One unusual special was a dozen tender little clams that had been steamed in hemp broth ($7.95).

And she could cook, as the little spiced clams she was serving them for lunch attested!

Pork with potatoes and peppers ($4.75) is savory, though swimming in olive oil, while little clams come in their marinade of wine and garlic ($7.50).

Pastas change daily, but one might try the delicious rendition of linguine and white clam sauce replete with sweet plump little clams.

It's probably little worms, or maybe there's some kind of little clam or shrimp or something.

One woman had even told him that the morning's low tide would be a good time for gathering the sweet little clams from the beaches.

"They reminded me of 'B.C.' comics, little clams talking to each other," Antonelli says.

There are sometimes other appetizers, like a big aromatic bowl of sweet little clams, steamed with fennel in a broth of garlic, wine and oil ($8.50).

A big bowl comes filled with succulent little clams sauteed with white wine, ginger, garlic and hot pepper.