The Olneyville New York System is a restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island, known for its hot wieners. It opened in 1946 by Anthony Stavrianakos, a Greek immigrant. The restaurant was named for Providence's Olneyville neighborhood. Stavrianakos's extended family had operated the Original New York System from 1927 in the Smith Hill neighborhood.[1][2] The restaurant's signature dish, hot wieners, are never referred to as hot dogs or served with ketchup. They are "distinctive to Rhode Island. Slathered with mustard, topped with meat sauce, sprinkled with celery salt and onions, and served in a steamed bun, the hot wiener is signature as are the salt and vinegar French fries. The preferred drink is coffee milk, made in Rhode Island by flavoring milk with a sweetened coffee concentrate called coffee syrup."[3] Hot wieners with all available toppings are ordered "all the way".[4]
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- ^ Martin, Christopher. "Whence came the first New York System?"[permanent dead link] Edible Rhody. Spring 2007.
- ^ Meet the 2014 America's Classics
- ^ Rhode Island's hot wiener: Don't call it a hot dog [dead link]