When my family drove from ante-Foxwoods southeastern Connecticut where we lived to visit relatives outside Boston or go to a Pawtucket Red Sox game, we always took Rte 165, which crossed the border with RI at Beach Pond, then a few miles on Rte 3 (aka Nooseneck Hill Road) before we took 102 for a spit to get on 95 North. Later, I would choose this stretch of Rte 3 over 95 whenever I could. It was the pre-95 main road between Westerly and Providence. In its salad days, it boasted maybe half a dozen roadhouses, for some reason, many clustered in Wyoming (maybe the ring of the Old West called to them). A few still operate as bars, but others have been repurposed, one as Aqua Science (water submersible pumps) and another as Mulch 'N More, where I believe the old Covered Wagon used to be. Still others have disappeared without a trace. Here are four, as I encountered them heading north on 3. Good luck, Nutz on Nooseneck!
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| Aqua Science (formerly ???) |
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| Timberlake Tavern (formerly the B&D Tavern?) |
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| Mulch 'N More (formerly the Covered Wagon?) |
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| Soon to be Nutz on Nooseneck |
What about Hill's Patio where the Rhode Island accents were so thick that i swear they once offered a New York System Weiner with "the Wax"
ReplyDeleteMr. P.: The Hill's Patio of memory is now The Middle of Nowhere Diner. You should still be able to get a dog there--with or without the wax--but no guarantee it will be a New York System. Check out the soundtrack on their website: http://themiddleofnowherediner.com/
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