"...There was a gentleman there and his name was Maxie Beard and he would cut clams in a half shell.  This was a summer afternoon in the late forties or early fifties.  I couldn’t get a time from the gentleman and couldn’t get an exact date out of him.  The guy was cutting clams on a half shell. They were hanging around. 

My grandfather came out of the restaurant for a little breather or whatever and they were all talking.  He turns around and says, “Hey pop, why don’t you put some of these on the pizza.”  He said, “Sure.”  So, he cut some clams and put them in a dish.  He went inside and threw it on a pizza.  He came outside and boom!  Clam pizza.  Unbelievable.  From then on, the turnout was delicious.  You know, he used garlic and how we prepared it.  It was delicious and he put it on the menu...."