“There is often a misunderstanding that clambakes have to be messy meals, which are not suited for weddings. With the proper tools and planning, this is not the case,” says catering director Amanda ...

The fight to keep the Ipswich clam going — along with a way of life that has grown up around it — amid the existential threat of the green crab. In Ipswich, when temperatures are well below freezing ...

There’s a new seafood place at the site of the old Clam King on Manchester’s Second Street, but Ipswich Clambake is far more than a makeover of the popular restaurant that used to live there. Ipswich ...

IPSWICH. IT’S EASY TO ASSOCIATE IPSWICH WITH ITS BEACHES, BUT WE FOUND OUT IT HAS A LOT MORE TO OFFER. JUST LOOK AT IT. IT’S JUST BEAUTIFUL. WHETHER YOU WALKING THE BEACH OR WALKING DOWNTOWN, YOU ...

Fourth of July weekend was a bit different this year at the Ipswich Clambake. Thanks to an outbreak of a toxic algae known as red tide, the restaurant was unable to serve its signature seafood. "We ...

Share with us where you go to get your seafood fix. A guest carries her fried clam dinner outside of the Clam Box in Ipswich. Photographed by Laurie Swope for the Roads of Summer Series.

Jul. 7—Local clams are in short supply because of red tide, a type of harmful algal bloom. "We are in a full closure of all of the North Shore of Massachusetts," said Gloucester Shellfish Warden Peter ...