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Driving Trip: Boston to Cape Ann

Morgan & Owens Fried clams from the Clam Box of Ipswich.

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Bostonians tend to assume "the Cape," means Cape Cod —but there's another, less-trendy cape in easy driving distance of the city, filled with beaches, inns, and roadside shackes selling killer fried clams.

Destinations: Ipswich · Rockport · Gloucester · Essex

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    Yankee Clipper Inn

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    Woodman’s of Essex

    The legendary restaurant claims to have invented the fried clam in 1916. But don't expect much of the décor beyond slightly shabby red-and-white-ch

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    J.T. Farnham’s

    The small shack with several picnic tables out back overlooks the Essex Salt Marsh and cooks up the plumpest clam bellies in the tastiest corn-flou

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    Rocky Neck Art Colony

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    Duckworth's Bistrot

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    Clam Box of Ipswich

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    Russell Orchards

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    Halibut Point State Park

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  • Massachusetts' Best Clam Shacks

    Ipswich, Northeast Massachusetts, Essex

    Maine may have lobsters, but if you’re looking for the quintessential fried clams, head straight to Massachusetts.

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