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| - I've probably eaten here more than forty times over the last ten years and I have ordered the exact same thing every time: a bowl of the Boston Clam Chowder.
It's not the best chowder I've ever had, but, still, it's pretty good. I usually stop by for lunch, but occasionally I'll have chowder for dinner. A bowl is so filling, I really don't need to eat anything else for a long time. It's so rich and creamy there must be about a million calories in a bowl. Not to worry though. Vegas calories don't come home with you. What you eat in Vegas stays in Vegas.
I'm so happy the US economy has finally recovered a bit from the Great Recession. When the recession hit, I immediately noticed it in the chowder here. Suddenly the clams were missing from the chowder. I mean, there were clams in there, but they were few and far between. And they were tiny little pieces. Every visit I would hope that there would be clams, hope that the previous visit was an outlier. But visit after visit, I'd be bummed there were no damn clams. It was still a tasty chowder, even though it was mostly potatoes.
Now the clams are back. I mean, you don't have to round up a search party to find the clams. They're totally conspicuous. That's how it should be. It was so great to have a little pink in just about every spoonful.
Maybe someday I'll try something else on the menu. But probably not. I always say I'm gonna try something new, but it's been ten years and I'm still all about the chowdah.
Mikey C says: a bowl of chowder, and a couple extra crackers, please.
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