There's a place we like in Seekonk, MA, just over the CT border. It's a diner that has killer NE Clam Chowder.

You probably would not like Micheletti's chowdah, if you know their "secret." We went there on a whim. They were the winners in a chowder cook off that was featured on Food TV or something. We had lunch at the diner, then got four quarts (yes, a gallon) to go - it was all they had left.
When we got home and decide to have some (the next day), we were pouring it into a pot to reheat and a piece of smoked sausage came out of the container.