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The clambake at Polly's Dock and Clamhouse comes with 50 locally harvested littlenecks in a saute pan with corn and potatoes and garlic bread to soak up the clammy wine broth
The clambake at Polly's Dock and Clamhouse comes with 50 locally harvested littlenecks in a saute pan with corn and potatoes and garlic bread to soak up the clammy wine brothRead moreCraig LaBan / Staff

Polly's Dock and Clamhouse

Seafood$-$$

Craig LaBan recommends this hidden gem of a seafood shack tucked onto a dock at the southern end of Long Beach Island: “It’s been a boat rental since 1941; the Damiani family added a restaurant only in 2014. The 49 al fresco seats are first-come, first-served, and predictably most prized when rosy sunsets illuminate the western horizon. But this kitchen has an all-day appeal: enormous clam bakes that sail to the table in a large pan brimming with 50 steamy littlenecks in wine-kissed broth with potatoes and corn, ringed by seeded Liscio’s garlic bread rounds to soak it up. The clams are harvested from the very bay Polly’s sits on."

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Restaurant Details

112 Northwest Ave., Beach Haven, N.J., 08008
609-492-2194
https://pollysdock.square.site/
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