Iggy's Doughboys and Chowder House ★ 4.6
Gaetano 'Iggy' Gravino's Oakland Beach clam shack in Warwick, founded 1989. Award-winning RI clam chowder, doughboys, clam cakes; the year-round counter.
Try: Doughboys, clam cakes, chowder
East Side Pockets is a street-food stop in College Hill, Providence.
East Side Pockets on Thayer Street has been the College Hill Middle Eastern counter since 1997. Syrian-family-run; falafel, kebab wraps, late-night hours.
Address: 278 Thayer Street, Providence, RI 02906
Gaetano 'Iggy' Gravino's Oakland Beach clam shack in Warwick, founded 1989. Award-winning RI clam chowder, doughboys, clam cakes; the year-round counter.
Try: Doughboys, clam cakes, chowder
Dune Brothers' seasonal Jewelry District seafood shack: counter service, picnic tables, fish sandwiches using underused species like dogfish.
Try: Fish sandwich and fries
Del's Lemonade has pushed frozen lemonade carts across Rhode Island from a Cranston HQ since 1948, when Angelo DeLucia adapted a Naples family recipe.
Try: Frozen lemonade
PVDFest Food Truck Village pulls dozens of mobile vendors into downtown Providence over a September weekend each year. Free admission, block-party setup.
Try: Mobile vendors, citywide
The 1946 hot wiener counter in Olneyville Square, founded by Greek immigrant Anthony Stevens and his son Nicholas. James Beard America's Classics winner 2014.
Try: Hot wieners 'all the way'