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Saturday, June 30. 2012

Whole-belly fried clams in Fairfield County, Connecticut, just off I-95

Our readers know about Rawley's old hot dog joint in Fairfield from Gwynnie, but this is as good - better for seafood fans: Westfair Fish and Chips in Westport. It's right off I-95 for you hungry east-coast travellers.


Modest little clam shack has a fine raw bar too. Worth a trip, or makes a longer trip enjoyable. I will drive a good ways for fresh oysters, fried clam bellies, and fresh fried Cod.


Another Maggie's favorite just off I-95 is Gene's Famous Seafood (also a simple clam shack) in Fair Haven, MA. Sippican likes it too.

Posted by The Barrister in Food and Drink, Our Essays at 11:33 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Rawleys! Ah YES! And the Dairy Queen next door. The very Dairy Queen about which I have written so... yearningly.

Dairy Queen Princess;

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/dairy_queen_princess.php

I might have to get around to having one of the hot dog guys at Rawleys date a Dairy Queen Princess.
#1 vanderleun (Link) on 2012-06-30 13:22 (Reply)
What part of a clam is the belly? This seems to imply that there is a part of the clam that one should not eat - but I thought the entire squishy-stuff-inside-the-shell was fair game.
#2 bobby b on 2012-06-30 13:37 (Reply)
Some places fy frozen clam "strips." Chewing gum.

The bellies is where the juicy clammy goodness is.
#2.1 bd on 2012-06-30 17:18 (Reply)
While over the years I have occasionally driven to the Boston area, I have almost always taken I-84 instead of I-95, due to cost and traffic. Do you have any great eats off I-84 to recommend?
#3 Gringo on 2012-06-30 21:20 (Reply)
O'Rourke's Diner in Middletown.

Not too far off 84, worth the drive.
#3.1 bd on 2012-06-30 21:54 (Reply)
Having grown up in the 40's and 50's just North of Boston Fried clams are at the top of my list of things to have when I go back home to visit. I can still remember "sharing" a box of clams with my cousin from Oklahoma. She said "what is this lump in the middle" to which I responded "that's the clams belly". Needless to say I got to eat all the fried clams.

Other food choices: A sub from a small owner operated sub shop. Not as easy to find any more. A lobster roll at The Landing Restaurant in Swampscott. A Kelly's roast beef sandwich. The first roast beef sandwich I ever had was at a small Kelly's at Revere Beach in the 50's. I thought I had gone to food heaven.

Speaking of Revere beach; the only time I ever remember them running both sets of cars on the Cyclone (roller coaster) I was in the car that hit and killed a young man who stood up in the tunnel and was knocked out of his seat onto the tracks. What a disaster. I have never been on a ride since then without thinking of that young man.
#4 GoneWithTheWind on 2012-07-01 11:18 (Reply)

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