Best of Boston

2006 Best Clam Shack, Cape Cod

The Raw Bar

Mashpee’s New Seabury is one of the Cape’s toniest communities, brimming with quaint shops, picture-perfect lawns, and crushed-seashell pathways. The Raw Bar, which dispenses cheap beer beneath bare-breasted mermaid memorabilia, is the one place locals and visitors can really let their hair down. And they do—over platters of raw oysters, littlenecks, and heralded lobster rolls. The latter are technically big enough to share, but if you’re like us, you’ll want to savor every bite of your own.

252 Shore Dr., Mashpee, 508-539-4858, therawbar.com