Hemenway's at Carr Plaza on the river is the downtown seafood standard, serving raw bar, lobster, and local fish since the late 1980s. Several Federal Hill Italian restaurants run strong seafood specialties on weekends, particularly any room that highlights quahog or lobster preparations. For Narragansett Bay quahogs done as stuffies, look for them on appetizer menus across the city, since they are a state specialty. The closer you stay to the water and the older the restaurant, the more likely you are getting fish that came off a Rhode Island boat that morning rather than from a national supplier.
