We are heading to Maine next month staying in Bar Harbor, Boothbay and Old Orchard Beach. Looking for best places to eat! Thanks,

If you want local flavor, not tourist stuff, go to a lobster boat marina, many have local fresh off the boat cooked lobster. The best.

I caught a couple of beautiful sea bass, cleaned them and stuffed them with lobster claw meat, last year near York, ME.I grilled them over Apple wood coals, and when they were finished , I scraped all the claw meat out, tossed in in the garbage and ate the bass!( sorry, I waited two years to repeat that joke)Dennis from Buffalo

We found that most of the "Road" side stands that you pass have EXCELLANT Lobster Rolls / sandwich's. I think we ate 10 pounds of lobster each while we were there not to mention the Blueberries that were in season. We plan on going back on our first trip of 2017. Try not to miss Sunrise at Acadia State Park,Good Luck and Happy Camping !!!

I recently found this:The top 10 winners in the category Best Lobster Roll in Maine/Massachusetts are as follows:Bayview Takeout - Beals, MaineBramhall's Country Store - Plymouth, Mass.The Clam Shack - Kennebunkport, MaineBite into Maine - Cape Elizabeth, MainePerkins Cove Lobster Shack - Ogunquit, MaineBagaduce Lunch - Penobscot, MaineThe Lobster Pool - Rockport, Mass.Red's Eats - Wiscasset, MaineEventide Oyster Co. - Portland, MainePeriwinkles Restaurant - Essex, Mass.Other eateries nominated in this category included B&G Oysters in Boston; Belle Isle Seafood in Winthrop, Mass.; Chatham Pier Fish Market in Chatham, Mass.; Eagles Nest Restaurant in Brewer, Maine; Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown, Maine; Ipswich Clambake in Ipswich, Mass.; Neptune Oyster in Boston; Roy Moore Lobster Co. in Rockport, Mass; Thurston's Lobster Pound in Bernard, Maine and Windward Grille Restaurant in Essex, Mass.

A little off subject, when I was in NS CN, when I checked into the campground I asked the host where to get good lobster. She said that her husband was out on the boat attending his lobster traps now and she would call him and he would bring me on. I said that I did not have a pot big enough to cook one. She said no problem, I will cook it. I had fresh lobster for 3 days.

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paulcardoza
Explorer
Aug 31, 2016
Find a place that steams their lobsters in seawater and you'll be amazed by the incredible flavor. KOA Oceanfront in Bar Harbor has a guy that comes into the CG every afternoon and does just that. Doesn't get any better!
quoyfab
Explorer
Sep 01, 2016
paulcardoza wrote:
Find a place that steams their lobsters in seawater and you'll be amazed by the incredible flavor. KOA Oceanfront in Bar Harbor has a guy that comes into the CG every afternoon and does just that. Doesn't get any better!

Steam, NOT boil. Seawater sounds good, yet to try that, but do like them steamed in B E E R.
ryegatevt
Explorer II
Sep 01, 2016
paulcardoza wrote:
Find a place that steams their lobsters in seawater and you'll be amazed by the incredible flavor. KOA Oceanfront in Bar Harbor has a guy that comes into the CG every afternoon and does just that. Doesn't get any better!

And if you don't stay at the KOA (we do!) the Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound just up the road towards Trenton steams 'em outside in salt water in big pots over wood fires for all to see! Yum! and if you crave lobster rolls they serve lobster (or delicious crab) sandwiches on home made bread ('cause that's the way Mother used to make them!).
mkc
Explorer
Sep 02, 2016
$5.99 per pound a the local supermarket this weekend. We each had 2 for dinner and I predict more before the weekend's out ;-)

Michelle
drenjoey
Explorer
Sep 17, 2016
paulcardoza wrote:
Find a place that steams their lobsters in seawater and you'll be amazed by the incredible flavor. KOA Oceanfront in Bar Harbor has a guy that comes into the CG every afternoon and does just that. Doesn't get any better!

Living in Maine, we do that very often. We go buy a few lobsters and stop at the beach to pick up buckets of ocean water......Bring everything home and have a feast.
ryegatevt
Explorer II
Sep 18, 2016
drenjoey wrote:
paulcardoza wrote:
Find a place that steams their lobsters in seawater and you'll be amazed by the incredible flavor. KOA Oceanfront in Bar Harbor has a guy that comes into the CG every afternoon and does just that. Doesn't get any better!

Living in Maine, we do that very often. We go buy a few lobsters and stop at the beach to pick up buckets of ocean water......Bring everything home and have a feast.

Don't forget to add seaweed to that seawater! Put the lobsters on top of the seaweed and steam them until bright red, not boil them in the water. None of that rich flavor boils away - incredible!
navybanker
Explorer
Oct 26, 2016
Well back from trip to New England and Red's Eats is the one for lobster rolls! Took about an hour and a half but worth the wait. Also toured a mansion while in the town where Red's is located and very interesting. Thanks for the tips!
mdcamping
Explorer
Oct 27, 2016
navybanker wrote:
Well back from trip to New England and Red's Eats is the one for lobster rolls! Took about an hour and a half but worth the wait. Also toured a mansion while in the town where Red's is located and very interesting. Thanks for the tips!

I hope the Lobster roll was better than the seafood from Tennessee! ;) :B

Glad you enjoyed our corner of the country! :C

Mike

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