Rhode Island is a small state with an enormous opinion about seafood, and it turns out that opinion is completely justified.
The coastline here is not just scenic, it is edible. It’s lined with shacks, docks and unpretentious little spots that have been frying clams and stuffing lobster rolls since before anyone thought to put them on a map.
I have stood in gravel parking lots in this state eating things that had no right being that good…