I’m a lifelong Rhode Islander and I appreciate your kind words about the state. Eat fresh local seafood when you come here, there is a whole community of harvesters that depend on it.
I love the state of Rhode Island I went there for my birthday in 2020 and let me tell you that was the best birthday present i gave my self i wish I could have stayed longer i miss Rhode Island so much I wanna return some day again and stay longer I have thought about moving to Rhode Island but im financially scare because I know the coast of living on the east coast is expensive and i don't have anyone to move out to RI with me mabey some day 🙃
I have lived in Rhode Island for 8 years and I can honestly say I never really run out of things to do or see. Rhode Island has great hiking trails, beaches, bike paths.. the local restaurants are amazing. If you want to get really good clam cakes and chowder skip iggys, which in my opinion is overrated and head straight to Blount clam shack in warren. There are so many hidden gems here along with great food and cultures… whenever I go away I am always happy to come back home to Lil Rhody.
I'm originally from Portsmouth but in Gatlinburg Tennessee Great Smoky mountains national park..we have the First 4th parade in Nation at 12.01 am each year
For a state that is only 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, it is notable that its shoreline on Narragansett Bay in the Atlantic Ocean runs for 400 miles. Indeed, one of Rhode Island's nicknames is "the Ocean State."
The fact that you showed O Dinis as a true Portuguese restaurant shoes me you know your stuff. It's the best authentic Portuguese food on the east cost. I'm sure Dinis is proud of the way his daughter is running the restaurant. Fantastic food...the BEST.
The water isn’t that cold in RI unless you show up too early in the season. The water is fine in most of southern New England. Head north of Boston, then the water gets wicked cold
In August and September open water beach temps are low to mid 70's F, in the bay 75-80 F and we see manatees barracuda and colorful tropical fish at that time of year. In May, June and July the water is very cold unless you're swimming in the bay. Kids never seem to care what the temp is.
My little town of hopkinton in RI, never seems to be mentioned . There are so many fresh water swimming holes, beautiful hiking areas , old buildings , with still running dams 😊
I agree- Hopkinton is gorgeous and great for fishing/hiking/swimming! My Mom grew up there, and although our family lived a couple towns east, much of my childhood was spent enjoying the area.
yea i,m going to come from Floida or California to go into the woods looking for swimming holes and hiking trails i think your short 3 dimes to make a quarter. @@LindaB651
@@smexTTS There's more to RI than just swimming holes and hiking trails, but most travel enthusiasts concentrate their interests and commentary upon the seashore and food related areas. But if you're going to be a dick about it, then I'm glad you've decided not to visit!
Native Rhode Islander here and you totally covered almost everything that makes the state great! I didn't realize that other states had ocean water that wasn't freezing lol. Definitely agree with Waterfire and Block Island especially. Only things I'd add for anyone curious about RI: the cliff walk in Newport offers some great ocean views and it's right by one of the beaches. Public transit is absolutely terrible, so don't plan to rely on that. Even if you catch a bus, the drivers have a death wish. Also, everything legally has to close at 2AM (1AM if you're outside of Newport or Providence), so don't plan to stay out drinking all night. Just go to Olneyville NY System when the bars close. Oh, and don't come here in the winter. Most of Newport is closed, the streets are full of snow, and all of the best events are outside in the summer. Awesome to see our small state get some love!
Thanks for the trip back. Lived in Barrington RI for a year in 6th grade.. On my bucket list to return. The Cliff Walk was awesome then too.. Nothing like coffee milk way back then.
Love the cliff walk, done the entire walk once. Slept in the Newport shipyard overnight in the summer; totally awesome hearing the waves. Winter Beach walks are priceless experience...
@@laurie6123 I grew up in Barrington..I lived around the corner from the former Carlemite Monastery... :) Last week a portion of the Cliffwalk collapsed..it was near the 40 steps..
Massachusetts born but been a Rhode Islander for over a decade. My niece at age 4 came to our house for a cookout and we served her a Saugy. She looked at my wife and said "Auntie, this is the best hot dog I ever had". Great video, loved it.
Used to spend a lot of time in Rhode Island with some good friends at Brown. I miss it! I love Providence and have so many great memories there. Hoping to go back again someday soon!
@@ianweiss1263 you’re going to love it! Providence is such a good place to go to college. It’s a perfect sized city, and brown feels like a great mix of being urban but still having that college experience!
You nailed it with the driving experience. It’s terrible, though I’m used to it. And beach traffic in RI sucks, as well well as traffic heading out of Newport (helps if you know the back ways out)
Haha, from Rhode Island, that whole area of Fall River, New Bedford has a huge Portuguese population, a lot from the Azores. New Bedford has the Madeira Feast which imports wine from the Madeira Islands.
There are loads of Portuguese all over RI and Southern MA. I can't think of any place that they AREN'T. I'm from Newport and the whole Island has to have at least 1/3 Portuguese. My mom is from Fall River and we have lots of family in New Bedford, North Dartmouth, Swansea area and cousins all over RI, especially around Tiverton, Little Compton, Bristol, Warren, etc.
