I love food! To me, food offers comfort and security. In addition, cuisine is a cultural expression and represents an opportunity to more thoroughly understand and appreciate a particular culture or region. When traveling I make it a point to taste local specialties as a way of enriching my travel experience. Someone recently suggested that I share my favorite restaurants with my readers because of my great interest in food. Keep in mind that food preferences are very different from person to person and also that a restaurant experience is about so much more than the food.

Rather than specializing in a particular cuisine, most restaurants offer varied and often eclectic menus. For simplicity purposes, these restaurants have been grouped together and referred to as American. My favorite American restaurants in RI include the following;

1. Bistro 9, 1646 Division St, East Greenwich, RI

2. Box Seats, 350 River St, Woonsocket, RI; 332 Farnum Pike, Smithfield, RI; 500 E. Washington St, North Attleboro, MA (great fried clams)

3. Country Inn, 382 Market St, Warren, RI

4. Cowesett Inn, 226 Cowesett Ave, West Warwick, RI

5. Iron Works Tavern, 697 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, RI

6. Remington House, 3376 Post Road, Warwick, RI

7. River Falls, 74 South Main St. #1, Woonsocket, RI

8. Trio, 15 Kingstown Road, Narragansett, RI

9. Twin Oaks, 100 Sabra St., Cranston, RI

10. Wright’s Farm, 84 Inman Road, Harrisville, RI (great all-you-can-eat chicken dinners)

11. 1149 Restaurant, 1149 Division St., Warwick, RI (good for brunch or just drinks)