page_title: Seafood restaurant
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: Seafood restaurant / List of seafood restaurants / United States
caption_attribution_description: Fried clams piled high at Woodman's in Essex, Massachusetts A YANKEE TRADITION Woodman's of Essex&#160;? A Yankee Tradition since 1914 . . . IT ALL BEGAN BACK IN 1914 when&#160;?Chubby? and Bessie Woodman opened their roadside clam shack on the causeway in Essex, MA. At that time, the TV hadn?t been invented, the average yearly salary was $750, and a gallon of milk cost 32 cents. WWI was just beginning, Babe Ruth was a rookie for the Red Sox, the fried clam hadn?t been invented, and it took all day and a beach to cook a New England clambake. A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN . . . while Chubby may lay claim to changing only two of these, he made his mark in culinary history through inventing the fried clam and revolutionizing the New England clambake. IN 1916 HE INVENTED THE FRIED CLAM presenting his new delicacy?clams from the shell coated with corn meal and deep fried in a kettle?during the 4th of July parade in Essex, MA. This is a great story for another time and more space . . . but from this humble beginning the Woodmans became famous in New England, opening many doors for their expansion into clambake catering. CHUBBY IMPROVED ON THE ORIGINAL&#160;?INDIAN? CLAMBAKE which required a beach?and digging a hole, heating the rocks, and waiting hours to cook. True to his entrepreneurial spirit, Chubby designed a method allowing him to boast??We come to you and cook.? He loaded everything onto a truck and drove to his customer?s site where he cooked the clambake over a wood fire in large boiler pots. His new clambake system gave him the flexibility to travel throughout New England and serve groups of all sizes at their locations, enabling many more people to experience a New England clambake. TODAY, 90 YEARS AND FIVE GENERATIONS LATER, the Woodman family is synonymous with traditional New England seafood at its best. Zagat calls them&#160;?A cult classic?right up there with baseball and apple pie, this Essex icon is an enduring American cult favorite.? With awards such as&#160;?Best Seafood in America? from Forbes FYI and induction into the MA Restaurant Hall of Fame, the Woodmans enjoy local and national recognition for continuing their tradition of excellence.
context_page_description: A seafood restaurant is a restaurant that specializes in seafood cuisine and seafood dishes, such as fish and shellfish. Dishes may include freshwater fish. The concept may focus upon the preparation and service of fresh seafood. Some seafood restaurants also provide retail sales of seafood that consumers take home to prepare. Seafood restaurants may have a marine-themed decor, with decorations such as fish nets, nautical images and buoys. Fare can vary due to seasonality in fish availability and in the fishing industry. Seafood restaurants may offer additional non-seafood items, such as chicken and beef dishes.
context_section_description: Aquagrill 
  Arthur Treacher's
  Atlantic Grill
  Bahrs
  Le Bernardin
  Bonefish Grill
  Boston Sea Party
  Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
  Captain D's
  Colonnade
  Country Bill's
  The Crab Claw Restaurant
  The Crab Cooker
  Dan and Louis Oyster Bar
  Driftwood Inn and Restaurant
  Eddie V's Prime Seafood
  Eddie V's Prime Seafood
  Greek Islands
  Gus Stevens Seafood Restaurant & Buccaneer Lounge (defunct)
  Hoss's Steak and Sea House
  Ivar's
  Jacob Wirth Restaurant
  Jake's Famous Crawfish
  Joe's Crab Shack
  Joe's Stone Crab
  L₂O
  Landry's Seafood
  Legal Sea Foods
  Long John Silver's
  Lundy's Restaurant
  Marea
  McCormick & Schmick's
  McGrath's Fish House
  Mitchell's Fish Market
  Morton's
  Muer Seafood Restaurants
  Ocean Prime
  One If By Land, Two If By Sea Restaurant
  Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant
  Pappas Restaurants – seafood restaurants include Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, Pappas Seafood House and Little Pappas Seafood Kitchen
  Phillips Foods, Inc. and Seafood Restaurants
  Red Lobster
  Roy's
  Sam Woo Seafood Restaurant
  Shuckum's Oyster Bar
  Skippers Seafood & Chowder House
  Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto
  Tadich Grill
  Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish
  Umberto's Clam House
  Weathervane Restaurant
  Woodman's of Essex
caption: Fried clams, fries, and onion rings at Woodman's of Essex in Essex, Massachusetts
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