10 Legendary Small-Town New England Eateries Worth Driving Hours For

In this video about 10 Legendary Small-Town New England Eateries Worth Driving Hours For, we skip the newest and fanciest places and go straight to the counters where the same family has been feeding people from the same spot for generations. Chains get sold and owners cash out, but somewhere off Route 1, a grandson is still making the pie his grandmother made. From a lobster shack the size of a minivan in Wiscasset and a secret family relish on steamed hot dogs in Cape Neddick, to pancakes across from a name mowed into a hayfield in Sugar Hill since the 1920s, Moody's Diner in Waldoboro that rolled its lunch wagon down a hill to meet Route 1, Aunt Carrie's clam cakes at Point Judith, and the Essex clam stand that swears it fried the very first fried clam on July 3, 1916, New England's back roads hold some of the most deeply rooted family food traditions in the country. Today we are counting down 10 small-town New England eateries ranked by how many years the same family has been behind the counter. Grab a napkin, because this one is going to make you seriously hungry! Subscribe for more back roads worth the gas. 💬 Which of these 10 are you driving to first? And which family counter in your corner of New England has been in the same hands the longest? Let us know in the comments below! #NewEngland #FoodTravel #SmallTownFood #LobsterRoll #FriedClams #Maine #RoadTrip