Where to eat caviar, razor clams, and squid dishes (beyond calamari) around New England
Now that we're nearing summer days, this is the seafood I'm seeing making a splash across the region. Here's where you can get some if you're having a craving, too.
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Razor clams in black squid ink spaghetti at The Cottage, a restaurant owned by chef Brian Lewis, in Westport, Connecticut.
Alexa Gagosz
Razor clams are having a moment
For those who haven't had them, a razor clam is different from the littlenecks, cherrystones,
In Connecticut,
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Inside of Misery Loves Co., a specialty food store, in Winooski, Vermont.
Alexa Gagosz
The craze over caviar continues
Little luxuries, like ordering a caviar bump on everything, have a grip on diners in 2025. During the Byzantine Era, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire (330 to 1453 AD), salt-cured fish roe was an indulgence reserved for feasts. These days, you can have it whenever you like. You can grab a tin at
If you're going to leave caviar to the professionals, chef David Standridge at
in Boston has a creamy texture from a quail egg, and they also add caviar. In Providence, chef Champe Speidel at
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In Portland, Maine, add some caviar on top of crudo, oysters, or the spicy raw beef salad at
The squid salad from Dune Brothers, a seafood shack, in Providence, R.I.
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Squid
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MORE FOOD NEWS AROUND NEW ENGLAND
🌽 Around Connecticut:
In Norwalk,
Jeff Taibe's
restaurant
Taproot
is closing after eight years in business.
🦪 Around Massachusetts:
Strega
inside the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston has closed.
La Voile
in Brookline Square, which first opened in 2015, has closed.
Christine Gibson
;
🍕 Corporate notes:
In chain news,
Bertucci's Italian Restaurant
closed its store in Warwick, R.I, its last location in the Ocean State, and
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