Restaurants in Massachusetts

Fried clams are nowhere better than on Massachusetts’ North Shore, where chowder, oysters, and lobster also are menu highlights. Be on the lookout for roast beef sandwiches – a north-of-Boston obsession – that are veritable red-meat bouquets. The Boston area is rightfully famous for its world-class ice cream, as well as for superb old-world pizza; and the southern shore, around Fall River, has an Italian/Portuguese cuisine all its own as well as a bizarre, utterly local specialty, the chow mein sandwich. In western Massachusetts, look for sugar shacks, farm stands, and a bevy of good hot dog joints.

Massachusetts’s Most Famous Dishes

A bowl of thick, creamy chowder, loaded with clams and sprinkled with green onion

Clam Chowder

Pizza is crowded with meats, veggies, and feta cheese

Pizzas

Scoops of strawberry, pistachio, and vanilla ice cream accompany a slice of 4-layer chocolate cake.

Ice Cream

Picked lobster meat is piled high in a long bun that has been butter-grilled on its sides ... Maine lobster roll

Lobster Roll: Find this dish near you

Massachusetts’s Best Restaurants

Essex Seafood - Fried Clams Boat
Essex Seafood

ESSEX, MA

George’s Coney Island Hot Dogs - Almost Gone
George’s Coney Island Hot Dogs

WORCESTER, MA

Richardson’s Ice Cream

MIDDLETON, MA

White Farms Ice Cream

IPSWICH, MA

Blue Ribbon BBQ

NEWTON, MA

Dream Diner

TYNGSBOROUGH, MA

Upper Crust

BROOKLINE, MA

Marc Anthony’s Pizzeria

WAREHAM, MA

Harrows Chicken Pies

READING, MA

Tripoli Bakery

LAWRENCE, MA

Lobster Claw Seafoods

NORTH READING, MA

Joe’s Diner

LEE, MA

Bedford Farms

BEDFORD, MA

Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium

FALMOUTH, MA

Bubbling Brook Restaurant

WESTWOOD, MA

Crescent Ridge Dairy Bar

SHARON, MA

Emack & Bolio’s

ORLEANS, MA

J.P. Licks

BROOKLINE, MA

Kimball Farm Ice Cream

CARLISLE, MA

Lizzy’s Ice Cream

WALTHAM, MA

Peaceful Meadows Farm

WHITMAN, MA

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