Ya got to try the Rhode Island clam chowder (clear broth), with clam cakes on the side, you dip the cakes into the chowder broth...omg !! Also, try Federal Hill (pronounced Fed'ral Hill) for Italian food, in northern part of Providence. Chourico pizza...every pizza parlor carries it! ps the best view, is just coming onto the Sakonnet River Bridge from Tiverton, with the vista of Sakonnet River, Narragansett Bay, and all three bridges...daytime it's beautifully breath taking, but at night on a holiday, with all the bridges lit up...stunning !
I find that if I go to the RI beaches in August or early-mid September the water is cool, but not so cold that I can't stay in it for quite a while. Before or after that, forget it!
It's no longer called "the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." They changed the official name to just "the State of Rhode Island" in 2020, which is confusing because "Rhode Island" historically only referred to what is now Aquidneck Island, and the "Providence Plantations" referred to the rest of the state.
You are correct of course! But the elitist woke crowd insisted on getting rid of "Providence Plantations" because "plantations"= "slaves" even though "Providence Plantations" had nothing to do with slavery. This is a good example of how our "betters" always know what's best for us and we best do (or think) what we're told!
Growing up in Southeast Massachusetts we loved going to Providence , Newport. The water fire is great the coffee milk with the hot dogs are the best. The seafood and Portuguese food is the best.
Take a stroll down Benefit Street in Providence to enjoy beautifully maintained colonial homes, enjoy the RISD museum as mentioned, and also walk the quirky alternative Thayer Street for people watching. Definitely RI-style clam chowder, which is not thick like Boston style. And I would add pizza strips (Sicilian pizza) for the food list. If you haven't had a quick "coffee regulah" at Dunkin', you're missing it.
I spent my first 15 summers at Matunuck, including hurricane Carol when I was 4 years old. My father loved surf casting, we dug clams, raked quahogs, and picked mussels from the rocks. We practically lived on free seafood. After cleaning the fish my dad would give me a few heads and I would walk to the salt pond with a hand line and net to catch Blue Crabs. We always went to see the tuna that was caught in the annual tournament at Galilee. Georges, Aunt Carries, Kenyons corn meal, Dels lemonade, Eclipse coffee syrup, and NY System hot wieners so many good memories. It was a great time to grow up.
If you have New England roots, many may be in Rhode Island. I have several lines from there after a couple generations in the Boston/Plymouth area. Little Compton, Tiverton, Newport and Portsmouth are often mentioned.
LOL native Rhode Islander here and #1 had me rolling! We certainly have our own way of driving! I travel a lot (I watch your videos all the time for tips!) around the country and am always amazed by how slow and patient drivers in other states are. LOL I will admit my mom and I have a saying "Let's show them how we do it in Rhody" before blowing past or generally outpacing drivers in other states... for such a small state we sure do have it ingrained in our heads to hurry! Great video!
Thanks for featuring RI including a lot of great footage of my town, Westerly. ☺️ When did you film this? My husband and I noticed that some things are now different.
I am completing my visit to RI tommorow and wanted to say thank you for the excellent videos that you did on Ct and RI they were really helpful and informative. I look forward to using some of your European tourist videos one day
As a native Rhode islander i want to thank you for this great video! You are correct RI is an awesome state. I'm half way through the video so incase you missed it Jamestown is another great place. And if you like saltwater fishing it's also great to just hang on the beach and fish for stripers!! Thanks again.
Thanx for the video I was born and raised in Rhode Island, but I moved to Brazil last year. Unfortunately I have lots of stuff in storage in RI. and cant wait to go back and get it, but I have to wait for my Brazilian Permanent Residency by Spouse to go thru first. Your video made me even more anxious to get to R.I.
RI native here still living in the state! Awesome video! I just wanted to chime in. I would recommend people to visit Late Spring-Fall, the best being Summer if you're into Beaches. Our roads can be really bad lol, there are lot of potholes around so be aware. The water isn't cold in the summer months. Believe me if it's 85 degrees plus out and you go to a beach, most people will be in the water and it's going to be plenty warm. The weather in New England can be very erratic though, so the best chance to get some good beach time would be to come in July-August. People surf all the time; I boogie board and body surf personally :D. Block island is really interesting and whether you want to bike, hike, or even party there's pretty much everything for everyone there. As for food here in Rhode Island, it's pretty great. I loved how Wolter talks about the Portuguese food here as well because there are some amazing restaurants especially in EP and of course there's Federal Hill for Italian food. I also love the food on Thayer St, one of my favorite Indian Restaurants is there and one of the best Peruvian restaurants Los Andes, is also in Providence. I might be bias, but you can find high quality restaurants in a lot of the other towns, I'm from Bristol, and there are tons of different restaurants here and nearby in Warren that are highly coveted! Also more important than clam cakes and clams here is to get a stuffie or a stuffed quahog. It's basically clam but stuffed with a bunch of seasonings and they're really good. There's also a lot of great Pizza places throughout the state and a ton of really good ice cream spots around, and you can't forget Iggy's for doughboys and their food in general. If you're into hiking and birdwatching, RI has some great parks for you. There are state parks all over and plenty of biking and hiking paths, so it really is a great outdoor state. It's a hidden gem and a place I've grown to appreciate over the years!!!
