Top New England Clam Chowder dishes in Boston

Cream-based chowder with tender quahog and potato — the recipe served at Reagan's inauguration and the chain's signature

The cream-based chowder that's been served at presidential inaugurations — thick with bacon, potato, and quahog

Award‑winning creamy clam chowder, rich and comforting with tender clams and smooth broth

Cream-based, potato-thickened, studded with chopped clams — the Boston standard

Creamy chowder with tender clams and potato, a perennial favorite that has won awards in the Boston chowder circuit

Legal's signature chowder — thick, briny, loaded with potato and tender clam

House chowder finished with smoked trout for a backbone of smoke under the cream — a quieter standout

Cream-based with generous chopped clams and a hit of bacon — thick but not gluey

Classic creamy Boston-style chowder, the safe order in a 240-year-old tavern

Cream-based with a generous hand of chopped clams and tender potato

Creamy, classic chowder with tender clams and potatoes — a dependable order

Cream-based, thick with potato and chopped clams

Creamy, thick with potatoes and clams, a reliable downtown lunch order

Classic creamy chowder with potato and clam — a hotel-restaurant staple done reliably

Available at multiple stalls inside the rotunda — the bread-bowl version is the iconic tourist order

Cream-based, generously potatoed, no flour-thickening tells — the obligatory bowl

Standard pub-version chowder — creamy, hearty, served in a sourdough bowl on request