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FOOD FIGHT! Rhode Island foodies go head-to-head in light-hearted throwdowns to determine the REAL champions in various culinary categories.
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A crowd of hungry onlookers sample the days entries and world famous (almost?) judges vote for their favorite. Amazing prizes are awarded and pretty much everyone leaves stuffed and happy.

10/13/2026

The 13th Annual LORD of the PIES is coming and HUGE fan favorite, Merlino’s Pizzeria is BACK to defend their multiple titles!

Comment “Merlino’s!” and we’ll send you a $5 OFF promo code!

Here’s how it works:

🍕Participating pizzerias agree to offer 1 FREE slice to folks w/ coupons. Pizzerias that don’t offer slices are offering FULL PIES!
🍕We’ll have at least 35 restaurants participating!
🍕That’s at least 35 FREE SLICES or FULL Pies!
🍕All November to use your coupons!
Easily $225 Value! ONLY $30!

🔥The LORD of the PIES is one of our most popular throwdowns and has SOLD OUT every year for 12 years.

10/11/2026

Nothing starts a fight in Rhode Island faster than ranking hot wieners.

So we did it September!

The TOP 5 FAVORITES as voted by hundreds of Food Fighters in alphabetical order:

🌭 Cosmic Pizza, Steak & Wieners Cosmic Pizza Steak & Weiners
🌭 Olneyville New York System Olneyville New York System
🌭 Original New York System The Original New York System
🌭 Sam’s NYS of Warwick Peter Xiarhos
🌭 Wally’s Wieners Weenies & Martinis 🌭🍸✨

One of them took the whole thing. Watch to the end, then take it up with your family at Thanksgiving.

CONGRATULATIONS to all 31 nominated restaurants, the TOP 5 Favorites and the WINNER!

Let’s GOOOOO!

10/07/2026

We do the hard work do you don’t have to!

🍕 Thankfully the LORD of the PIES starts November 1st!

Where is YOUR favorite pizza place?

10/01/2026

Who is the FAVORITE Scoop Shop in Rhode Island for the summer of 2026?

This past August, hundreds of Rhode Islanders covered the state in search of the Best Scoop Shop. Thirty-seven scoop shops vied for top honors while welcoming hundreds of first time customers into their business.

It was an epic month of amazing ice cream!

When the month ended, Food Fighters voted for their favorites. We had the largest voter turnout in our 15 year history!

The voting was so close, we’re announcing the Top Ten Favorites. Be sure to see the final slide to see the WINNER!

TOP TEN (alphabetical order)

Amare Sweets & Treats
Amare Sweets & Treats

Back Road Creamery
📍4349 South County Trail Charlestown RI

Gather Cafe & Ice Cream Bar
Gather Cafe & Ice Cream Bar

Ice Cream Machine, Co.
Ice Cream Machine Co.

The Inside Scoop
The Inside Scoop

Lincoln Creamery
Best Ice Cream in Rhode Island

Sacred Cow Ice Cream Shop
Sacred Cow Ice Cream Shop

Simcock Farm
Simcock Farm

Tizzy K’s Cereal Ice Cream
• Tizzy K’s Cereal Ice Cream •

The Wright Scoop
Wright’s Creamery

SPOILER ALERT!
• Tizzy K’s Cereal Ice Cream • is the OVERALL WINNER in 2026! Congratulations to everyone at Team Tizzy K’s!

09/22/2026

Who has the BEST tacos in Rhode Island?

Help us find out next month! The 12th Annual TACO MANIA is back and huge fan favorite OZ Tacos & Tequila is IN!

🔥 WIN 2 FREE Passports! 🔥

How it works:

🌮 Participating restaurants offer 2 FREE Tacos!
🌮 We have at least restaurants committed!
🌮 That’s 60 BEST Tacos for ONLY $30!
🌮 Easily a $300 Value for ONLY $30
🌮 ALL October to use your coupons

🎟️ It’s SOLD 11 years in a row and will SELL OUT soon!

TAG your friends for a chance to WIN 2 FREE Passports!

