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Massachusetts' Best Clam Shacks

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

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

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Destinations: Ipswich · Northeast Massachusetts · Essex

Inspired by: Massachusetts: Clam Central, U.S.A. — by Peter Meehan, Published Jul. 2007

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    Inn at Castle Hill

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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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    Essex Seafood

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    Clam Box of Ipswich

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    Ipswich, Rockport, Gloucester, Essex

    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 frie

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