Still one of Boston’s finest New England seafood restaurants, this tiny, eternally crowded space taunts impatient locals intolerant of long waits to get seated. Find a way—say, a “dentist appointment” that allows you to visit at 3 pm on a Tuesday—and reward your ingenuity with truly sublime clam chowder, featuring the concentrated flavor of proper clam stock, pristine Wellfleet cherrystones, scant dairy and none of the abominable thickeners that desecrate tourist-joint knockoffs.
Neptune Oyster
63 Salem St. #1, Boston • (617) 742-3474
neptuneoyster.com
Other Winners
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Clam Chowder
2014 Winner: B&G Oysters
A Barbara Lynch establishment doesn’t cut any corners, and that’s especially true in the case of B&G’s intricately crafted New England clam chowder...
- 550 Tremont St., Boston
- (617) 423-0550
- bandgoysters.com
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Clam Chowder
2018 Winner: Mooncusser Fish House
- 304 Stuart St., Boston
- (617) 917-5193
- moonbarboston.com
Photo Credit: Madeline Reynolds