Thanks for the update. I used to live in Rhode Island, I went to Navy OCS there in 1970 from May to September. By far the best time of year to be there. And I lived there again 1973-1974 so I know a "few" things may have changed since then. One thing that impressed me as to how small it was, on my trips to Providence I would drive though Fall River, MA on my way. I always liked seafood, but I became a true seafood-lover while living there. Mmmm getting hungry right now thinking about crabs, clams, lobster, the fish and of course the chowder, that red stuff now longer exists for me.
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I live in Rhode Island and I don't live that far in Newport County and yes Ocean Drive is very beautiful and I love being over there because it cause my mental and just looking at the scenery of the mansions and everything certain things you can do out here I never been to Block Island yet but thank you for explaining about the state Rhode Island I've been living here for almost a decade
I enjoy watching all your travel videos and you gave some great advice about visiting Rhode Island and I am following most of it and enjoying myself here, but when you talked about the drivers here I didn’t take you seriously but as it turns out you were not joking. I live in northwest Indiana close to Chicagoland and I thought I had experienced the worst examples of driving but these Rhode Islanders have taken it to a whole new level.
Clam cakes and chowder in Galilee. NY System Hot Wieners in Providence. Party pizza/pizza strips at D. Palmieri's in Johnston. Great Italian food in Federal Hill. Del's Lemonade. Coffee Milk. Bismarks at West's Bakery in Hope Valley. Middle of Nowhere Diner in Exeter. All things I'd recommend trying while visiting here ❤
Federal Hill in Providence is the place for Italian food. Broadway productions touring the country often start here. There's something primeval about Waterfire that sticks with you forever.
I noticed at the end of the video you said "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" but actually there was a referendum on election day 2020 and Providence Plantations was dropped from the name. People failed to understand that plantation meant a colonial settlement in this case and not a large farm, so people thought it was controversial and wanted to remove it.
Yeah, it refers to a non slave owning place (in RI). But the word plantation is so freighted, surely we can adapt. I mean I would guess something like 2/3rds of Rhode Islanders didn’t even know the longer name.
I love my RI. I have moved out of it for years for my spouses jobs and I didn’t realize how different the other states made me miss my real home. I built a home in RI knowing I would always come back home were I am now here to stay. XOXOXOXO
Native Newporter here. Born and raised. It’s definitely one of the most beautiful places on planet earth. That said, it’s not all sunshine and mansions. It’s like There’s 3 different cities in one square mile.
Ive lived in Westerly for 30 years and each year has gotten worse with traffic especially summer but continues into Fall until the weather gets cold. So over crowded, if you aren't interested in swimming Id recommend off season to explore RI.
Lived in RI in the sixties. Providence a smudge to the north ( pre air pollution prevention) and Narragansett bay was three houses down at the end of the road. Great childhood memories. Moved to NY and the kids thought I was from a foreign country because of my accent.
Interesting about the gas prices. Didn't notice that when we drove through in October with our rental car, but maybe we should have topped off while we were there
You've just convinced me to add Rhode Island to my mental list of places to visit in the US. Hopefully, in a few years, when the mortgage is paid and our son has finished university, we can start thinking about coming.
Great video, I'd just like to add onr of the best things about Rhode Island is all of the restaurants you can travel too via your own boat and dock it at the restaurant. Blounts Clam Shack for instance.
The Crows Nest is a great restaurant for seafood but they have other things too. (My grand nephew is the manage) that's in Apponaug next to a marina. In Narragansett if you want sushi and other Asian food hit up Tsunama (my other grand nephew runs the kitchen) 🥰
The driving experience is definitely due to the Massachusetts drivers… I’ve lived in almost all of the northeast states and the Massholes are the absolute WORST. I find RI drivers to be EXCELLENT drivers…they are just extra nice and courteous. They obey traffic signs, they use their blinkers and they move over.
Take this opinion with a grain of salt as I have only lived in RI for a year but I’ve found RI drivers to be nice but quite bad and dangerous if that makes sense.
WoW, the young boy with the FIFA World Cup T-Shirt rooting for my new country of Brazil eating at a Portuguese Restaurant in East Providence, where I grew up. 5 Stars.
Thanks for the video, as a native Rhode Islander I enjoyed seeing your take on the state. we used to drive over the border into CT for cheaper gas, so I’m not sure that cheaper gas in RI is necessarily true.. A visit to Wright’s Dairy Farm is where to go for the best coffee milk!
CT raised its gas tax, so gas is now cheaper in both RI and MA than CT. I grew up in Connecticut and we'd always try to wait to buy has in Rhode Island when we went.
Gas in RI is about 20 to 25 cents cheaper than CT now. Thats on the border stations, closer to Providence it's about 30 cents cheaper. Ct is about as expensive as you can get in New England.
The cold water is definitely true but less of a problem later in summer, if you're here in late August or early September the sun might not be beating down as hard but the water will be more temperate
I was shocked to find for such a small state the clam chowder is different in the south than the north LOL. If you are a Wes Anderson fan visit Fort Wetherill State Park on Jamestown Island to see the Moonrise Kingdom and explore the old fort. There is a great bookstore in Providence called Symposium Books. It seems a lot of RISD students resell their textbooks there and there are interesting titles on art and design. Grab a drink ocean side at the Ocean Mist.
