DAMIEN1307 wrote:hi trapper...is it true there is no more rocky point amusement park in west warwick?...i am of course a bostonian and NH and RI new englander transplant here in alamogordo nm so of course all things new england still interest me...also liked tweet balzanos for a good italian meal as well as jacks in warren not far off of metacom ave,great steamers and white clam sauce speggets there...lol...i used to work for Benny's on metacom ave back in the 70s lol...DAMIEN
Hi Damien1307,
I mentioned Providence because everyone around here knows about Butler Hospital, but I live in Warwick, RI.
Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick is no longer there. It closed over 20 years ago and throughout those years, the rides, etc. were removed. It's been renovated as an general park (no amusements) about 3 years ago. During the year, in the summer, they have movie night outside. They also have food trucks every so often. Not sure what or if they have anything in the winter. I hibernate when winter arrives!
These are some pics I took a couple of years ago if you'd like to see:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hNyr_ ... V7GmookPir
The only thing that remains is the big arch and has been renovated. Currently, they are now thinking of building a new pier. There used to be one, but I'm not sure of the history of that.
http://www.riparks.com/Locations/Locati ... Point.html
Not sure how good your memory is, but on Post Road, in the Ann & Hope property, someone opened the Rocky Point Clam Shack. It has some of the foods that you could get at Rocky Point's pavilion. It's very good, but a little pricey. They have a few of the original items from Rocky Point that decorate the front, such as statues of animals and statues from the haunted house. It brings back memories.
Unfortunately, Tweet Balzano's is permanently closed, but Jack's is still around!
Don't know if you heard, but Benny's permanently closed ALL of their stores. Very strange attitude pervades RI---they're very sentimental about things such as Benny's, but fewer and fewer people were patronizing the store. A large real estate development company, Carpionato Group is buying about 30 of the stores/land. Not sure what they're going to do with them.