System 827 Park Ave. Cranston
John’s
New York Systems 326 Cranston Street Providence
Kingston
Pizza 1283 Kingstown Road Peacedale
Kip’s
Restaurant 826 Newport Ave Pawtucket
Little
Rhody Brand Frankfurts 5 Day Street Johnston
Lumber-Jacks-Pizza
‘n Wieners 1402 Victory Hwy North Smithfield
M
& M New York System Restaurant 361
Waterman Ave East Providence
Moonlight
House of Weiners 32 Rathburn Street Woonsocket
North
Kingstown House of Pizza 6170 Post Rd North Kingstown
Norwood
Grill 1325 Post Rd. Warwick
Oak
St. B&B 87 Oak Street Westerly
Oatley’s
Family Restaurant 171 Ten Rod
Road North Kingstown
Original
New York System 424 Smith
Street Providence
Peter’s
Coney Island System 2298 West
Shore Rd. Warwick
Plouffe’s
Cup n Saucer 267 Main St Pawtucket
Poppy’s
Family Restaurant 3344 Mendon
Road Cumberland
Quick
Rick’s 58 High St Wakefield
Right
Spot Diner 200 South Bend St. Pawtucket
Riverside
Kitchen New York System 467 Willett
Ave East Providence
Rod’s
Grill 6 Washington Street Warren
Royal
Lunch 1179 Westminster St Providence
Sam’s
New York System 1031 Mineral Spring Ave North Providence
Sam’s
New York System Sandy Lane Warwick
Santoro’s
Pizza 687 Tiogue Ave Coventry
Silver
Lake Pizza 1146 Main Street Coventry
Snoopy’s
Diner 4001 Quaker Lane North Kingstown
Sparky’s
Coney Island System 122 Taunton
Avenue, East Providence
Taso’s
N.Y. System 1500 Atwood Avenue Johnston
Wein-O-Rama 1009 Oaklawn Avenue Cranston
Gaggers
Written by Amanda MacArthur | @amaaanda on June 21, 2013
If you’re not a Rhode Islander, you might not understand our love for RI weiners, which aren’t just hot dogs with a sexy name and represented by hilarious neon signs that say “hot weiners”.
No, they’re so much more. Wikipedia says it best, although they’re the only ones spelling it with an i before the e around here:
The traditional wiener is made with a small, thin frankfurter made of veal and pork, giving it a different taste from a traditional beef hot dog, served in a steamed bun, and topped with celery salt, yellow mustard, chopped onions, and a seasoned meat sauce (the spices vary by vendor but commonly include cumin, paprika, chili powder, and allspice). A preparation including all of the above is often ordered by patrons as “all the way.”
When I was new to Rhode Island, I even did a little weiner foodtrip and wrote about it for Examiner. They’re also called “gaggers”, which is, you know… er… strange… Rhode Island. Derp.
I haven’t learned the ordering lingo yet, but I think it’s something like “one dog, all the way”. I learned this from an old fella today and I figure he must know what he’s doing by now!
For the complete article go to Buzzfarmers at the link below
http://buzzfarmers.com/buzzfarmers-adventures/best-rhode-island-ri-weiners-ice-cream/
Eats in Seekonk a History of Food for 60 Years
From the Seekonk-Swansea Patch
http://seekonk-swansea.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/eats-in-seekonk-a-history-of-food-for-60-years
Written by Jeff Sullivan.
Eats in Seekonk a History of Food for 60 Years
A look back at the three generation story of Eats.
Eats Restaurant in Seekonk has been a staple in the town for over 30 years, but its history goes back a lot farther than that.
“My grandfather owned a New York System in East Providence for like 60 years,” said Lexi Mihailides, whose father currently owns Eats. “He started when he was wicked young, maybe 20 years old when he started at the one in Smith Street. He then bought the one in East Providence. My dad worked there and wanted to open his own place.”
New York System started in Providence back in the 1953 by Greek immigrants Anthony Stevens and his son Nicholas. The pair first settled in Brooklyn and then moved to Rhode Island where they started the Providence tradition of the New York System.
Mihailides said he first started in 1983 and has been going strong ever since. Wieners are a big part of what they do, and they take it pretty seriously.
“The wieners we use are 90 percent hamburger, so it’s not very greasy,” she said. “The difference between us and other places is we use Angus beef. We don’t use shaved steak in our sandwiches. Everything’s homemade, brownies, apple pie, carrot cake, we also have awesome salads, which you wouldn’t expect from a weenie joint. We try to focus on not cutting any corners.”
Mihailides first started working with her father when she was 12 years old, and she enjoys the work mainly because of the pace, like her father.
“It’s definitely our thing, we can’t sit still,” she said. “When I started when I was 13, it was really fast paced. It gets really busy at lunchtime. It’s crazy, we have a line out the door sometimes. It can be a little overwhelming, but we really like it.”
Wieners are definitely their specialty at the restaurant, and Mihailides said its the sauce that makes the unique.
“It’s homemade chili sauce,” she said. “It’s not very spicy and it’s like a really good mild chili.”
Mihailides said they sponsor Seekonk youth sports, donate to the high school and whatever they can.
“We give out gift certificates for whatever charity that asks,” she said. “If anybody comes in and asks we’ll do it.”
Eats in Seekonk is located at 1395 Fall River Ave. and is open Mon - Wed, 7am - 3:30pm; Thu - Sat, 7am - 8:30pm; Sun, closed.
Stykee’s makes top wiener list of local blog
Local food blog
ForkintheRhode.com has named the top 10 New York System wiener restaurants in
the state of Rhode Island, including Cranston’s Stykee’s New York System,
located at 1617 Elmwood Avenue.
Fork in the
Rhode’s RhodeCrew (along with 45 additional judges) visited 51 restaurants
statewide with judging sheets in hand. All wieners were ordered “all the way,”
with meat sauce, chopped onion, mustard and celery salt. Judges based their
results on the following scoring categories: appearance, steamed bun, wiener
texture, meat sauce, onions and overall one-bite taste.
Fork in the
Rhode blogger David Newell said that he and his fellow bloggers Scott Friedman
and David Tagliatela created ForkintheRhode.com in order to bring greater
attention to the extraordinary food in ordinary places within Rhode Island.
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