I was born and raised in Connecticut for 31 years of my life. I now am 58 years old and live in South Carolina. That being said, Rhode Island is a completely different state. I love it. I love visiting it. Yet, I still love Connecticut. And i love South Carolina. Mind that, Connecticutians are different than Rhode Islanders. Kinda like North Carolinians and South Carolinians are. We are all proud of our own state.
Iggys Dough Boys and clams in Oakland Beach or at Point Judith. I’ve only been to the Oakland Beach location so I can’t say if the other one is as good as that one.
😆 🤣 Love it Forgot that coffee milk is not so common every where else. I grew up in Newport. Used to jump off the rocks around ocean drive. Bridge going to Goat Island used to be the best spot for squid fishing. Great video. But love the Florida weather now better. Yes the Portuguese food is incredible. 😆 Always could make an easy 20 bucks at the bar betting on what State has the longest name. 🙄 🤙😁
I grew up and still live in Rhode Island, it's so beautiful. The Ocean is magnificent, it looks like you are on Vacation when you live here. We have Hammersmith Farms where JFK and Jackie got Married. Oh and Taylor Swift has a home. Sometimes she out on here paddle board. ❤😊
@@wncjan Very cool! There is a statue of him in Kennedy Plaza. Those sideburns are beasts! I should probably head over at some point, so peaceful and plenty of beautiful and interesting stones and memorials.
I've lived all over the country, and RI for 4 years. I've only gotten into 2 accidents ever...both in those 4 years. One person didn't understand he needs to stop at a stop sign, and the other ran into the side of my car in a traffic jam. They do not even seem to know the very basics of driving...
Using a turn signal(otherwise known as a blinka in RI slang terms), is very rare. I used to live in Connecticut but find the driving in RI to be much worse.
Driving on Airport Rd. in Warwick is a master class on how bad Rhode Island drivers are. No, they do not know even the basics. RI drivers are best described as ignorance coupled with aggression-the perfect combination!
I’m a lifelong Rhode Islander and I appreciate your kind words about the state. Eat fresh local seafood when you come here, there is a whole community of harvesters that depend on it.
I love the state of Rhode Island I went there for my birthday in 2020 and let me tell you that was the best birthday present i gave my self i wish I could have stayed longer i miss Rhode Island so much I wanna return some day again and stay longer I have thought about moving to Rhode Island but im financially scare because I know the coast of living on the east coast is expensive and i don't have anyone to move out to RI with me mabey some day 🙃
I am also from Rhode Island and it’s beautiful
I lived in NK through junior high until navy sent my father to Pentagon. Loved aunt carrie's. Del's, etc. Nice to visit now but state is sooo small.
I was born and raised in Wakefield RI but now live up in new port
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I have lived in Rhode Island for 8 years and I can honestly say I never really run out of things to do or see. Rhode Island has great hiking trails, beaches, bike paths.. the local restaurants are amazing. If you want to get really good clam cakes and chowder skip iggys, which in my opinion is overrated and head straight to Blount clam shack in warren. There are so many hidden gems here along with great food and cultures… whenever I go away I am always happy to come back home to Lil Rhody.
The first thing that shocked me, a native Rhode Islander, was having this pop up in my suggested videos lol
I'm surprised, too. Most videos are about overrated states like California.
Absolutely! Lmao
@@alexisrapoza5103 same lol
If you're into parades, Bristol has the oldest running 4th of July parade in the country, absolutely amazing.
Oldest continuous 4th of July celebration not the oldest parade.
I have had the privilege to march in it...it's a LONG route in 90 degree weather..😜
@@laraschauble hot sitting their watching it too. That sun is brutal lol
I'm originally from Portsmouth but in Gatlinburg Tennessee Great Smoky mountains national park..we have the First 4th parade in Nation at 12.01 am each year
yes! I march in it every year!
For a state that is only 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, it is notable that its shoreline on Narragansett Bay in the Atlantic Ocean runs for 400 miles. Indeed, one of Rhode Island's nicknames is "the Ocean State."
The fact that you showed O Dinis as a true Portuguese restaurant shoes me you know your stuff. It's the best authentic Portuguese food on the east cost. I'm sure Dinis is proud of the way his daughter is running the restaurant. Fantastic food...the BEST.
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The water isn’t that cold in RI unless you show up too early in the season. The water is fine in most of southern New England. Head north of Boston, then the water gets wicked cold
In August and September open water beach temps are low to mid 70's F, in the bay 75-80 F and we see manatees barracuda and colorful tropical fish at that time of year. In May, June and July the water is very cold unless you're swimming in the bay. Kids never seem to care what the temp is.
@@JamiDesrosiers I usually find the water is warm enough from July into early September, it June is too cold
My little town of hopkinton in RI, never seems to be mentioned . There are so many fresh water swimming holes, beautiful hiking areas , old buildings , with still running dams 😊
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I agree- Hopkinton is gorgeous and great for fishing/hiking/swimming! My Mom grew up there, and although our family lived a couple towns east, much of my childhood was spent enjoying the area.
yea i,m going to come from Floida or California to go into the woods looking for swimming holes and hiking trails i think your short 3 dimes to make a quarter. @@LindaB651
@@smexTTS There's more to RI than just swimming holes and hiking trails, but most travel enthusiasts concentrate their interests and commentary upon the seashore and food related areas.
But if you're going to be a dick about it, then I'm glad you've decided not to visit!
