If you’ve never been part of a New England clambake, you’ll have to experience it at least once. Clambakes are more of an event than a meal, as they typically take place on a beach and often have a party accompanying them.
While you might not have the equipment, experience, or know-how to organize a traditional clambake at your Cape Cod vacation rental, some local businesses are able to help. These catering companies will deliver a full clambake to your rental or a nearby beach, so you can experience one without any prep, cooking, or cleanup.
Here are some caterers who will deliver an entire clambake to you so you can take your Cape Cod vacation to the next level.
Backside Bakes
Backside Bakes is a Chatham-based catering company that will deliver a fully-cooked clambake anywhere between Yarmouth and Eastham. They take care of everything, as the meal is ready upon arrival and even includes napkins, bibs, butter, and lemons.
You can customize your clambake meal to meet your preferences, too. Their traditional clambake includes lobster, mussels, steamers, potatoes, onions, corn, and linguica, but you can also add oysters, salads, clam chowder, or a full raw bar to your experience.
Delivery costs an additional $15, and you’ll have to place your order at least 72 hours in advance. Backside Bakes delivers Wednesday through Saturday throughout the summer, but they sell out early, so you’ll want to book your meal well ahead of time to avoid disappointment.
Jake’s Clambakes
Jake’s Clambakes is located in Marston Mills and delivers all over the Cape for a fee. They’re a small business that delivers orders for 25 or fewer people and serves each clambake meal in an individual tin with the plates, knives, spoons, forks, and napkins you’ll need to enjoy it. If you want a clambake for more than 25 people, they’ll cook the entire meal on-site.
Every clambake through Jake’s comes with lobster, steamers, potatoes, corn, coleslaw, Italian sausage, clam chowder, watermelon, and melted butter with broth. It’s ready to eat upon arrival, so all you have to do is get ready to enjoy one of the best meals you’ll experience on Cape Cod.
Treats Catering
In Dennis, Treats Catering offers a clambake you will surely remember. Every delivered clambake comes with steamers, mussels, lobster, clam chowder, potatoes, cornbread, and Italian sausage and includes plates, butter, napkins, utensils, and claw crackers.
Some items Treats Catering uses aren’t disposable, but they’ll return the following day to pick them up, so all you have to worry about is enjoying your meal. You can also add southern BBQ to your feast if some guests don’t love seafood.
Remember, there’s a ten-meal minimum for all orders in the summer, except for Saturdays, where the minimum is 15.
Clambakes, Etc.
Clambakes, Etc. is owned by Osterville Fish and is a full-service catering company. They specialize in weddings but can handle your smaller party, too, if you’re looking for a clambake at your vacation rental.
There are a couple of options through Clambakes, Etc., as you can opt for a pot-style clambake or have their chefs dig a pit on the beach if you’d prefer a traditional bake. Keep in mind that you’ll have to check the rules at individual beaches because it might not be allowed in public locations.
As for your meal, you can choose between lobster, beef, and chicken for your main. It will be accompanied by clam chowder, steamers, mussels, linguica, corn, coleslaw, potatoes, and watermelon, so no one should leave hungry.
Since Clambakes, Etc typically caters weddings and other large events, they have a $2,100 minimum for groups under 40.
Scargo Cafe
The Scargo Cafe is a popular restaurant on Main Street in Dennis, serving American cuisine in a historic Colonial house. If you’d rather eat at your vacation rental, though, you can hire their catering department to bring a clambake to you.
These classic clambakes serve between 25 and 200 people, depending on how much food you order. It’s a buffet-style meal, and the staff will clean everything up after you eat, as well.
Your clambake from the Scargo Cafe will feature enough lobster, steamers, mussels, clam chowder, Caesar salad, Italian sausage, corn, pasta salad, watermelon, and cookies to go around. You can even request a bartender to serve drinks during your meal.
The Scargo Cafe’s clambake is $60 per person, and there aren’t any surcharges, so it’s an affordable meal for your group.
Eastwind Seafoods
Just across the Bourne Bridge in Buzzards Bay is Eastwind Seafoods, a trendy bar and restaurant that also delivers clambakes to your location. They cater for groups of 20 or more, so if you’re planning a gathering on the Cape, this might be an option for you.
The clambake menu features lobster, steamers, clam chowder, potatoes, linguica, coleslaw, rolls, onion, and watermelon, and you can add extra items like hamburgers or hot dogs for the kids. Eastwind Seafoods will deliver all over the Cape, so no matter the location of your vacation rental, they’re an option for you.
Book Your Clambake Today
Enjoying a clambake on Cape Cod will help take your vacation to the next level. These caterers will deliver everything you need for this classic meal, so all you have to do is hang out and make the most of the experience.
Book your clambake early to ensure your chosen catering company has space for you during your Cape Cod vacation.
