Seafood Restaurants in Massachusetts

Legal Sea Foods

• Legal Sea Foods, with its motto "if it isn't fresh, it isn't legal" sets the bar for Massachusetts seafood restaurants. They offer everything, from a simple, but tasty fish sandwich to seafood fra diavolo. There are many locations in and out of Boston, including the famous Long Wharf eatery near the Boston Aquarium and at the Mall in Burlington. If you are flying out of Logan Airport and desperately need a cup of their famous New England Clam Chowder, you are in luck. There are Legal Seafood location at both Terminal B and C. The restaurants also offer wine tastings and tutorials on eating and enjoying oysters. The menu, which has something for every budget, has been lauded by many including "Improper Bostonian" magazine and the "Zagat Survey."

  Legal Sea Foods
  255 State St., Long Wharf
  Boston, MA, 02109
  (617) 742-5300
  legalseafoods.com

Woodmans of Essex

• Head north from Boston to the bucolic Cape Ann village of Essex for authentic Massachusetts seafood. There is no better place than Woodmans of Essex, a North Shore institution. It was in 1916 that "Chubby" Woodman invented the seafood staple, the fried clam and reinvented the clambake. Today, Woodmans is still serving heaping plates of fried clams using Chubby's original recipe, steamed clams, crabmeat rolls and lobster any way you want it. Woodman's of Essex's cuisine has been acclaimed by such publications as "Yankee Magazine" and "Forbes FYI Magazine" and the "Zagat Survey."

  Woodman's of Essex
  121 Main Street
  Essex, MA 01929-1305
  (978) 768-6057
  woodmans.com

Lobster Pot

• South of Boston and near the end of Cape Cod, is a Provincetown favorite, the Lobster Pot Restaurant. This South Shore favorite serves fresh seafood, fresh clam chowder, lobster and Portugese specialities like cod with a linguica crust and baked in onions and tomatoes. Keep in mind that the Lobster Pot is seasonal and only open from the beginning of April to the end of November. The Lobster Pot has received critical acclaim from the "Zagat Survey," "Cape Cod Life" magazine, and "Frommers."

  Lobster Pot
  321 Commercial Street,
  Provincetown, MA 02657
  (508) 487-0842
  ptownlobsterpot.com