Randazzo's Clam Bar

Randazzo's Clam Bar can be found at Emmons Ave 2017. The following is offered: Restaurants: Seafood. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Brooklyn there are 56 other Restaurants: Seafood. An overview can be found here.

A "friendly" crew dishes up "simple", "fresh" seafood plus random "red-sauce" classics at this "iconic" Sheepshead Bay clam shop; even though there's "no decor" to speak of, locals are thrilled it's back after "taking a beating from Hurricane Sandy."

The dark, concentrated, oregano-accented tomato sauce ladled on hot or chilled lobster, fried shrimp, steamed mussels, scungilli or fried calamari is so central to Randazzo’s mission that some customers never look beyond it. But East Coast classics like steamers, clam chowder and raw shellfish are worthwhile; so is a lot of the Italian-American cooking, even though the pasta is the kind that...

After 75 years in Sheepshead Bay, Randazzo’s is king of clams---and lobster, shrimp and calamari, too. Order up a mess of steamers and battered calamari rings to eat out on the deck, or pack a soft-shell crab sandwich for a trip on the fishing boats across the pier. Come back for more until 1:30 a.m. on weekends. Just don’t expect complex flavors and sophisticated atmosphere: This Italian...

Look for the big neon lobster. Classic Sheepshead Bay seafood joint, all things fried and frittered; better than pricey stalwart Lundy's across the way. Tables of hard workin' construction men pounding beer and yelling for more fried clam strips. Bossy waitresses with gum-snapping Brooklyn charm dishing 'em out posthaste. Hit it up after taking in a big summer flick at the multiplex across the...

It began on Emmons Avenue with the Randazzo’s family-owned bar that catered to the local fisherman with quick and easy bar snacks straight from the bay. In time, a legacy of great service and great food would transform that bar into a clam bar and that clam bar into the restaurant it is today.

Randazzo’s Clam Bar is a landmark to Sheepshead Bay and the restaurant’s neon lobster sign a proud...