| The traditional family style dinner where folks gather | | | | 1972, Wright's Farm Restaurant has steadily expanded |
| around a large table, dining on course after course with | | | | operations to six dining rooms and has become a |
| unlimited servings is a popular pursuit for native Rhode | | | | landmark in northern Rhode Island. Sprawled on a |
| Islanders and out-of-towners who wing it to our poultry | | | | pastoral setting, the place still has farm appeal, while its |
| palaces. Chicken family style, an all you can eat meal | | | | manicured lawn encourages an after dinner stroll. A |
| comprised of salad doused with Italian dressing, rolls, | | | | large gift shop and toy store with a vast array of |
| pasta (shells, ziti, or penne), and roasted potatoes or | | | | items is a browser's delight while waiting to be seated |
| fries with those legs, breasts, or thighs, is one big Italian | | | | inside one of its six dining rooms. |
| Job pulled inside the confines of the smallest state in | | | | As lovely as these accommodations may be, it's what |
| the Union. Several restaurants which offer this unique | | | | gets carried out of the kitchen that wows all the birds |
| tradition of dining share common attributes: their once | | | | of a feather who flock to Wright's Farm Restaurant |
| humble abode expanded to a huge banquet facility | | | | on a Thursday and Friday 4 pm-9pm, Saturday 12 |
| capable of accommodating more than 1,000 patrons at | | | | pm-9:30 pm, or Sunday 12 pm-8 pm. The Galleshaw |
| one sitting; banquet rooms with elegant names | | | | family motto by which their family serves other families |
| resemble barrack mess halls flanked by walls | | | | is "quality, quantity, and consistency" at $11 per adult, |
| bordered with floral wallpaper and painted in shades of | | | | $6.95 for children 4-10 years, and children 3 and under |
| sage green, mauve, or burgundy. | | | | go free. Only cash or check payments are accepted. |
| When families get together to celebrate milestones like | | | | So, let the dinner begin with rolls made fresh daily in |
| birthdays and weddings, a family style, all you can eat | | | | their own bakery, along with salad tossed with Wright's |
| chicken dinner is the preferred sit down. Those worth | | | | Farm Classic Italian Dressing. Loosen your belt for shell |
| flocking to include: Lancellotta's Banquet Restaurant, | | | | macaroni with tomato sauce made from their own |
| 1113 Charles St.,North Providence; Lombardi's 1025 Club, | | | | recipe, and make room for the main entrée. I |
| 1025 Plainfield St., Johnston; Twelve Acres, 5 Douglas | | | | can attest their chicken is succulent and tender, while |
| Pike, Smithfield; The Bocce Club st louis ave | | | | the fries are the freshest I've tasted. Two kitchens, 75 |
| woonsocket West Valley Inn, 4 Blossom St., West | | | | ovens, and a wait staff of more than 160, assure a |
| Warwick. The restaurant most seem to cluck about, | | | | constant flow of food delivered with promptness. |
| flying the coop far and wide to patronize is Wright's | | | | Wright's Farm Restaurant salad dressing, pasta and |
| Farm Restaurant, 84 Inman Rd., Harrisville. | | | | barbecue sauces, frozen chicken pies, fudge, and |
| Gene Wright, the main supplier of chickens for The | | | | other Wright products can be found in grocery stores |
| Bocce Club, began outdoor dinner events for the | | | | and supermarkets throughout Rhode Island, |
| Knights of Columbus and other organizations out of a | | | | Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as their gift |
| garage on his farm in Harrisville in the early 1950s. He'd | | | | shop. Wright's Farm Restaurant is a well-orchestrated |
| cut feed barrels in half lengthwise and used them as | | | | Italian Job, quite capable of delivering a tasty and |
| makeshift chicken barbecues. In 1954, Wright took a | | | | sumptuous all you can eat, family style chicken dinner |
| customer's suggestion and opened up a | | | | to native Rhode Islanders and out-of-towners who |
| restaurant-Wright's Farm Restaurant. | | | | gladly wing it to the boonies of Harrisville for a hearty |
| Purchased by the Frank T. Galleshaw, Jr. family in | | | | meal. |