How's my list for Mass, Maine Coast, NH, Vt?

[walker]

I love lobster, fried clams, prefer casual places. How's this list?

Woodman's -- Essex
Alberto's -- Hyannis
Lobsters Shack at 2 Lights -- Cape Elizabeth
Red's Eats -- Wiscasset
Paolina's Way -- Camden
Moody's Diner -- Waldoboro for walnut pie
Chauncey Creek -- Kittery
Duck Fat -- Portland
Harrasskeet Lunch -- Freeport
Stewman's Lobster -- Bar Harbor
Hart's Turkey Farm -- Meredith
A Single Pebble -- Burlington
Neptune Oyster -- Boston
Modern & Mike's -- Boston
Kelly's Roast Beef -- Revere

I don't have enough meals/days to cover all this in one vacation.
What shouldn't I miss???

[Passadumkeg]

Jeesum Crow Walkah, yah gotta do more research! Your batting average is worse than the Red Sox against the Yankees. Through out that lobster pot again on the search this board; you're coming up w/ shorts and eggers!

[c oliver]

Now, son, you be nice. Walker is a wonderful woman (I started out thinking *she* was a young, gay man) who lives in SF, cooks up a storm (helped me with my first pasta making) and is SO nice. She's gone fishin' in a pretty big pond and will listen to all recs. Good boy.

[Passadumkeg]

OK, Susan's Fish 'N Chips in Portland and Baggaduce Lunch in Brooksville, but don't expect none of that Left Coast Ciappino winey stuff, just good wholesome lahd.
CO, don't they do homework in Californicationia?

[walker]

I secretly thought you all would be impressed with my research!! You would not believe the hours I've "wasted" on all this. I don't eat cioppino (who wants to dip their fingers in hot tomato sauce to scoop up crab in the shell?) I'm just after FRESH lobster.

I've decided Thurston's is too hard a drive.

A friend here likes Swan River in Dennisport -- anyone know of this place for lobster?

[c oliver]

P-keg is being a bit of a doodoo-head :) but rumor has it that he's sleep deprived. I'm VERY impressed with your research. I'm trying to remember if Swan River was a place that we looked at but was very expensive; can't remember. Maybe someone else will help here.

[Passadumkeg]

Yes, Dennisport to Thurston's is like SF to LA, a bit of a trek. You'll find lots of lobbers, but many shore shacks will be shut for the season. I'm not sleep deprived, just hungry.
I make a wicked good ciapino. I may be in Walnut Creek for a week in April. No Fisherman's Warf, though.
Eat steamers an full bellied clams too. I wouldn't admit to knowing CO. though.

[c oliver]

Bad boy, bad boy. Here I was thinking about picking up Alan Barnes and coming to Walnut Creek and you get all obstreperous(?sp).

[walker]

Don't worry about your spelling since P. can't spell at all and I only half the time.
English is hella hard to spell! The menu of the Swan place looked ok.

[walker]

It seems Bagaduce Lunch is closed for the season.
If I drive from Camden to Bar Harbor and Acadia for the day, where should I go for FRESH lobster cooked on premises that would not be a pain to drive to, like Thurston's?
Later, I'll be in N. Conway and Stowe and now I'm thinking (since I'll be doing so much driving just going from motel to motel) maybe I should just try to have dinner closer to these 2 towns. Any recs?

[solargarlic]

We stopped at a pretty decent BBQ place in N. Conway, by the outlets

http://www.hillbillyssouthernbbq.com/

But, what towns will you pass through to get from one place to the other...you may be passing by some good spots that would be worth stopping for!

[Passadumkeg]

Both Trenton Lobster Pound and Downeast Lobster are right on Rt 3 just before you cross the tiny bridge to MDI. As good as any.

[treb]

Scrap Woodman's, replace with Clam Box, in Ipswich.
Scrap Mikes in Boston, keep Modern
Harrassekeet, awesome, Duck Fat as well
Neptune also a keeper

Enjoy

[Scargod]

I have this for places in Massachusetts: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&...
I've personally only eaten at a few. Most recommendations leading to a restaurant's inclusion are based on Chowhound recommendations.
I have other maps for Maine, Boston, New Hampshire, Vermont and more under "Scargo".

