Dish

Fried clams

Where it shows up on confirmed Upstate menus.

On confirmed menus

Every restaurant whose confirmed menu lists it, with each item’s confirmed date. No prices.

1 place in 1 town: Warsaw
Regions: Western NY (1)
How it’s served: dinner at 1 place
Menu sections it’s listed under: Seafood Plates (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.

Silverlake Family Restaurant · Warsaw · Western NY · Confirmed menu
- Clam Strips Dinner Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026

What it is

From the upstate.lol menu taxonomy.

Cuisine: American
Kind of dish: seafood
Also listed as: clam strips, clam strips dinner, deep fried clams, fried clam, fried clam fritters, fried clam roll toasted, fried clams american style, fried clams in batter

On old menus

From historical menus indexed for this guide (NYPL What’s on the Menu? and the CIA menu collection).

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

1901 · “Fried Clams” at CONGRESS HALL, Syracuse · library record ↗ The New York Public Library
1953 · “Filet of Sole - Scallops - Fried Clams - Shrimps” at Paramount Pete's Restaurant, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗ The Culinary Institute of America
1953 · “Fried clams with tarter” at Paramount Pete's Restaurant, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗ The Culinary Institute of America

Upstate historical menus listing it, by decade: 1900s (1 menu), 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.

Related dishes

Same kind of dish in the taxonomy, on confirmed menus.