Massachusetts's Favorite Dish

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Massachusetts's Favorite Dish · Official State Dish Registry

“We're the only state that makes this treat from the heavens! I make the best version, of course because my mom thought it was weird (she's from New Jersey) so she wouldn't make it”

Laura · Hopewell JunctionVoted Fluffernutter

“It’s super good, regional and unique, and better than that north shore beef. You can get all other options anywhere, but you can’t get a great south shore pizza anywhere else”

Jonathan · MarshfieldVoted South Shore Bar Pizza

“Developed a shellfish allergy as an adult but prior to 30 I'd have four of these at a sitting (especially during chick lobster season)”

Penelope · SpringdaleVoted Lobster Roll

“They've got Boston in the name, Boston is called beantown, and unlike clam chowder or lobster, they're more specifically Massachusetts and not generally New England.”

Jennifer · WilmingtonVoted Boston Baked Beans

“Satuit Tavern in Scituate, MA makes wicked good, wicked thick clam chowdah.”

Lori · AttleboroVoted Clam Chowder

Massachusetts votes by compass point. North Shore Roast Beef comes thin-sliced on an onion roll, ordered three-way, and South Shore Bar Pizza arrives charred to a laced edge. Fried Whole Belly Clams belong to the same coastline. Boston claims Boston Cream Pie, Boston Baked Beans, and the North End's Cannoli. Clam Chowder and the Lobster Roll are effectively law. Two dialect items close it: the Fluffernutter, and Frappes, which elsewhere are milkshakes. Massachusetts is famous for chowder, and for arguing about everything else. So what is Massachusetts's official state dish? That question is the whole point.

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Massachusetts

What is Massachusetts's most iconic dish?

Clam Chowder

Boston Cream Pie

Lobster Roll

Boston Baked Beans

Fluffernutter

Cannoli

Fried Whole Belly Clams

North Shore Roast Beef

South Shore Bar Pizza

Frappes