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Eat lobster rolls and fried clams under a yellow and red striped tent on the edge of the Fort Point Channel, open since 1994.
88 Sleeper Street, Boston, MA 02210 · Boston, MA
The Barking Crab opened in May 1994 as an outdoor summer seafood restaurant on the edge of the Fort Point Channel, and for its first three years it was called Venus Seafood in the Rough. It later took over the seafood market next door, added a wood-burning stove and now stays open all year. The yellow and red striped tent sits beside a marina. On the current menu a lobster roll is $42, a fried clam roll is $31 and fish tacos are $20.
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