Providence, RIHot Wieners

Rhode Island Monthly calls the Plainfield Street counter one of the most well known wiener joints in the state. Hey Rhody identifies owner Greg Stevens as directly related to the family who first served hot wieners in Rhode Island, and explains what that tradition means: wieners in a natural casing, which come as one long rope, so each one has to be cut by hand. Order two all the way, meaning meat sauce, onions, mustard and celery salt, with fries and a coffee milk. A second counter trades on Reservoir Avenue in Cranston.

Hey Rhody asked wienie joint owners across Rhode Island who served the very first hot wiener and got the same answer every time: this Smith Street counter, which Augustus Pappas and his son Ernie opened in 1927. It closed and reopened on September 1, 2026 under new owner Peter Pimentel, who NBC 10 reports bought the business in large part to preserve the familiar experience, the closely guarded meat sauce recipe included. The hundredth anniversary is expected next year. Order wieners all the way with a coffee milk.

A Cranston diner that has run on Oaklawn Avenue for more than sixty years, and the one on this list that Rhode Island Monthly says is about wieners rather than hot dogs. The magazine's point is the price as much as the counter: a hot wiener all the way for three dollars twenty five. Order two or three of them at the counter, and breakfast if you land in the morning, since the kitchen runs a full diner menu. Closed Mondays.

Down the bay in Warren, where Rhode Island Monthly says Rod's first introduced the community to its hot wiener sauce in 1955. The magazine describes a classic hometown diner feel, built for sitting down rather than a takeaway counter, and Hey Rhody records that hot wieners have been on the menu since the day the place opened. Order a wiener with the works and a side of fries loaded with the wiener sauce. Hey Rhody puts the house eating mark here at sixteen wieners in one sitting, with a large fry and a coffee milk. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Family run in Warwick since 1968, per the City of Warwick's own listing, and the volume entry on this list: Rhode Island Monthly sends readers here for all you can eat wieners and fries, and notes that diners are encouraged to attack the record for wieners eaten in a single hour, which stands at eighteen. Hey Rhody counts Sam's among the New York System counters scattered across the state. Order the all you can eat, or a few all the way if you would rather not commit.