Jane & Michael Stern

"In our opinion, this is the place to eat the best fried clams on the North Shore; and the North Shore is home of the best fried clams anywhere."

Dan Andelman

"They’re just mouthwatering. It’s a large clam. It’s a lot to eat. But it hasn’t stopped me yet."

Laura Siciliano-Rosen

"You can’t get more locavore than the prized “native” clams at Clam Box of Ipswich."

Mike Urban

"This place still holds the crown for best fried clams in New England. Each hand-picked batch of clams initially goes through an evaporated-milk wash, followed by a coating of corn flour and white pastry flour, then is fried briefly once, then again until crisp and crunchy outside, firm and chewy inside."

Alexandra E. Petri

"One of many along the famous “Clam Highway” of Massachusetts Route 133, The Clam Box in Ipswich is an institution that can be considered the king of the fried clams."

Kim Foley MacKinnon

"The fresh (never, ever frozen) local clams served here are lightly battered. Order the clam plate, piled gloriously high with the crispy bivalves, atop a mound of french fries or onion rings."

Eric Hurwitz

"Not too far from Woodman's, this classic North Shore clam shack shaped like a clam box is every bit as good as Woodman's. Some say it is better, but I think it's a definite tie."

Marlene Parrish

"The Box takes second place for crisp, crunchy, delicious fried clams. This is the only place where you will see the sign: "Big belly clams on request." The cooks double-dip the clams."

Lauren Friel

"Architectural wonders aside, the Clam Box is a beloved North Shore spot on the merits of its fried clams alone — they’re hand-selected every morning, washed in evaporated milk, battered, and twice-fried."

J. Dennis Robinson

"Hold a razor clam to my throat and I will confess that the best clams I’ve had recently were at the Clam Box in Ipswich, MA."