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A raw bar platter with oysters, clams and shrimp at Dock and Claw Clam Bar in Beach Haven, N.J. on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Dock and Claw is located at 506 Centre Street.
A raw bar platter with oysters, clams and shrimp at Dock and Claw Clam Bar in Beach Haven, N.J. on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Dock and Claw is located at 506 Centre Street.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer

Dock & Claw Clam Bar

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There’s such a quirky DIY vibe to this intimate old BYOB with a horseshoe bar that rings a basin brimming with ice and shellfish. Briny middlenecks and local oysters harvested from the Delaware Bay anchor the platter, their mignonette perked with a sweet-tart raspberry syrup and a side of house-branded hot sauce made with habaneros and thyme. A fondness of Mexican ingredients is key to another of Dock & Claw’s best apps, the crispy tostadas with chorizo, as well as its best-selling codfish tacos topped with mango-peach salsa.

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Restaurant Details

506 Centre St., Beach Haven, N.J., 08008
609-342-0863
https://dockandclaw.com/
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