The $45 that might buy you a single mass-produced item at a mall store could fill your trunk with unique finds at Emporium 31 – perhaps a vintage picnic basket, a stack of vinyl records, a quirky lamp ...

These are whole-belly Ipswich clams, the gold standard of the clam world, lightly dredged in a perfectly seasoned flour mixture and fried until they achieve that mythical state of crispy exterior ...