Local eatery, Santoro's Pizza, wowed the taste buds of Fork in the Rhode’s RhodeCrew and forty-eight additional judges during their search for the best "New York System Weiners" in Rhode Island. The team visited 50 restaurants statewide with judging sheets in hand. All wieners were ordered “all the way” (meat sauce, chopped onion, mustard and celery salt).

Sampling over hundreds of belly-busters, the ForkintheRhode.com judges based their results on the following scoring categories: Appearance, Steamed Bun, Wiener Texture, Meat Sauce, Onions and Overall One-Bite Taste.  

Fork in the Rhode blogger David Newell said that he and his fellow bloggers Scott Friedman and David Tagliatela created ForkintheRhode.com in order to bring greater attention to the extraordinary food in ordinary places within Rhode Island. Newell states that Rhode Island is a culinary melting pot of ethnic cuisine and many establishments are often overlooked because they are off the beaten path and patronized by only by the locals familiar with them. 

Here are the Top Ten locations chosen by Fork in the Rhode, in alphabetical order:

Check out ForkintheRhode.com for complete results.