Best lobster in Maine

[navybanker]

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

[mdcamping]

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

[navybanker]

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!

[ryegatevt]

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!

[drenjoey]

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.

[mkc]

$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

[ryegatevt]

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!).

[quoyfab]

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.

[paulcardoza]

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!

[mkc]

For lobster rolls, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Eagle's Nest in Brewer (but then, it's not exactly in a tourist area 😉 )

Michelle

[quoyfab]

Near Acadia is Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound. I think they have the sweetest lobster from their boats that travel a little further offshore. They are just before the bridge from Trenton to Mt. Desert Island (Bar Harbor). They have tables inside and outside.


Lobster are caught in areas they inhabit. They only head to deeper water late in the year. Dropping traps where they don't habitate results in low, if any yield. We visit Narrows II CG, and do enjoy a feed at TBL, but don't find any difference in sweetness. Might be imagination or simple Downeast baloney served to tourists by the crew at TBL. Please keep coming to Maine. We need the tourist economy, and if I may say, for a tourist destination, we are comparatively very affordable.

[Gene_Ginny]

Here are 2 that I like.

Pine Tree Seafood & Produce Co in Scarborough, ME, just a couple of miles North of Old Orchard Beach on Rt 1. Take out only. Their lobster roll is better than Red's!!! Traditional lobster rolls in New England are on a toasted hot dog roll. Pine Tree uses a 9 inch hoagie roll with the sides trimmed off so it looks like a BIG hot dog roll, buttered and toasted, filled with chunks of lobster mixed with a little mayo and some hot butter drizzled on top. You can also get fresh lobster (pick your size) and they will cook it free and wrap it to go.

Near Acadia is Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound. I think they have the sweetest lobster from their boats that travel a little further offshore. They are just before the bridge from Trenton to Mt. Desert Island (Bar Harbor). They have tables inside and outside.

Edit to add: Trenton Bridge is closed most Sundays.

[char158]

You all are making me want to go to Maine right now!!!

[drenjoey]

ct1964ups wrote:

The_Painting_Teacher wrote:
An institution in Maine for lobster rolls (with an accompanying line of 25 - 50 yards) is RED'S EATS located in Wiscasset. As you descend the hill in downtown Wiscasset before you cross the river, it is found on the left coming from the south. It on Rte 1 a short distance before you leave Rte 1 to take a right for Boothbay Harbor. Enjoy

Absolutely the place to go..1 1/2 lbs on a roll..nothing else...butter ,mayo and lettuce on the side...sold 11 ton of lobster and 3 ton of butter last year....for Lobster Roll this is the place
Chuck

Their Lobster rolls are good but there are other places in Maine that are just as good. Publicity brought Red's Eats to where they are today. As a Mainer who had my good share of lobster rolls, I can I can say the place is overrated.

[MissouriBird]

The Lobster Shack at Cape Porpose is wonderful. Classic Maine Lobster Shack overlooking the bay and just down the road from the Bush Family Summer Home at Kennebunkport. We love to sit out at the picnic tables, watch the boats bring fresh lobster in, and enjoy our meals.