[IWantFood]

I would avoid Chauncey Creek. Of all the places I have ever eaten lobster--and it's a lot of places--the lobster there was by far the worst.

[Scargod]

Because the restaurant link is not operational yet and because this thread is so hard to follow:

Alberto's Ristorante
360 Main St,
Hyannis, MA 02601
[phone]

Lobster Shack (a seafood shack)
225 Two Lights Rd
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107-9515
[phone]
lobstershacktwolights.com

Red's Eats (a seafood shack)
41 Water Street
Wiscasset, ME 04578
[phone]

Moody's Diner
1885 Atlantic Hwy
Waldoboro, ME 04572
[phone]
moodysdiner.com

In Good Company (upscale restaurant)
415 Main St
Rockland, ME 04841-3305
[phone]

Bay View Lobster
1 Bayview Landing
Camden, ME 04843-2249
[phone]
bayviewlobster.com‎

Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier (a seafood shack-closes after Columbus Day)
16 Chauncey Creek Rd
Kittery Point, ME 03905-5200
[phone]
chaunceycreek.com

Duck Fat (restaurant)
43 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
[phone]
duckfat.com‎

Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Company (restaurant closing 10-15)
36 Main Street
South Freeport, ME 04078
[phone]
harraseeketlunchandlobster.com

Thurston's Lobster Pound
1 Thurston Rd
Bernard, ME 04612
[phone]
thurstonslobster.com

Rockland Cafe
441 Main St
Rockland, ME 04841-3383
[phone]
rocklandcafe.com

Watermans Beach Lobster
343 Waterman Beach Rd
South Thomaston, ME 04858-3325
[phone]
watermanhouse.com

Jordan's Snack Bar (seafood shack-probably closes after Columbus Day)
200 Downeast Hwy
Ellsworth, ME 04605-2520
[phone]

Ruth & Wimpie's Kitchen
792 US Hwy 1
Hancock, ME 04640

Chester Pike's Galley
2336 Us Hwy 1
Sullivan, ME 04664-3330
[phone]
http://www.downeastmaineonline.com/In...

Corner House Inn
22 Main St
Center Sandwich, NH 03227
[phone]
cornerhouseinn.com

The Homestead Restaurant
1567 Summer St
Bristol, NH 03222-3238
[phone]
homesteadnh.com

A Single Pebble (Chinese
)133 Bank St
Burlington, VT 05401-4409
[phone]
asinglepebble.com

Neptune Oyster (small oyster bar)
63 Salem St
Boston, MA 02113
[phone]

Modern Pastry
257 Hanover St
Boston, MA 02113-2322
[phone]modernpastry.com‎

Mike's Pastry
300 Hanover St
Boston, MA 02113-1835
[phone]mikespastry.com‎

Kelly's Roast Beef (famous sandwich?)
410 Revere Beach Blvd
Revere, MA 02151-4705
[phone]
kellysroastbeef.com

[Passadumkeg]

Wow! Jordan's is open until the end of the first week in Nov. BYOB too.

[Passadumkeg]

For a real old fashioned, but hard to find Downeast breakfast, try the fish cakes and beans with a fried egg at the Rockland Cafe, local diner style food.

[thinks too much]

While I really like Single Pebble, it's awfully out of the way from the other places.

[jackattack]

Yikes, your itinerary doesn't include any ice creameries! Four Seas near Hyannis, John's Homemade near Camden/Waldoboro, Toot's near Freeport, and Toscanini's in Boston would be my choices.

Also, when's this trip? Half of those seafood joints will be closing for the season soon.

[walker]

You like these creameries equally?
AR Boston Sunday, Oct 4. Drive to Woods Hole, ferry to MV. Next day, Nantucket (so that 2 hotel nights in Hyannis.) Drive the coast, next 2 nights in Camden -- might try to get to Acadia.
2 in N. Conway, 1 in Stowe, then outside Boston 1 and a friend will show me around Boston before I return Oct 13-- thought I'd try to go to Neptune Oyster.
Perhaps I should skip A Single Pebble in Burlington because that day I'll be driving from N Conway to Stowe. (I like to drive but I should not get ridiculous.)
There are many more places I'd like to try in Maine, not so much in NH and Vt. I need to keep costs down, no $50 dinners for me.
I called Thurston's Lobster Pound today (it's on Mt Desert Island -- near Acadia, I guess) and they are open until Oct 18 and I'd really like to try them.
I know I want to go to Lobster Shack at 2 Lights and Red's Eats. (I'll get some blueberry pie somewhere, too!)
I'll just have to go back next year and try the ones I miss.

