With the 2024 Beach Haven Chowder Cook-Off creeping ever closer (Sunday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), four of the restaurants competing in the white New England category, out of 10 total – five white, five red – provided insight into what makes their recipes so special.

Delaware Avenue Oyster House owner Toby Sweeney described the restaurant’s entry as “a perfect mix of both (white and red)! And that’s because we couldn’t decide.”