Baked clams,
since 1962.
The Original Clam Tavern is an iconic neighborhood seafood restaurant, the kind of place that has all but disappeared around Philadelphia. Fair prices, honest cooking, and no fuss about any of it.
The nautical touches on the walls aren’t a theme. They’re just what has been there the whole time. Regulars have come for decades for the signature baked clams: middlenecks roasted whole in a distinctive steel tray, under lightly browned Italian seasonings and a tangy, mysterious red dot.
But the Clam is the place I covet. Nothing says tradition quite like the signature baked clams: the juicy middlenecks roasted whole in a distinctive steel tray beneath lightly browned Italian seasonings and a tangy, mysterious red dot.
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Across the street, the same family runs Broadway Bar & Grille, the comfort-food counterpart, with a raw bar, burgers, fresh pastas and brick-oven pizza. Two kitchens, one block, one family. Reservations are recommended at both.
Roasted whole, in the same steel tray, the way it’s always been done.
Follow along
Specials, seasonal catches and the odd tray of baked clams.
Come see us
Both restaurants sit on the same block of East Broadway Avenue, directly across the street from each other.