I'd give anything to live on or near farmland.
Native Rhode Islander here and you totally covered almost everything that makes the state great! I didn't realize that other states had ocean water that wasn't freezing lol. Definitely agree with Waterfire and Block Island especially. Only things I'd add for anyone curious about RI: the cliff walk in Newport offers some great ocean views and it's right by one of the beaches. Public transit is absolutely terrible, so don't plan to rely on that. Even if you catch a bus, the drivers have a death wish. Also, everything legally has to close at 2AM (1AM if you're outside of Newport or Providence), so don't plan to stay out drinking all night. Just go to Olneyville NY System when the bars close. Oh, and don't come here in the winter. Most of Newport is closed, the streets are full of snow, and all of the best events are outside in the summer. Awesome to see our small state get some love!
Thanks for the trip back. Lived in Barrington RI for a year in 6th grade.. On my bucket list to return. The Cliff Walk was awesome then too.. Nothing like coffee milk way back then.
Loved Newport just a beautiful state when we visited few years back.
Love the cliff walk, done the entire walk once. Slept in the Newport shipyard overnight in the summer; totally awesome hearing the waves. Winter Beach walks are priceless experience...
@@laurie6123 I grew up in Barrington..I lived around the corner from the former Carlemite Monastery... :)
Last week a portion of the Cliffwalk collapsed..it was near the 40 steps..
Massachusetts born but been a Rhode Islander for over a decade. My niece at age 4 came to our house for a cookout and we served her a Saugy. She looked at my wife and said "Auntie, this is the best hot dog I ever had". Great video, loved it.
They are dang good hot dogs
Used to spend a lot of time in Rhode Island with some good friends at Brown. I miss it! I love Providence and have so many great memories there. Hoping to go back again someday soon!
Gonna be a brown freshman in a couple of months. Really pumped.
@@ianweiss1263 you’re going to love it! Providence is such a good place to go to college. It’s a perfect sized city, and brown feels like a great mix of being urban but still having that college experience!
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(: JFK, JR went to Brown ... ☺
I was born and raised in RI - you are not wrong here - well done!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed our little ocean state. Come visit us again soon. 😊
You nailed it with the driving experience. It’s terrible, though I’m used to it. And beach traffic in RI sucks, as well well as traffic heading out of Newport (helps if you know the back ways out)
Via Middletown and toll free to get out of Newport, but you miss driving the Pell bridge 🌉
I-295 is actually one of the best highways in New England; but that's only because it doesn't really go anywhere, except at the beginning and the end.
I am surprised you did not mention the Tennis Hall Of Fame there in Rhode Island
Haha, from Rhode Island, that whole area of Fall River, New Bedford has a huge Portuguese population, a lot from the Azores. New Bedford has the Madeira Feast which imports wine from the Madeira Islands.
There are loads of Portuguese all over RI and Southern MA. I can't think of any place that they AREN'T. I'm from Newport and the whole Island has to have at least 1/3 Portuguese. My mom is from Fall River and we have lots of family in New Bedford, North Dartmouth, Swansea area and cousins all over RI, especially around Tiverton, Little Compton, Bristol, Warren, etc.
We don’t use turn signals in RI . Not your business where I’m going .
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Soo funny!
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OMG!! LMAO 🤣 So true
I LIVE IN WESTERLY!! I HAVE WATCHED YOU SINCE 2014!!!!
Ya got to try the Rhode Island clam chowder (clear broth), with clam cakes on the side, you dip the cakes into the chowder broth...omg !! Also, try Federal Hill (pronounced Fed'ral Hill) for Italian food, in northern part of Providence. Chourico pizza...every pizza parlor carries it! ps the best view, is just coming onto the Sakonnet River Bridge from Tiverton, with the vista of Sakonnet River, Narragansett Bay, and all three bridges...daytime it's beautifully breath taking, but at night on a holiday, with all the bridges lit up...stunning !
CLEAR chowder is the BEST chowder !!!
Water fires are usually on Saturday nights during the spring - summer - through Veteran’s day.
We also have good Latin, Asian and African food!
I find that if I go to the RI beaches in August or early-mid September the water is cool, but not so cold that I can't stay in it for quite a while. Before or after that, forget it!
a native rhode islander here and i must say you touched mostly everything and the horrible driving is due to the damn potholes
Go see the Gilbert Stewart museum, home of America's first portrait artist.
If you happen to be in New London, CT, you can take a ferry to Block Island from there too 😎
It's no longer called "the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." They changed the official name to just "the State of Rhode Island" in 2020, which is confusing because "Rhode Island" historically only referred to what is now Aquidneck Island, and the "Providence Plantations" referred to the rest of the state.
I’m sure we’ll survive. We can do it! Lol
I wish they still kept the name because it’s history.
You are correct of course! But the elitist woke crowd insisted on getting rid of "Providence Plantations" because "plantations"= "slaves" even though "Providence Plantations" had nothing to do with slavery. This is a good example of how our "betters" always know what's best for us and we best do (or think) what we're told!
Yes they want to hide they use to have plantations. The Brown University family? Hello?
Growing up in Southeast Massachusetts we loved going to Providence , Newport. The water fire is great the coffee milk with the hot dogs are the best. The seafood and Portuguese food is the best.
