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In the 1840's, people from around Rhode Island began to come to Narragansett to take advantage of its sandy beach. Narragansett's first hotel, the Narragansett House, was built in 1856. Between 1866 and 1871, ten hotels were built transforming the Narragansett Pier from a rural agricultural port to one of America's busiest seaside resorts. Of the many buildings constructed along the pier during this period, the most prominent was the Narragansett Casino. Designed by the New York firm of McKim, Mead and White, the same firm that designed the Rhode Island State House, the Casino was completed in 1886 and quickly became the center of life at the Pier. In its grandeur, It offered boating, billiards, bowling, tennis and other sports. It also contained stores, restaurants, a theater, a ballroom and a bandstand.
In 1900, a devastating fire destroyed the original Narragansett Casino. Only the granite towers spanning Ocean Road remained. It was rebuilt in 1905 and remained on the site until 1956 when the building was once again destroyed by fire. Today, only the Towers remain. As legend would have it, Clams Casino originated in the kitchen of this Casino at Narragansett Pier in its hay day.
Clams Casino
Clams Casino: little necks stuffed with onions, sweet peppers and herb stuffing and topped with the winning combination of bacon. In this recipe I will give you two ways to make casinos. One is for when you have the time and want to impress someone and two a good and simple way.
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Quahogs are what New Englanders call chowder clams, that is, the often tough, roundish, giant clams found at fish markets and, seasonally, in more enterprising
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