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2017 Emmons Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235

718-615-0010

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Critics'
Pick
Best Clam Chowder
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Seafood

Hours: Sun,Fri 11am-12am, Mon-Thu 11am-11pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: No Parking

Description

Sheepshead Bay's last remaining clam bar is, luckily, a paragon of its type: a fluorescently lit sea of Formica, where you can get them raw, fried, steamed, baked, chowdered, and sauced over pasta. The freshly shucked littlenecks are preferred over the cherrystones for their sweetness, and the New England chowder over the Manhattan for its briny depth of flavor. The fried clams are some of the best in town, accompanied by a powerful oregano-laced red sauce (pick hot or medium) that puts other dips to shame. Still, our favorite dish at this convivial working-class haven from the modern pretensions of the Bay is pasta with lobster sauce.

2008 | Best Clam Chowder

Robert Sietsema: It's a toss-up whether I prefer the creamy white New England clam chowder or the greasier red Manhattan version, both boasting the slightly bitter aftertaste of clam broth. You can get superior renditions of both of these classics at Randazzo's Clam Bar, a fixture of Sheepshead Bay since 1920. Chase either (or both!) with a divine plate of raw Littlenecks.Sarah DiGregrorio: At Pearl Oyster Bar, the New England-style clam chowder is ever so slightly citified and refin... More »
2003 | best use of lobster

The working-class clam castle RANDAZZO'S CLAM BAR, glowing along the concrete bathtub of Sheepshead Bay, scores some surprising hits in the pricier parts of its menu. The $14.95 linguine with lobster sauce laves more fluffy white meat than we probably deserve with cream and deposits it on masses of linguine cooked just long enough to serve as a perfect backdrop. More »
2002 | Best Freakin' Fried Clamsproletarian

You want great proletarian clams You go to a clam house. One of the few real ones left is RANDAZZO'S, poised on the lip of Sheepshead Bay's concrete bathtub. The clams are crisp, abundant, and come gobbed with a hot, dark, red sauce slagged with oregano, which is more than adequate to the task of further lubricating those surfside honeys. More »

Dish No. 78: Seafood Combo With Hot Sauce at Randazzo's Clam Bar

By Sarah DiGregorio | Tue, August 10, 2010

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Seafood combo with hot sauce ($20.... More »
Spring Food Preview: Sailing and Scarfing

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, March 04, 2008

It's spring! Time to shake off the hoar frost, comb the rime from your beard, and exit your hovel for the first time in months. Spring is when mariners and landlubbers alike yearn to return to the sea, "our great sweet mother," as James Joyce put ... More »
Formica Sea

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, September 03, 2002

Years ago, Sheepshead Bay was defined by its garish row of working-class clam bars. One by one they went down for the count, as urban renewal turned the row of businesses facing the fishing piers into the preferred modern mix of establishments, in... More »

Main Menu

Soup

Manhattan Clam Chowder

New England Clam Chowder

Lobster Bisque

Spicy Crab Corn Chowder

Soup to Go

Outside Seating

Side Dishes

1/2 Spaghetti
w/hot or medium sauce

1/2 Order Spaghetti or Linguine
w/marinara sauce

Fried Zucchini

French Fries

French Fries with Mozzarella Cheese

Order of Biscuits (2)

Extra Sauce

Baked Potato

Mozzarella Sticks

House Salad

Served with Our Famous Hot and Medium Sauce

Combo (Scungilli, Mussels, Shrimp, and Calamari)

Fried Calamari

Scungilli

Plain Fried Shrimp

Fried Clams

Steamed Mussels

Shrimp Cocktail (Large)

Steamed Lobster Hot or Cold

Sandwiches On a Bun

Fried Filet

Fried Oysters

Fried Scallops

Randazzo's Crab Cakes

Grilled or Fried Chicken Cutlet

Fried Soft Shell Crabs

Sauteed Soft Shell Crab (2)

Chicken Tenders
w/french fries

Fresh Blue Point Clams

Doz-Little Necks

Doz-Cherry Stones

Doz-Oysters

10 - Baked Clams (Little Necks)

10 - Baked Clams - Cherry Stones

Steamed Clams P- Cherry Stone or Little Neck

Steamers

Zuppa Di Clams (Red or White)

Zuppa Di Mussels (Red or White)

Pasta Dishes - Speghetti or Linguine

Red or White Clam Sauce

Marinara Sauce

Calamari Sauce

Shrimp Scampi On a Bed of Pasta

Shrimp Fra Diavallo On a Bed of Pasta

Pasta with Garlic and Oil

Pasta with Lobster Sauce

Pasta with Shrimp Sauce

Pasta Marechiara

Shrimp Parmagiana with Pasta

Chicken Parmagiana with Pasta

Specialties

Broiled Filet
french fries or baked potato

Broiled Tilapia

Filet Francese
with choice of pasta

Stuff Filet

Broiled Salmon
french fries or baked potato

Marinated Burnt Chicken
french fries

Breaded Shrimp
french fries

Chicken Francese

Stuffed Shrimp
french fries

Shrimp Francese

Zuppa Di Pesce

Mixed Fried Fish

Lobster Randazzo

Stuffed Lobster
french fries

Lobster Fra Diavalo
spaghetti or linguini (extra side of pasta additional charge)

Alaskan King Crab Legs

Lobster Tail

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Randazzo's Clam Bar

2017 Emmons Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235

718-615-0010

Description

2008 | Best Clam Chowder

2003 | best use of lobster

2002 | Best Freakin' Fried Clams&#151;proletarian

By Sarah DiGregorio | Tue, August 10, 2010

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, March 04, 2008

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, September 03, 2002

2002 | Best Freakin' Fried Clamsproletarian