PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) \u2014 A longtime Rhode Island dining institution is returning to Providence\u2019s Smith Hill neighborhood.<\/p>\n
The Original New York System will reopen at 424 Smith Street on Sept. 1. The restaurant will welcome customers from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on opening day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wait is almost over, Rhode Island,\u201d the restaurant announced on social media. \u201cCome celebrate a Rhode Island original.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Original New York System first opened on Smith Street in 1927 and became known for serving Rhode Island-style hot wieners, along with local staples such as coffee milk and french fries.<\/p>\n
The restaurant most recently operated as Baba\u2019s Original New York System before closing on Oct. 31, 2025.<\/p>\n
Its return was first announced in August, with the restaurant inviting longtime customers to share their favorite memories from inside the Smith Hill landmark.<\/p>\n
Now, nearly a year after the doors closed, customers can once again take a seat at the counter and order a hot wiener \u201call the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) \u2014 A longtime Rhode Island dining institution is returning to Providence\u2019s Smith Hill neighborhood. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-334965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}