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McGrath Clambakes and Catering McGrath Clambakes & Catering is celebrating 50 Years of Industry Excellence!

11/04/2025

We’d love your vote for best catering in Rhode Island Monthly’s Besf of Rhode Island Awards!
➡️ Tap the link below
➡️Tap on “STATEWIDE”
➡️Scroll down to “Catering” and write-in McGrath Clambakes🗳️
Thank you!🙏

Vote from Rhode Island Monthly

07/04/2025

Caught between a lobster and a hot place (at the Aquidneck Island Land Trust “Evening at Home" signature annual fundraising event last summer)!
Photo: Jessica Pohl

03/04/2025

Come share a stuffie with us and our fellow Newport businesses at the annual Expo happening Wednesday, April 9th from 4pm to 6:30pm at the Wyndham Newport Atlantic Resort. This community event is free and open to the public. Enjoy:
• Free Parking
• Raffles
• Giveaways
• Networking and seeing friends and neighbors
• Cash bar available
Mark the calendar and see you there!

01/04/2025

We want to take a moment to shine the spotlight on one of our treasured employees, Zipporah Spencer. Zipporah (or as we call her, Z), started working with McGrath in June of 2022 with her mom and has become a lead on waitstaff and integral member of our team! Z’s an absolute dream to work with and her joy is contagious. She’s graduating from Middletown High School this year and we just can’t wait to see how she’ll impact the world! Cheers to you, Z! (Fun fact: the pic of Z holding her tie and apron in frount of the McGrath truck is from her first McGrath’s event. They grow up so fast!🥲)

27/03/2025

Tickets are selling fast for the Two Lights for Liberty Sip & Celebration event at the Colony House🍾

Don't miss out on your chance to celebrate the beginning of America250 with the Newport Historical Society! Kick off the celebrations in style at the Colony House for an evening of spirits, bites, and revolution-inspired revelry.

Tickets start at $125 per person, for more details and to purchase tickets today visit, https://newporthistory.org/event/two-lights-for-liberty-sip-celebration/

Thank you to our Sponsors at
McGrath Clambakes and Catering
Charter Books
Latitude Yacht Brokerage
Wonderful Whirl
Newport Wine Cellar & Gourmet

19/03/2025

This and a whole lotta butter!

14/03/2025

Join us from 10am-10:50am at Newport City Hall on Sat. March 15th just ahead of the legendary Newport St. Patrick's Day Parade for an Irish-inspired breakfast! This event is free and open to the public🍀 Enjoy fresh fruit, Irish Bangers, Kathy McGrath’s Irish Soda Bread, Finns Farmcut Guinness Traditional Irish Brown Bread, fresh scones and beverages—sustenance for the day ahead!

13/03/2025

Okay, Newporters and those who think they know their Newport trivia:
We had to dig deep into the archives for this throwback. For today's Daily Double, name this venue. GO!

11/03/2025

Wind in the hair, love in the air = total joyride!
Shaina + Nicholas, Vineyards
Photo: Mae Bogosian Photography

09/03/2025

STOP SCROLLING if you're looking for elegant coastal vibes wedding inspo!!!
Photo: allie.photo/weddings

07/03/2025

How it feels in Rhode Island today...
Photo : Allie.Photo

01/03/2025

Welcome, March! "The Irish at Fort Adams" reads the sign here on the Parade Field at the Fort. It's a long legacy and treasured kinship between the Emerald Isle and Newport, and one we continue to foster today both with our company's roots and the many Irish and Irish American folks on our team. ☘️

26/02/2025

Bringing the heat.

25/02/2025

Dinner is served.

23/02/2025

You bring the party. We'll bring the sparklers.

21/02/2025

3…2…1: WEEKEND🎉
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11/02/2025

Shell-abrating love is claws for celebration! 🦞💕
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Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

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+14018477743

Website

http://www.riclambake.com/

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The Traditional Old Fashioned New England Clambake

The process begins early in the day when we send our crews out to pick fresh 'rockweed', a dark green seaweed that contains bubbles filled with saltwater. The bubbles are essential to the traditional cooking process as they provide the steam for cooking.

A bonfire is built with alternating layers of wood and rock. The fire heats the rocks to very high temperatures. Well tended, the fire will settle down to a bed of hot coals and rocks. The coals and rocks provide the heat needed to bake the food. This base of rocks and coals are then covered with mounds of rockweed. The bubbles in the rockweed burst when heated emitting seawater that steams and seasons the food. At this point, the bakemaster works very quickly to capture as much heat as possible under the canvas.

Racks of food are nestled into the rockweed. The food is artfully layered in a manner that ensures perfect cooking times and a wonderful balance of flavoring. The food is then covered with multiple layers of canvas and left to bake.

After several hours of cooking, the Bakemaster indicates the opening of the bake by "The Ringing of the Bell". Guests are invited to gather around the clambake for the unveiling. A brief explanation of the cooking process is given.