Best of Boston
Best Chowder
Legal Sea Foods
When seafood titan Roger Berkowitz sold the local-born restaurant chain that his father conceived as a single fish market in 1950, we had one important [...] read more»
2019 Best Chowder
Boston Sail Loft
Boston
Hot take: A spoon should be able to stand straight up in a proper bowl of New England clam chowder. Layered with tender clams and [...] read more»
2018 Best Chowder
Boston Sail Loft
Boston
For a generation, this minimal-frills North End eatery at the water’s edge has attracted a legion of fans with its herb-y, unpretentious, preposterously thick take [...] read more»
2017 Best Chowder, Clam
Legal Sea Foods
Boston
You don't mess with success. Legal's classic formula—a creamy base, loads of clam flavor, firm potato chunks—has been warming Bostonians' souls for decades. It even [...] read more»
2016 Best Chowder, Clam
Sonsie
Boston
We know what you’re thinking: With all the seafood joints in Boston, you landed on Sonsie? Stifle your preconceptions for a moment, because when it [...] read more»
2015 Best Chowder, Clam
The Daily Catch Seaport
Boston
With a just creamy enough texture, generous potato chunks, meaty pieces of clam, and a house-made biscuit in place of the requisite oyster crackers, the [...] read more»
2014 Best Chowder
Grill 23
Boston
For the finest chowder in town, you’ll have to turn to a steakhouse. Grill 23’s version stars quahogs, but takes the humble bivalve-and-potato soup into [...] read more»
2013 Best Chowder, Clam
B & G Oysters
Boston
Anatomy of a Winner: Here in Boston, it's tough to stand out in a veritable ocean of chowdah. Here's how Barbara Lynch's oyster bar shows [...] read more»
2012 Best Chowder, Clam
Ned Devine’s
Boston
That's right—Ned Devine's. We were won over by the buttery, not-too-thick texture, bits of fresh thyme, and sweet, chopped cockles and clams that make this [...] read more»
2011 Best Chowder
Legal Sea Foods
Boston
Like spaghetti sauce or competition chili, clam chowder is one of those foods that's better made in enormous quantities. The big-batch approach melds all the [...] read more»
2010 Best Chowder
Legal Sea Foods
Chestnut Hill
Surely someplace other than Legal can whip up a great chowder, we thought. And so we set about finding it. Countless gloppy, thin, and off-tasting [...] read more»