RI FOOD & DINING Giant ‘stuffies’ are part of a new R.I. tourism campaign. Locals aren’t the biggest fans. “Cooler and warmer was better than this,” wrote one Rhode Islander on social media.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A giant-sized replica of a Rhode Island seafood staple will soon be on display at four major airports across the country. Stuffies, which are quahogs stuffed with ...

The two giant stuffies — which are quahogs stuffed with breadcrumbs and herbs — were crafted out of Styrofoam by Lincoln-based Lance Industries. The state paid $38,000 for each stuffie sculpture.

I’m in favor of the stuffies. The giant ones Rhode Island tourism is deploying at national airports. You know – those 7-foot fiberglass displays of minced clams, spices and breadcrumbs on a shell.

RI took the US by storm with calamari in 2020. Now it's time for stuffies to shine.

Whether airport stuffies, which were first reported by the "Rhode Island Current," will attract travelers or repel them is anyone's guess as tourism-marketing campaigns are inherently hit or miss.