My God, this man has been everywhere! Never a bad tourist video!👍🏾
Hit the Ocean Mist for an amazing Brunch, a Bloody Mary, or A Coffee with Love . Easily the best time to come to RI is the Summer.
Take a stroll down Benefit Street in Providence to enjoy beautifully maintained colonial homes, enjoy the RISD museum as mentioned, and also walk the quirky alternative Thayer Street for people watching. Definitely RI-style clam chowder, which is not thick like Boston style. And I would add pizza strips (Sicilian pizza) for the food list. If you haven't had a quick "coffee regulah" at Dunkin', you're missing it.
I spent my first 15 summers at Matunuck, including hurricane Carol when I was 4 years old. My father loved surf casting, we dug clams, raked quahogs, and picked mussels from the rocks. We practically lived on free seafood. After cleaning the fish my dad would give me a few heads and I would walk to the salt pond with a hand line and net to catch Blue Crabs. We always went to see the tuna that was caught in the annual tournament at Galilee. Georges, Aunt Carries, Kenyons corn meal, Dels lemonade, Eclipse coffee syrup, and NY System hot wieners so many good memories. It was a great time to grow up.
If you have New England roots, many may be in Rhode Island. I have several lines from there after a couple generations in the Boston/Plymouth area. Little Compton, Tiverton, Newport and Portsmouth are often mentioned.
LOL native Rhode Islander here and #1 had me rolling! We certainly have our own way of driving! I travel a lot (I watch your videos all the time for tips!) around the country and am always amazed by how slow and patient drivers in other states are. LOL I will admit my mom and I have a saying "Let's show them how we do it in Rhody" before blowing past or generally outpacing drivers in other states... for such a small state we sure do have it ingrained in our heads to hurry! Great video!
This is a great video! Would highly recommend clam cakes.
Thanks for featuring RI including a lot of great footage of my town, Westerly. ☺️
When did you film this? My husband and I noticed that some things are now different.
Hey, I live in Rhode Island. Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Brenton Point has free parking and it's beautiful there. Lots of flying kites in summer to see too at Brenton Point State park!
born and raised here, I think you did a great job!
The Scituate art festival is awesome. 100% recommend it!
I am completing my visit to RI tommorow and wanted to say thank you for the excellent videos that you did on Ct and RI they were really helpful and informative. I look forward to using some of your European tourist videos one day
As a native Rhode islander i want to thank you for this great video! You are correct RI is an awesome state. I'm half way through the video so incase you missed it Jamestown is another great place.
And if you like saltwater fishing it's also great to just hang on the beach and fish for stripers!! Thanks again.
I watched your videos before I went to Jamaica. Native Rhode Islander great video especially about the drivers lol.
Thanx for the video I was born and raised in Rhode Island, but I moved to Brazil last year. Unfortunately I have lots of stuff in storage in RI. and cant wait to go back and get it, but I have to wait for my Brazilian Permanent Residency by Spouse to go thru first. Your video made me even more anxious to get to R.I.
RI native here still living in the state! Awesome video! I just wanted to chime in. I would recommend people to visit Late Spring-Fall, the best being Summer if you're into Beaches. Our roads can be really bad lol, there are lot of potholes around so be aware. The water isn't cold in the summer months. Believe me if it's 85 degrees plus out and you go to a beach, most people will be in the water and it's going to be plenty warm. The weather in New England can be very erratic though, so the best chance to get some good beach time would be to come in July-August. People surf all the time; I boogie board and body surf personally :D. Block island is really interesting and whether you want to bike, hike, or even party there's pretty much everything for everyone there. As for food here in Rhode Island, it's pretty great. I loved how Wolter talks about the Portuguese food here as well because there are some amazing restaurants especially in EP and of course there's Federal Hill for Italian food. I also love the food on Thayer St, one of my favorite Indian Restaurants is there and one of the best Peruvian restaurants Los Andes, is also in Providence. I might be bias, but you can find high quality restaurants in a lot of the other towns, I'm from Bristol, and there are tons of different restaurants here and nearby in Warren that are highly coveted! Also more important than clam cakes and clams here is to get a stuffie or a stuffed quahog. It's basically clam but stuffed with a bunch of seasonings and they're really good. There's also a lot of great Pizza places throughout the state and a ton of really good ice cream spots around, and you can't forget Iggy's for doughboys and their food in general. If you're into hiking and birdwatching, RI has some great parks for you. There are state parks all over and plenty of biking and hiking paths, so it really is a great outdoor state. It's a hidden gem and a place I've grown to appreciate over the years!!!
You are the best! Watched other videos and your videos are always the best! So many ideas!
Thanks for the update. I used to live in Rhode Island, I went to Navy OCS there in 1970 from May to September. By far the best time of year to be there. And I lived there again 1973-1974 so I know a "few" things may have changed since then. One thing that impressed me as to how small it was, on my trips to Providence I would drive though Fall River, MA on my way. I always liked seafood, but I became a true seafood-lover while living there. Mmmm getting hungry right now thinking about crabs, clams, lobster, the fish and of course the chowder, that red stuff now longer exists for me.
Where'd you move to?
@@jonathanleak7263 I moved back home to NJ. I am 40 minutes from the ocean. So I still get excellent seafood.
