"Every sign and decoration in this location says the chowder is good and caution, you may become addicted. After a few less-than-stellar food experiences in Bodega over the past couple days, I was HIGHLY skeptical of this restaurant 's claims. There is a line, always, as far as I can tell until the very end of the day. The hours are early morning for fresh raw fish/seafood and midday until 4 or 5pm in the afternoon for served meals. We drove by at noon to a line around the corner and down the street. We came back at 3pm after a hike to a much shorter, but still wrapped around the shed, line. It took us about ~30 minutes to get up to the counter to order. We each got a clam chowder. Even though I wanted to split it because I didn 't want to be let down again by food I 'm Bodega Bay, my partner insisted we have our own. We also split a crab sandwich. OK. THIS PLACE IS ACTUALLY GOOD. (I will caveat this with...you have to like the taste of seafood. That is what 's served and that is what shines in each menu option). I was so so so happy. The white clam chowder was creamy. I don 't even think it had bacon in it (which a lot of chowders do) and yet it was perfectly salted. Perfectly creamy. Perfectly seasoned. Lots and lots of clams. THANK GOODNESS we each had our own. Yum yum yum yum. The crab sandwich was also the best I have had in my life. It was very simple. Loaded with 1/4 lb of crab meat and a light mayo-based sauce, on a bigger hot dog bun kind of role. It wasn 't dripping with sauce, it was just focused on enhancing the crab as the star of the show and oh my gosh was it ever. It was perfect. It was everything. We did grab a loaf of fresh French bread because everyone else was doing it, and I highly recommend as we ate half the thing by dipping pieces into our clam chowder. The bag says extra sour , I don 't know if I believe that, but it was really good sour French bread and I am glad we had that to scoop up all the clam chowder drops. This place is reason alone to go back to Bodega Bay for a day or weekend trip. Seriously. That good. If you are not convinced, I encourage you to keep your skepticism and be blown away."