I will be visiting Portland, ME in mid-November. Where should I go within two hours by car of Portland that will provide me with the absolute cheapest opportunity to have a lobster killed at my behest (bonus points if I can point into a tank and say, “that one,” triple word score if I can reach into the tank and bring the lobster still angry and unbound by rubber-bands into its boiling demise by my own bare hand) and served with butter, possibly French fries or cole-slaw, and nothing else?
As a middle-schooler I recall visiting Maine and eating at this place that was really more dock than restaurant. The french-fries were frozen and rewarmed in the microwave, and the cole-slaw was scooped out of a tub with a super-market label on it, and the lobster was served with nothing but butter and a bib. The lobster was served outside on a seagull-dropping contaminated picnic bench by a wrinkled woman worn from alternate duties of serving lobster and selling diesel fuel for the boats. And it was like $5 for a 1.5 pounder.
Can anyone provide me with an address or name for a place to have a similar experience this coming November?
2 Hour drive? Are you kidding? You will be in Maine, most off the main path lobster huts are cheap. You should be able to get one at market value for 7.50-9 bucks. Anywhere in Portland.
Don’t forget most clam shacks and such that you are talking about won’t be open in the “off season” so you may need to settle for a store bought or proper restaurant lobster.
Try here: Port-West Seafood Grill & Bar
155 Riverside St
Portland, ME 04103-1041
Phone: (207) 775-6536
Gaah. Don’t go there. Since most places (as philsphr mentioned) which all be shuttered up by that point, you’ll want to try some of the “other” places. If you’re in Portland, you can always try Dimillo’s Floating Restaurant: http://www.dimillos.com/restaurant/index.html
Or, try going to the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport – it’s only a few feet from L.L. Bean’s.
Or, let me know when you’re here, and we can have a mini-seafood-doper-party-thingy right here in good ol’ Maine. Plenty o fun stuff to do and see up heyah.
The difference in price is going to be a buck or two, not worth hunting for IMO. If you are in Portland you won’t be able to swing a dead cat without hitting good lobster.
There go you Massholes again swinging your damn dead cats around. Thought we saw the last of you on Labor Day. Guess we need to blow up that bridge in Portsmouth after all.
If y’all want to make thise a foodie-doper party, lemme know and we’ll set it up. Be nice to have one here up in the woods, steadah having to travel to Mass to attend etc. Backwoods people need fun too!