Glad to hear I’m not the only one who hates coffee. Never had coffee milk either
Sorry Em, but it is just you and the host of this vid. Every other person on this planet we call Earth LOVES coffee.
I too have not tried coffee milk
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(: I think you will like "Coffee Milk", and "One of the best things on this Planet is" ... "Coffee"!!!!! ... ☺ (There may not be any in the future!!!!! 😢)
(: "Coffee Milk" is very good ... ☺ You won't get the strong coffee taste ... Maybe you don't like coffee because you never drank a real good cup of coffee ... like "Instant Coffee" is nothing close to a good cup of coffee!!!!! ... ☺
Thank you for the great review.
RI is it's own little world.. Oh food to try Woonsocket Dynamites.
I live in Rhode Island and I don't live that far in Newport County and yes Ocean Drive is very beautiful and I love being over there because it cause my mental and just looking at the scenery of the mansions and everything certain things you can do out here I never been to Block Island yet but thank you for explaining about the state Rhode Island I've been living here for almost a decade
You really the ocean water in RI is cold. Try swimming in the Ocean on NH coast.
I practically grew up in Providence and East Providence. The Portuguese food is kick ass there with an Azorean flair.
Thank you! Can’t to go again and see more!
I've had the BEST ramen there and I live in LA where there are plenty of delicious ramen places 🙌🏼
I enjoy watching all your travel videos and you gave some great advice about visiting Rhode Island and I am following most of it and enjoying myself here, but when you talked about the drivers here I didn’t take you seriously but as it turns out you were not joking. I live in northwest Indiana close to Chicagoland and I thought I had experienced the worst examples of driving but these Rhode Islanders have taken it to a whole new level.
That is 2 different levels of hell driving my friend. They both suck :)
Clam cakes and chowder in Galilee. NY System Hot Wieners in Providence. Party pizza/pizza strips at D. Palmieri's in Johnston. Great Italian food in Federal Hill. Del's Lemonade. Coffee Milk. Bismarks at West's Bakery in Hope Valley. Middle of Nowhere Diner in Exeter. All things I'd recommend trying while visiting here ❤
Palmieris is the absolute best.
Federal Hill in Providence is the place for Italian food. Broadway productions touring the country often start here. There's something primeval about Waterfire that sticks with you forever.
I noticed at the end of the video you said "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" but actually there was a referendum on election day 2020 and Providence Plantations was dropped from the name. People failed to understand that plantation meant a colonial settlement in this case and not a large farm, so people thought it was controversial and wanted to remove it.
still there they have not removed it thank god
Yeah, I voted against dropping that; "Smallest state with the longest name!" no more
Thanks to polical correctness, we're no longer the smallest state with the biggest name
Yeah, it refers to a non slave owning place (in RI). But the word plantation is so freighted, surely we can adapt. I mean I would guess something like 2/3rds of Rhode Islanders didn’t even know the longer name.
Native Rhode Islander here, spot on video!
I love my RI. I have moved out of it for years for my spouses jobs and I didn’t realize how different the other states made me miss my real home. I built a home in RI knowing I would always come back home were I am now here to stay. XOXOXOXO
Native Newporter here. Born and raised. It’s definitely one of the most beautiful places on planet earth. That said, it’s not all sunshine and mansions. It’s like There’s 3 different cities in one square mile.
Ive lived in Westerly for 30 years and each year has gotten worse with traffic especially summer but continues into Fall until the weather gets cold. So over crowded, if you aren't interested in swimming Id recommend off season to explore RI.
Lived in RI in the sixties. Providence a smudge to the north ( pre air pollution prevention) and Narragansett bay was three houses down at the end of the road. Great childhood memories. Moved to NY and the kids thought I was from a foreign country because of my accent.
As a native Rhode Islander....you got everything right. Especially the traffic. ESPECIALLY the traffic....
Point judith is also a good place to go
Water warms up,like anywhere else
Interesting about the gas prices. Didn't notice that when we drove through in October with our rental car, but maybe we should have topped off while we were there
You've just convinced me to add Rhode Island to my mental list of places to visit in the US. Hopefully, in a few years, when the mortgage is paid and our son has finished university, we can start thinking about coming.
Beaver tail is beautiful all 4 seasons.
Great video, I'd just like to add onr of the best things about Rhode Island is all of the restaurants you can travel too via your own boat and dock it at the restaurant. Blounts Clam Shack for instance.
Well done! Thank you.
Part of the cliff walk eroded and collapsed about a week ago. You can still walk most of it, though.
Oh No ... 😢
Hey Mark, love your videos. Do you think you could do a few videos on Portland, OR?
The Crows Nest is a great restaurant for seafood but they have other things too. (My grand nephew is the manage) that's in Apponaug next to a marina. In Narragansett if you want sushi and other Asian food hit up Tsunama (my other grand nephew runs the kitchen) 🥰
The driving experience is definitely due to the Massachusetts drivers… I’ve lived in almost all of the northeast states and the Massholes are the absolute WORST. I find RI drivers to be EXCELLENT drivers…they are just extra nice and courteous. They obey traffic signs, they use their blinkers and they move over.
Take this opinion with a grain of salt as I have only lived in RI for a year but I’ve found RI drivers to be nice but quite bad and dangerous if that makes sense.
