Vincent’s Clam Bar

What Vincent’s Clam Bar does

Vincent's Clam Bar is a privately-held, family-owned Italian seafood restaurant founded in 1904 by Giuseppe and Carmela Siano in New York's Little Italy. The company relocated to its current single full-service location at 179 Old Country Rd, Carle Place, Long Island, where it operates dine-in service, takeout, and delivery via DoorDash and Uber Eats, with normal hours seven days a week. The menu spans Italian classics, brick-oven pizza, salads, pasta, and seafood specialties, with menu prices ranging from $7.95 for appetizers to $32.95 for premium entrees and a fixed-price $16.95 lunch menu Monday through Friday.

Beyond dine-in, the company operates a multi-stream revenue model. Its packaged-goods arm sells a proprietary line of handcrafted jarred sauces (Mild, Medium, Hot, Marinara, Vodka, Tomato Basil) in 25oz 12-pack cases at $114.95-$124.95 per case, distributed across all Long Island Walmart locations and through its own online store. Ancillary streams include branded merchandise (T-shirts at $25 each), gift cards ($25-$200 denominations, valid up to 9 years), catering services ($49.95 per-person in-house party package; half/full trays from $25-$210), and a newly launched franchise program offering qualified operators the ability to open additional Vincent's locations.

The company serves individual and family diners as its primary segment, with secondary segments in catering clients (corporate events, weddings, private gatherings), lunch clientele, and families with children. Distribution is conducted through a mix of dine-in service, direct online ordering, DoorDash and Uber Eats, Walmart retail, and direct e-commerce. Vincent's holds KOF-K Kosher Parve and gluten-free certifications on select sauces and has accumulated multiple OpenTable Diners' Choice Awards (2023-2026), a 2024 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award, and a 2012 Consumer Reports Top Celebrity Sauce award. The company has 11-50 employees, no disclosed funding, and no institutional or private-equity ownership identified in available sources.

Name

Vincent’s Clam Bar

Legal name

Vincent's Clam Bar

Website

https://vincentsclambar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vincent's Clam Bar is a family-owned Italian seafood restaurant founded in 1904, operating a single dine-in location in Carle Place, Long Island, with takeout, DoorDash/Uber Eats delivery, Walmart-distributed jarred sauces, catering, and a newly launched franchise program serving individual diners, families, and event clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Seafood Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Steakhouses & Seafood Restaurants (THAFACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shelf-Stable/Retort Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (AFANAFAE), Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

Keywords

• Italian seafood restaurant
• Jarred pasta sauces
• Restaurant catering services
• Italian family dining
• Restaurant franchise opportunities

Headquarters

HQ city

Carle Place

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant dine-in and takeout sales: Revenue from serving Italian seafood cuisine in-house and for takeout, including lunch, dinner, and specialty menus.
2. Jarred sauce retail sales: Sale of proprietary sauces (Mild, Medium, Hot, Marinara, Vodka, Tomato Basil) in 25oz 12-pack cases through Walmart, online store, and restaurant location.
3. Merchandise sales: Sale of branded merchandise including T-shirts featuring restaurant slogans such as Fuhgeddaboudit, Muscles Marinara, Little Italy, and Take the Cannoli.
4. Gift cards: Sale of physical and digital gift cards in various denominations ($25-$200) valid for up to 9 years after purchase.
5. Catering services: Catering packages for events including corporate functions, weddings, holidays, and private gatherings, with customizable menu options and party packages.
6. Franchise opportunities: Franchise program offering expansion of the Vincent's Clam Bar brand to additional locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Vincent's Clam Bar operates a single-location Italian seafood restaurant in Carle Place, NY, serving dine-in lunch and dinner featuring artisan pizzas, pastas, seafood, and Italian specialties prepared in an open kitchen. The company also sells handcrafted jarred sauces (Mild, Medium, Hot, Marinara, Vodka, Tomato Basil) in 25oz 12-packs at Walmart, online, and at the restaurant, and offers catering, branded merchandise, gift cards, and franchise opportunities.

