Providence is known for one of the strongest Italian food scenes in the United States, anchored on Federal Hill where families have been running restaurants for three and four generations. The city is also a seafood destination because of its position on Narragansett Bay, with quahogs, scallops, and lobster all coming straight off Rhode Island boats. The Johnson & Wales University culinary program has fed a steady stream of trained chefs into the local restaurant scene since the 1970s. Local specialties include coffee milk (the official state drink), Del's lemonade, hot wieners with celery salt, and stuffed quahogs known locally as stuffies.