WoW, the young boy with the FIFA World Cup T-Shirt rooting for my new country of Brazil eating at a Portuguese Restaurant in East Providence, where I grew up. 5 Stars.
THAT'S MY STATE! We're very concentrated
Concentrated but not mindful... 😉
Thanks for introducing a new place! Will add this place on my list
Would you recommend visitors to go to Rhode Island in winter?
Rohde Island is a unit of measurement. "you can fit three Rohde Islands on that glacier"
that's funny, and so true :)
Awesome video
Thanks for the video, as a native Rhode Islander I enjoyed seeing your take on the state. we used to drive over the border into CT for cheaper gas, so I’m not sure that cheaper gas in RI is necessarily true.. A visit to Wright’s Dairy Farm is where to go for the best coffee milk!
CT raised its gas tax, so gas is now cheaper in both RI and MA than CT. I grew up in Connecticut and we'd always try to wait to buy has in Rhode Island when we went.
@@andrew_ray I did not realize that, I haven’t lived in RI for 10 years so I guess times have changed! 😄
Gas in RI is about 20 to 25 cents cheaper than CT now. Thats on the border stations, closer to Providence it's about 30 cents cheaper. Ct is about as expensive as you can get in New England.
save a trip -buy a bottle of autocrat coffee syrup and make your own for a tenth of the price of wrights farms
Very accurate....Burrrillville RI resident!
RI. head games; good signage toward a specific place
THEN signs stop abruptly- sorta near the place- but still not there.
Awesome 👍😎 small state with a big heart. Love going there.
The cold water is definitely true but less of a problem later in summer, if you're here in late August or early September the sun might not be beating down as hard but the water will be more temperate
I was shocked to find for such a small state the clam chowder is different in the south than the north LOL. If you are a Wes Anderson fan visit Fort Wetherill State Park on Jamestown Island to see the Moonrise Kingdom and explore the old fort. There is a great bookstore in Providence called Symposium Books. It seems a lot of RISD students resell their textbooks there and there are interesting titles on art and design. Grab a drink ocean side at the Ocean Mist.
I haven't seen a travel advisor so constantly obsessed by food, and eating.
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Oregon here- Sounds Lovely More Historical
I was born and raised in Connecticut for 31 years of my life.
I now am 58 years old and live in South Carolina.
That being said,
Rhode Island is a completely different state.
I love it.
I love visiting it.
Yet, I still love Connecticut.
And i love South Carolina.
Mind that,
Connecticutians are different than Rhode Islanders.
Kinda like North Carolinians and South Carolinians are.
We are all proud of our own state.
Iggys Dough Boys and clams in Oakland Beach or at Point Judith. I’ve only been to the Oakland Beach location so I can’t say if the other one is as good as that one.
Pt Judith in Narragansett,check out the fishing boats(commercial)
😆 🤣 Love it Forgot that coffee milk is not so common every where else. I grew up in Newport. Used to jump off the rocks around ocean drive. Bridge going to Goat Island used to be the best spot for squid fishing. Great video. But love the Florida weather now better.
Yes the Portuguese food is incredible. 😆 Always could make an easy 20 bucks at the bar betting on what State has the longest name. 🙄 🤙😁
Coffee ice cream is another one. Try asking for that anywhere west of Hartford, CT.
Great Peruvian food at sharks restaurant in Blackstone right on the river
Try Rhode Island clam chowder, it has a clear broth.
I grew up and still live in Rhode Island, it's so beautiful. The Ocean is magnificent, it looks like you are on Vacation when you live here. We have Hammersmith Farms where JFK and Jackie got Married. Oh and Taylor Swift has a home. Sometimes she out on here paddle board. ❤😊
Only time I ever spent in Rhode Island besides driving through was a couple of hours at Swan Point Cemetery.
Some people spend an eternity there!😜
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You go for a Lovecraft visit or an overall walk? It is such a beautiful place with so much fascinating history
@@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807 Lovecraft and Burnside, my favorite Union general (no sideburn smileys unfortunately)
@@wncjan Very cool! There is a statue of him in Kennedy Plaza. Those sideburns are beasts! I should probably head over at some point, so peaceful and plenty of beautiful and interesting stones and memorials.
Westerly dose the lights on water two. Also, we suck at driving bc we are sick of getting stuck behind lost tourist.
I'm new to this channel& looking here my lifelong residence is featured ✊
So true!
I teased my cousin that my county is almost twice the size of Rhode island
Rhode Island about an 8 hour drive from my place near Toronto Canada. Is it worth the road trip, or should I skip RI and just head to Boston.
Boston's nice, but very expensive. There's a lot of variety in RI, although the Boston club and theatre scene is better.
I've lived all over the country, and RI for 4 years. I've only gotten into 2 accidents ever...both in those 4 years. One person didn't understand he needs to stop at a stop sign, and the other ran into the side of my car in a traffic jam. They do not even seem to know the very basics of driving...
Using a turn signal(otherwise known as a blinka in RI slang terms), is very rare. I used to live in Connecticut but find the driving in RI to be much worse.
Driving on Airport Rd. in Warwick is a master class on how bad Rhode Island drivers are. No, they do not know even the basics. RI drivers are best described as ignorance coupled with aggression-the perfect combination!