Shellfish · Local beds
Littleneckclams.
Live littlenecks and cherrystones from local beds, kept on crushed ice at the counter. Two hours from tide to tray on a good morning.
From the counter
About clams.
Oyster Bay clams. Not a marketing story — a supply story. The beds are a few miles from the counter, and on tide days the shipment is on ice by mid-morning. Littlenecks (1.5-2" across) are the standard for raw, steamed, and pasta. Cherrystones (2-3") go into chowder and the grill. Everything sold that comes out of a shell tastes better when the shell was in the water this morning.
Sold by the dozen or by the pound. We keep them alive in the case until pickup — tap the shell, it should close.
Live oysters and clams from local beds is what the Fish header says. We mean it.
At a glance
Species
Hard-shell (Mercenaria mercenaria)
Sizes
Littleneck · cherrystone · chowder (in season)
Source
Local Long Island beds — Oyster Bay, Great South Bay
Delivery
Same-day to counter on tide mornings
Life on ice
48 h in fridge, unopened, closed shell
In the case
Cooking notes
How we'd cook it.
01 · Method
Steamed, white wine
Wide pot, shallot and garlic in butter, splash of dry white wine, lemon, chili flake. Add clams, lid on, 4-6 minutes until they open. Any that don't open by 8 minutes, discard. Broth is for bread.
02 · Method
On the half-shell, raw
Only littlenecks, only the freshest batch. Shuck over a bowl to catch the liquor. Serve on crushed ice with lemon, cocktail sauce, and mignonette. Six per person as a starter.
03 · Method
Grilled with butter
Live clams on a hot grate, lid down. They open in 2-3 minutes. Off the grill, top with compound butter (parsley, garlic, lemon zest), let it melt into the shell. Eat straight from the fire.
See how we’d cook it — short notes from the counter for the cuts we sell.
Hold one for me
Call the counter.
24 hours notice for special cuts, dry-aged whole loins, and holiday standing orders. We hold the case for the order with your name on it — that’s the counter conversation behind every cut.