09/14/2026

WIN 2 Passports to Taco Mania!

The 12th Annual Taco MANIA is BIGGER than ever and HUGE fan favorite Xaco Taco is BACK to defend their title!

🌮 Participating restaurants offer 2 FREE Tacos!
🌮 We have at least restaurants committed!
🌮 That’s 60 BEST Tacos for ONLY $30!
🌮 Easily a $300 Value for ONLY $30
🌮 ALL October to use your coupons

🎟️ It’s SOLD 11 years in a row and will SELL OUT soon!

TAG your friends for a chance to WIN 2 FREE Passports!

09/09/2026

The 12th Annual TACO Mania is coming and defending CHAMPS 🏆 la eskina mexicana is BACK to defend their title!

We’ll have at least TWENTY-FIVE restaurants vying for the title of BEST Tacos in Rhode Island!

🌮 Participating restaurants each offer 2 FREE Tacos!
🌮 That’s at least 50 BEST Tacos!
🌮 Only $30!
🌮 ALL September to use your coupons!

🗳️ NOMINATE your FAVORITES for $5 OFF!

Let’s GOOOOO!

08/12/2026

People say that Rhode Islanders have iced coffee running through our veins!

During the entire month of July, we hosted the 13th Annual ICED COFFEE Summer Celebration with the goal of finding the best iced coffee in RI.

To say it was our largest throw down in our 15 year history might be an understatement. Sixty-nine coffee shops partnered with us and our biggest number of Food Fighters travelled our great state.

This year’s event was the most significant in our 15-year history. With sixty-nine partner coffee shops and a record-breaking number of “Food Fighters” traversing Rhode Island, the competition reached unprecedented levels of social media engagement and caffeine fueled excitement.

To cap it off, the voting numbers broke all previous levels. Everybody was somebody’s new favorite for iced coffee! Literally, every partner coffee shop found new favorite customers. What a trip!

Let’s get to it… Presenting the 2026 Top Ten ICED COFFEE Summer Celebration in alphabetical order and the WINNER announced in the last slide. Let’s see if the algorithm likes this or not. We’re going to follow up with deeper dives soon. Stay tuned.

Photo credits to Meg
Thank you, Meg.

beans & buns beans + buns
📍2166 Broad St, Cranston, RI 02905

Bitty & Beau’s Coffee Bitty & Beau's Coffee
📍100 N Main St, Providence, RI 02903

Bolt Coffee BOLT COFFEE
📍122 Fountain St, Providence, RI 02903

Casa Dulce casadulceri
📍64 Putnam Pike, Johnston, RI 02919

Coffee Exchange The Coffee Exchange
📍207 Wickenden St, Providence, RI 02903

The Hive Bar The Hive Bar RI
📍INSIDE JORDAN’S JUNGLE, 545 Pawtucket Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Honey’s Cafe Honey’s Café | Coffee & Brunch
📍1086 Willett Ave, Riverside, RI 02915

Maria Maria Maria Maria Coffee Bar
📍Mobile Coffee Trailer & Cart

MOTW Coffee & Pastries motw.providence
📍51 Empire St, Providence, RI 02903

TAMP Tamp - A Cafe by Mason & Twine
📍359 Wood St, Bristol, RI 02809

And the 2026 WINNER of the 13th Annual ICED COFFEE Summer Celebration is…

THE HIVE BAR in Pawtucket!

Congratulations to ALL 69 partner coffee shops for an incredible month of epic iced coffees!

Congratulations to our new TOP TEN and CONGRATULATIONS to The Hive Bar RI!

07/22/2026

It’s BAAAAAAAAAACK!

TAG your friends for $5 OFF!

You’re getting super close…

Keep going…

2 more…

Only 1 more…

The long awaited return of WIENER FEST!

NOMINATE your favorite wiener spots for $5 OFF!
Let’s GOOOOOOO!

05/21/2026

Pizza chips are having a moment!

Always an iconic Rhode Island staple, pizza chips are experiencing a Real Houswives bump and we’re all for it!

We polled over 20,000 Food Fighters and the Top 5 may or may not surprise you.

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