JigEuro

Looking for a good not expensive Lobster roll spot, anyone have any suggestions? Also do most places have the hot lobster sandwich as well as the cold type?

Ackislander

Looking for a good not expensive Lobster roll spot, anyone have any suggestions?

James Hook, Atlantic Avenue, Boston.

Also do most places have the hot lobster sandwich as well as the cold type?

Very rarely in my experience, but I only order cold ones so perhaps I didn't notice them on menus.

Birdie

Sesuit Harbor, Dennis.

Inakauaidavidababy

Any particular area of this not small state you are interested in?

SambaChula

"Not expensive" is relative. Lobster rolls involve intensive labor to pick the meat out of the shell. Never going to be as inexpensive as a whole lobster can get in season.
Current supermarket price for (live or cooked for you) hard shell chicken lobsters is $5.99 per pound.

gail

local to what? And in case you are not aware of terminology, a "chicken" lobster is not poultry, but one that is so small as to be almost not legal - around 1 to 1.25 pounds

dfrostnh

D'Angelo Sandwich shops in NH are advertising lobster rolls but I've never tried one there. Cheapest good quality would be to buy a supermarket lobster and have it steamed. Take it home and make your own. Don't forget to butter and toast the roll.

Challiman

The Clam Shack, Kennebunkport!

HappyTrvlr

Grumpy's, Rt. 6A, E. Dennis on Cape Cod

ekscrunchy

If the lobster rolls are unusually cheap, I would wonder if they contain ingredients other than lobster:


http://www.insideedition.com/headlin...tigation-shows

cw

In Boston in addition to James Hook, you can try Luke's Lobster in Back Bay.

Cheap lobster rolls often use frozen not fresh lobster meat and often the size of the lobster roll is reflected in the price. Fast food chains are not using fresh lobster.

Price usually reflects quality and quantity in lobster rolls.

Some places offer the hot buttered (no mayo) style now but it isn't common in Boston. Neptune Oyster offers both but they are at the top of the price range.

Birdie

"Grumpy's, Rt. 6A, E. Dennis on Cape Cod"

Interesting. I've never gone there for lunch, Happy Trvlr. I'll have to keep that in mind. It's required that I go there for breakfast every time I'm in town even if they did take red flannel hash off the menu.

cfc

Larger lobsters may not have the taste of chicken lobsters - an inverse relationship, IME.

Other variables re: quality vs. price:
-using chunks of tail or claw meat vs. chopped up "other"
-using more mayo than lobster - or worse, excesses of chopped celery, lettuce, or onion. IMO onion is an interloper and the less greenery and mayo, the better. Some places will give you a choice of "traditional" (mayo) and some variation ("French," "Sriracha," etc.) Your choice but always ask what it means. I can handle some capers and a little dressing on it, but purists never would go beyond celery, if that.

Are you getting a lobster roll at a place that specializes in it or at a place that specializes in lobster dinners and use the leftovers for the next day's rolls?

Heck, McD's sometimes offers "lobster rolls" seasonally here in MA and hereabouts. They're very inexpensive, if that's what you want.

cfc

Googling "best lobster rolls Boston" or some such will net you a lot of information.

As above - how far from Logan Airport (don't get one there!!!) are you willing to venture?

cw

The OP never specified where they would be in Mass., and they have not returned to this thread unless I've missed it.

But for others reading this, there are three Legal Seafood's at Logan, so travelers can get good seafood, including lobster rolls, there.

Challiman

I just saw this list last night, will find it helpful for my October trip:
http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/...massachusetts/