Product overview

Vincent's Clam Bar is a traditional Italian seafood restaurant operating as a single-location establishment in Carle Place, NY, originating from Little Italy in 1904. The core offering is dine-in restaurant service featuring Italian cuisine and seafood specialties. The product portfolio includes a line of handcrafted jarred sauces (Mild, Medium, Hot, Marinara, Vodka, and Tomato Basil) sold for retail at Walmart and online, branded merchandise (T-shirts), gift cards (physical and digital), catering services for events, and franchise opportunities. The sauces, prepared using century-old family recipes, represent the primary consumer packaged goods product and are available in 25oz jars as 12-packs. The restaurant integrates with DoorDash and Uber Eats for third-party delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine-In Restaurant Service Italian seafood restaurant offering dine-in lunch and dinner at the Carle Place, NY location with a menu featuring artisan pizzas, salads, pastas, seafood, and Italian specialties prepared in an open kitchen.
• Jarred Sauces (Mild, Medium, Hot, Marinara, Vodka, Tomato Basil) Handcrafted Italian sauces prepared using recipes passed down from 1904, available in Mild, Medium, Hot, Marinara, Vodka, and Tomato Basil varieties. Sold in 25oz jars as 12-packs at Walmart, the company online store, the restaurant, and specialty retailers.
• Catering Services Catering packages for events of any size including corporate events, private dinners, weddings, and holiday celebrations, with customizable menus featuring appetizers, pastas, entrees, and desserts, supported by an Executive Chef and Catering Manager.
• Franchise Opportunities Franchise program allowing qualified individuals to open Vincent's Clam Bar locations under the established brand, recipes, and operating model.
• Gift Cards (Physical and Digital) Physical and digital gift cards available in denominations of $25, $50, $75, $100, $150, and $200, valid for up to 9 years and redeemable at the restaurant.
• Branded T-Shirts and Merchandise Branded apparel including Fuhgeddaboudit, Muscles Marinara, Little Italy, and Take the Cannoli T-Shirts priced at $25 each, sold through the online store and restaurant.
• Pickup and Delivery Service Online ordering for restaurant pickup and delivery fulfilled through DoorDash and Uber Eats third-party platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Consumer Reports Top Celebrity Sauce winner 2012 for Marinara Sauce

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Olive Garden (Darden Restaurants): Largest U.S. Italian full-service chain (>900 locations, Darden-owned) representing the competitive ceiling — Vincent's competes for the same Long Island Italian dining occasions but is positioned as the authentic-heritage alternative versus Olive Garden's value positioning.
• Maggiano's Little Italy: Brinker's national Italian-American full-service chain operating ~50 locations — analogous to Vincent's red-sauce heritage and family-style portioning but at multi-state scale, providing a useful benchmark for franchise growth potential.

Direct peers

• Rao's: Iconic family-owned Italian-American brand originating in East Harlem (1896) with a flagship restaurant plus a nationally distributed line of jarred sauces (marinara, tomato basil, vodka, meat) sold at Whole Foods, Walmart, Costco, and direct-to-consumer — the closest possible analog to Vincent's restaurant-plus-CPG model.
• Legal Sea Foods: Multi-unit seafood-focused full-service restaurant chain founded 1950s in New England with similar heritage-and-quality positioning, dine-in plus retail seafood and pantry lines, and a track record of expanding a regional seafood brand into multi-location retail — provides a roadmap for scaling the Vincent's seafood + sauce model.
• Primal Kitchen: D2C and omnichannel CPG brand built around authentic, clean-ingredient sauces/condiments sold across Whole Foods, Walmart, Costco, and direct-to-consumer — comparable to Vincent's CPG sauce platform and the speed-of-shipping benchmark Vincent's would need to match.
• Carmine's (Family Style Italian Restaurants): New York-area full-service Italian restaurant with multiple locations known for oversized family-style portions and Southern Italian cuisine, recognized in OpenTable/Yelp review ecosystems — the closest multi-unit Italian full-service comparator to Vincent's.
• Lupa Osteria / Il Mulino (Italian fine dining group): NYC-area Italian fine-dining concepts with celebrity/famous clientele, family-recipe origin stories, and selective multi-unit expansion — mirrors Vincent's Little Italy heritage, celebrity-sighting equity, and upscale-yet-family-style positioning.

Emerging players

• Pastosa Ravioli: Brooklyn/Staten Island-based Italian CPG brand specializing in fresh pasta, sauces, and prepared foods sold at grocery and via direct-to-consumer — overlaps with Vincent's sauce line and Italian-pantry positioning while competing for the same Long Island/NYC Italian consumer.

Regional players

• Pelagia Trattoria / FIG & Olive: Mediterranean/Italian coastal-concept casual-dining chains with curated sauce and pantry programs — illustrative of the upscale-casual Italian peer set competing for similar special-occasion and catering occasions.
• Tony's Di Napoli: Family-style Italian full-service concept with multiple NYC/regional locations known for large portions and tourist-traffic volume — a comparable model in the same Northeast corridor with similar family-style positioning to Vincent's.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/VincentsClamBar
• Instagraminstagram.com/vincentsclambarlongisland
• TikToktiktok.com/@vincentsclambar1904?lang=en

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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