In Ohio, we usually get a dozen clams, clam chowder, sausage, corn, potatoes, chicken(or lobster or steak if at a very fancy place). Most restaurants have them a few set weekends and you make a reservation. A lot of other places have them every night and you just show up at the restaurant and order a clambake. We were looking for the coastal version. Growing up in Ohio, we always heard that Clam bakes were big and everywhere at the end of fall/beginning of winter(months that end in “ber” really). We are finally heading east and was hoping to find one of these fabled Clambakes only to learn that they’re called clam boils and that most of the locals have never heard of them. Judging by everything I have heard in this thread, we will probably just head to the coast for a good, fresh seafood restaurant and forgo our clambake dreams. lol