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The Best Seafood Dives

Long live the laid-back shacks where the menus hang on the wall, the beers chill on ice, and the food comes piled high, deep-fried, slathered, breaded, buttered, and steamed.

2009 Best Seafood Dives

Check out the complete list of our annual roundup then hit the road to find your favorites.

Illustrator Matt Caserta, Written by Steve Millburg

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New Hampshire

Seabrook Lobster Pound, Seabrook

What to order: steamer clams, fried clams, haddock (the only fish on the menu). Or pick a lobster from the tanks. Grab a soda or BYOB―locals arrive lugging beer coolers.

The view: Overlooks a quiet salt marsh and the Blackwater River.

What you’ll shell out: $6.25–$19 for entrées; lobsters and steamers are market price. Cash only.

Check it out: State 286; 603/474-3331 or brownslobster.com