Fall’s arrival means that it’s officially clambake season in Cleveland—at restaurants, at special events, and in friends’ backyards. Clam bakes (or as we in Cleveland spell it – “clambakes”) originated in New England, but Cleveland has taken the clambake and embraced it as its own fall tradition. A typical Northeast Ohio clambake includes a dozen clams with a half chicken, sweet potatoes, corn, and other side dishes. The clams, chicken, and sweet potatoes are all steamed together in a large pot with lots of vegetables like celery, parsnips, onions, peppers, corn husks, etc. and herbs to flavor the broth. You can also add on all kinds of things like steak, lobster (whole or tails), scallops, extra clams, etc.
Clambakes 2025 (Chelo’s Kitchen, Gunselman’s Tavern, Square Bistro, Poppy, Fat Cats)
Clambakes 2024 (Willoughby Elks, Reithoffer’s catered by Normandy Catering, The Winking Lizard, The Rustic Grill at StoneWater, Station 43, Bruno’s Ristorante, Stancato’s)
Clambakes 2023 (Willoughby Elks, Gunselman’s Tavern and SweetBerry Fresh Market at a friend’s house)
Clambakes 2022 (Mish Mosh Eclectic Eatery, Willoughby Elks, The Winking Lizard, Gunselman’s Tavern, Stancato’s, Salmon Dave’s, Blue Canyon)
Clambakes 2021 (Stancato’s, The Leather Stallion Saloon, Gunselman’s Tavern)
Clambakes 2020 (Blue Canyon, Gunselman’s Tavern, Cabin of Willowick, Fisher’s American Tavern, The Lobster Pot, Bruno’s Ristorante)
Clambakes 2019 (SweetBerry Fresh Market, The Lobster Pot, Sokolowski’s)
Everybody loves a good clambake
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