# Is it always Lobsterfest at Red Lobster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718 "2020-02-10T07:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/1 "2020-02-10T07:35:25Z")
I used to work at Red Lobster and Lobsterfest was a big deal with a mandatory employee meeting to go over the menu and get new buttons to wear. Now it seems like Lobsterfest is every other week. I just saw a commercial for it again. Is this confirmation bias or are they really having Lobsterfest multiple times per year? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/2 "2020-02-10T13:00:13Z")
Lobsterfest? But it isn’t even frozen lobster season! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/3 "2020-02-10T15:12:55Z")
Badly Cooked Seafood Fest is every week at Red Lobster. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/4 "2020-02-10T17:20:46Z")
For example, this is what they have on Twitter this morning. > ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/5 "2020-02-10T18:30:18Z")
So far as I can tell from googling, it’s an annual thing that happens at the very end of January until about the second or third week of April. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/6 "2020-02-10T18:59:44Z")
It’s a sad commentary on our modern society that we have lost the true meaning of Lobsterfest. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/7 "2020-02-10T19:12:37Z")
“That’s what Lobsterfest is all about, Charlie Brown.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/8 "2020-02-10T19:17:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s a sad commentary on our modern society that we have lost the true meaning of Lobsterfest. There’s a War on Lobsterfest! Just last week someone told me “Happy Crustacean Feast!” ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/9 "2020-02-10T19:48:15Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > There’s a War on Lobsterfest! Just last week someone told me “Happy Crustacean Feast!” No kidding… some schools are even wedging Shark Week carols into Lobsterfest concerts now. I appreciate the attempt at inclusivity, but at some point it becomes counterproductive and borderline offensive. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/10 "2020-02-10T20:58:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s a sad commentary on our modern society that we have lost the true meaning of Lobsterfest. Don’t agree,I always enjoy Red Friday the day after Shrimpfest ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/11 "2020-02-10T21:02:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > So far as I can tell from googling, it’s an annual thing that happens at the very end of January until about the second or third week of April. Thus conveniently ensuring that it’s always Lobsterfest during Lent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/12 "2020-02-10T21:04:11Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Badly Cooked Seafood Fest is every week at Red Lobster. Dead Lobster ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/13 "2020-02-10T21:06:48Z")
I think Lobsterfest is still annual, but it seems like Red Lobster IS frequently launching different “fests” and other special promo menus. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/14 "2020-02-10T23:18:54Z")
I don’t know about anywhere else, but here in lonely south Arkansas the local ‘Fish Nest’( yes, it’s _Nest_, sign typo. Shoulda been _Nets_) has a fest. Daily. Not lobster though. More like Catfish. Yum-yum. A southern gal cannot get enough of her Catfish! (Especially if they come from _nests_) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/15 "2020-02-10T23:35:06Z")
Of all the fests out there, lobster is the one I get least excited about. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/16 "2020-02-11T00:49:04Z")
It turns out, the Lobsterfest was inside us all along. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/17 "2020-02-11T01:11:41Z")
Halloween Town is currently _making Lobsterfest…making Lobsterfest…_ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/18 "2020-02-11T01:41:49Z")
If you have the time, you might want to [Consider The Lobster](https://youtu.be/_fZOl7C_vDI) with David Foster Wallace. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/19 "2020-02-11T02:13:24Z")
Arby’s is constantly having near daily “specials” of 3 for $5 on their original roast beef sandwiches, so it’s shocking the one day I go in without a special going on and I find out the MSRP for a single roast beef sandwich is $4. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718/20 "2020-02-11T02:42:16Z")
“It is always Lobsterfest at Red Lobster, sir. Forever…and ever…and ever.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-lobsterfest-at-red-lobster/847718.md?page=2)