[jackattack]

If you're staying in Camden you might check the little local markets for "Amy's Pies", she makes a very good blueberry and an excellent chocolate cream. I know they sell them at Thomaston Grocery on route 1, downtown Thomaston if you're driving in that way. If you don't get up to Thurstons...check to see if Waterman's Lobster/Owl's Head is still open for the season. And Bayview Lobster in Camden will do just fine in a pinch, more than fine in fact.

[c oliver]

Hey, walker. Have a great time. We were on Cape Cod for ten days in June and loved every bite of it :) And such nice people.

[walker]

Too bad you won't be there at the same time!

Where do you like around Hyannis? - not high end!

Is that where Friendly Fisherman is located?

[c oliver]

We were on the north side of the Cape at Denis. We thoroughly enjoyed the fried clams at Sesuit Harbor Cafe there. Definitely not high end. Yeah,too bad we're not going to be there. We're budget travellers for sure and quite easy to please.

[lexpatti]

Definately skip Hart's Turkey Farm in Meredith, if you are going to be in teh lakes region and love a great lobster roll - hit Sam & Rosies in Ctr. Harbor (just up rt 25 from Meredith) and it's across from the lake so nice views.

there is lots on this board about the Lakes Region if you'll be up there for a night or two. Sam & Rosie's is a lunch place. for dinner - my choice would be the Corner House Inn in Ctr Sandwich or Largo in Meredith or Church Landing in Meredith (last two still casual if you eat in teh bar).

[dfrostnh]

Last Sat night I had a very good seafood lasagna at The Homestead in Bristol which is close to Meredith exit 23/Rt 93. We like the nice homey feel of smallish rooms in an old farmhouse. It's not as casual as Red's but jeans and a flannel shirt would be fine. The Corner House is a great suggestion.

A very casual place about 20 minutes south of Meredith is the Pizza Market on Rt 3A heading out of Franklin NH (exit 20 Rt 93, then south of Rt 3 thru Tilton and Franklin, then turn right onto 3A ... or maybe it's 3B). This place is biker casual but it's still a decent family place. New owners trying to make a go in a restaurant that had been closed for awhile. Last time we had fried clams the market price was just under $16 and they let you sub onion rings for french fries. Neither DH or I were able to finish all the rings. Good cole slaw. Very friendly wait staff. It would be cheaper than The Homestead (the Homestead has some good seafood dishes but no fried clams).

If it's too cold to eat at Red's, I would substitute the Sea Basket on Rt 1/Wiscasset.

[walker]

I looked up the menu for Corner House and it looks good. It's in Center Sandwich -- do you have an idea how long a drive it would be from N. Conway? Thanks.

[Sinicle]

About 45 minutes or so. Agree about Harts. Corner House is OK, but stick to the simple stuff, sometimes its reach exceeds its grasp.

[whs]

I agree with lexpatti about Hart's Turkey Farm--nothing special.

[Passadumkeg]

Drop Stewman's in BH too. Will be shut and is over priced. Don't miss Jordan's Snack Bar in Ellsworth for fried clams. Hit Just Barb's too on rt 1 Sandy Pt/Searsport.

[jackattack]

Is Just Barb's still good? Heard a downhill alert....the place is up for sale. Or, has it been sold, re-opened, and still good????

[Passadumkeg]

Yes, still good. Places like this are often on the market for years. Ruth & Wimpies and Chester Pike's Galley are on the market too.
Walker, add them to your list too.

[qianning]

i'm not a fan of woodman's.

[Shooley]

I would skip Paolina's Way in Camden; it's not nearly as good as it was when it first opened. Instead, I would head over to Rockland and have a casual meal at In Good Company, the wine bar/foodie spot par excellence!