Clam chowder

• 1 place in 1 town: Indian Lake
• Regions: North Country/Adirondacks (1)
• Menu sections it’s listed under: Soup + Salads (1)

Based on 1 confirmed menu out of 20 restaurants whose menus we’ve confirmed, among the 379 places listed on this site. Other places may well serve it; their menus aren’t confirmed yet, so they aren’t listed here.

Fresh: confirmed on the official menu within 30 days (7 days for specials). Aging: up to twice that. Stale: older. Status updates in your browser from the confirmed date.

• McSweeney’s Irish Pub · Indian Lake · North Country/Adirondacks · Confirmed menu
  • Cup of New England Clam Chowder Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026

• Cuisine: American
• Kind of dish: soup
• Also listed as: boston clam chowder, clam chowder ala manhattan, clam chowder boston style, clam chowder coney island, clam chowder friday only, clam chowder fridays, clam chowder manhattan, clam chowder manhattan style

Earliest dated Upstate menus in the indexed library collections that list it:

• 1881 · “Clam chowder, family style” at GRAND UNION HOTEL, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗ The New York Public Library
• 1883 · “Clam Chowder” at New American, Richfield Springs · library record ↗ The Culinary Institute of America
• 1900 · “Clam Chowder” at BOARD OF TRADE, Nyack-On-Hudson · library record ↗ The New York Public Library

Upstate historical menus listing it, by decade: 1880s (2 menus), 1900s (7 menus), 1910s (1 menu), 1920s (1 menu), 1930s (3 menus), 1950s (1 menu).

In the New York Public Library menu collection overall, it first shows up in the 1860s and appears through the 2000s.

Earliest among the menus indexed, not the dish’s first appearance anywhere.

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