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    Dune Brothers is a counter-service seafood shack in downtown Providence, which is a funny thing to say about a state where nobody is more than a few miles from water. You order at the window, then carry your fried fish and clam cakes across a shell-strewn patio to a picnic table. The Jonah crab roll rotates in as a special, and a cold Narragansett or a local Yacht Club soda goes with it. Dress for a quick lunch.

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    • Crab roll

      “if you see it, get the rotating special crab roll: Jonah crab is mixed with just the right amount of mayo and a shake of Old Bay”

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    • Fried clam cakes

      “The creamy white chowder and three honking big fried clam cakes, or a crackling hunk of fried fish with a potato chip crust?”

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    • Fried fish

      “a crackling hunk of fried fish with a potato chip crust?”

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    • White chowder

      “The creamy white chowder and three honking big fried clam cakes, or a crackling hunk of fried fish with a potato chip crust?”

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