# The cheapest lobster near Portland, ME **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752 "2007-10-31T18:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/1 "2007-10-31T18:04:42Z")
Fellow Dopers, 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? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/2 "2007-10-31T18:10:16Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/3 "2007-10-31T18:48:47Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] 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 [/QUOTE] 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](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. yessuh. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/4 "2007-10-31T18:56:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/5 "2007-10-31T19:23:20Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] If you are in Portland you won’t be able to swing a dead cat without hitting good lobster. [/QUOTE] 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. **Fourpaws** , I’m in. Seafood in Maine, none bettah. ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/6 "2007-10-31T20:17:27Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] 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. [/QUOTE] Am I the only one who thought of Monty Python when I read this? ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/7 "2007-10-31T20:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] 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. **Fourpaws** , I’m in. Seafood in Maine, none bettah. [/QUOTE] 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! ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/8 "2007-10-31T21:50:09Z")
I can get you an even better deal on lobster…I know a guy… ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/9 "2007-10-31T21:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] I can get you an even better deal on lobster…I know a guy… [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s what we want. Maine lobster, shipped to Cali, and then back to Maine? Yum. I have friends who own boats – I can get lobster from them. It’s about 3 miles from my house to their boat. Not to mention, I’d think anything regarding lobster that gcame from you, would have a lil bit o you in (or on) every lobstah. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/10 "2007-10-31T22:13:53Z")
[QUOTE=FourPaws] Yeah, that’s what we want. Maine lobster, shipped to Cali, and then back to Maine? Yum. I have friends who own boats – I can get lobster from them. It’s about 3 miles from my house to their boat. Not to mention, I’d think anything regarding lobster that gcame from you, would have a lil bit o you in (or on) every lobstah. Ew. [/QUOTE] what the fuck are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/11 "2007-10-31T22:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] what the fuck are you talking about? [/QUOTE] I dunno, dipshit, maybe read your own post where you say, “I can get you an even better deal on lobster…I know a guy…” Senility’s a bitch, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/12 "2007-10-31T22:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=FourPaws] I dunno, dipshit, maybe read your own post where you say, “I can get you an even better deal on lobster…I know a guy…” Senility’s a bitch, ain’t it? [/QUOTE] whoa whoa whoa. This is very rude. I was just trying to make an adorable lobster mobster joke. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/13 "2007-10-31T23:02:56Z")
FTR, I thought it was adorable. I think you got a little mixed up, though. I thought you were the cheapest **lobster** near San Francisco, CA? (d&r) ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/14 "2007-10-31T23:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=FourPaws] I dunno, dipshit, maybe read your own post where you say, “I can get you an even better deal on lobster…I know a guy…” Senility’s a bitch, ain’t it? [/QUOTE] Definitely a Mainer. Are you a Maineiac as well? > [@](#): > > [Phlosphr’s Uncle] Up here in Dexter we don’t get much in the way of people looking for a good lawbstah - mostly people lawst looking for Stephen Kings house or the Old Town Factory. [/Phlosphr’s Uncle] I wish I knew more of Maine’s good clam shacks - we were up in Lubec last summer and had some of the best clams and lawbstah rolls I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/15 "2007-10-31T23:27:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **FourPaws** > > I dunno, dipshit, maybe read your own post where you say, “I can get you an even better deal on lobster…I know a guy…” > > Senility’s a bitch, ain’t it? People from Maine know their lobster, yes sir. However, their comedy radar has never really developed. ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/16 "2007-11-01T00:23:18Z")
Naw. I made a joke about his joke – and he had technical difficulties. In Maine, lobster’s one o those things you just don’t screw with. Yessuh. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheapest-lobster-near-portland-me/424752/17 "2007-11-01T00:29:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Fourpaws > > Naw. I made a joke about his joke – and he had technical difficulties. > > In Maine, lobster’s one o those things you just don’t screw with. Yessuh. Thanks for backing me up.