Somewhere down the road to Bailey Island, just north of Portland, ME was a place
called "Fat Pat's Clam Shack". Pat was indeed a big 'un, but boy could she fry
up some clams. I kinda doubt that her fate was the same at that of El's, tho.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From "David N Waldmann" <david at vermonthardwoods.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Now Clams
> Sorry, Mike, but El's is history.
>
> For those of you who don't know - they used to be a literal shack - probably
> 8' x 16' or so and run down looking as anything. Then maybe 15 years ago
> they built this big schmancy place like any other. As of last summer they're
> out of business completely.
>
> <dnw>
> 1972 Midget
> 1998 Safari
> 1999 9-3
> 1964 (Me)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TMHEFFRON@aol.com>
> >
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite >>
> >
> > IMO, the best Fried Clams are by El's Fried Clams in Ogunquit, Maine.
> Been
> > eating them since I was a small child. Their steamer are pretty good,
> too.
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