Why do people like the chowder at Esquire? For starters, it’s made fresh daily, the old fashioned way, the way grandma used to make it, they say. Grandma would insist on cream, not milk, and on any day of the week you can get corn, fish (haddock) or lobster chowder. On Fridays, come in for the seafood chowder, which includes lobster, scallops, haddock and clam. Worth a trip up the Bedford Highway. 772 Bedford Highway, 835-9033
First runner up: jane's on the common
Second runner up: Salty's
