Boston's Best Bread Bowls

Serving soups, stews, dips and even salads in a bread bowl amps up the flavors and tastes even more than just enjoying the dishes with bread on the side. These Boston spots make a mean bread bowl with only the best options inside of them. Slurp up the soup or other dishes and rip apart the bread that soaks up the flavors of the soup, salad or stew at these five area spots, each with their own specialty.

Boston Chowda Co.
1 Faneuil Hall Square
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 742-4441
www.bostonchowda.com

For over 25 years, Boston Chowda Co. has served New England favorites like stew, pot pie, lobster rolls and, as the name suggests, chowder. Right in Faneuil Hall in Quincy Market, locals and visitors can order the hearty, fresh bread bowl with steaming hot delicious soup. Options include Rockport Lobster Bisque, Paul Revere Chili, Plymouth Corn Chowder and French Onion Soup, among others, to devour in the bread bowl.

Boston & Maine Fish Co.
1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 723-4111
www.quicklobster.com

Also in Quincy Market is Boston & Maine Fish Co. The award-winning clam chowder recipe features a generous amount of clams, plus onions, celery and potatoes. Served in a huge, hearty bread bowl, you are sure to leave full and satisfied. You may also want to check out the clams casino, shrimp, seafood gumbo and other fish dishes at this casual, quick location.

Atlantic Fish Company
761 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 267-4000
www.atlanticfishco.com

Right in the Back Bay on Boylston Street is Atlantic Fish Company. From shellfish and other raw bar selections to salads, lobster dishes, sandwiches and even steaks, there is a menu filled with plenty of dining options. For a bread bowl filled with award-winning New England clam chowder, this is the place to go. It's just $9 and will start off your meal on a great note or make a great lunch on its own with a salad.

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Crazy Dough's Pizza
1124 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 266-5656
www.crazydoughs.com

When you think of the best bread bowls in Boston, you automatically imagine crusty, warm, thick bread filled with creamy soup. But for something totally unique, Crazy Dough's Pizza creates and bakes bread bowls as tasty as the pizza crust it makes and fills them up with salads. Choose from Greek, Caesar, spinach, cobb or the signature salad, all served up in the dough bowl. Plus, Crazy Dough's also has creative pizza toppings, calzones and sandwiches too.

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