Hey all, so I came across this place in San Mateo, CA a while back (since then there have been news reports about this place increasing its popularity to where the line is out the door every weekend) called the Old Port Lobster shack.
The one thing we always get is a plain lobster roll which is basically some warm buttered bread with lobster meat in the middle. Then you drizzle your warm melted butter over the top and go to town. (man, making me hungry just typing it!) Here's a pic from their website

We had never heard of 'lobster rolls' before finding this place so I'm curious if anyone out there has had this in another location?
Also if you're coming in to SFO and heading down to San Jose for business I highly recommend trying these!

In the Canadian maritime provinces (NB, NS, PEI) and in New England, lobster rolls have been around for years and years. In fact, when lobster is in season, you can even get lobster rolls at McDonalds!

The classic version of this tasty treat is a hotdog bun stuffed with lightly seasoned chucks of lobster meat mixed with mayonaise. I'm heading down home (NB) next week and will likely have a few before the end of my vacation.
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You described the traditional New England lobster roll - yum!!! You can get them along the coast all over the Northeast. In parts of southern New England you can also get a lobster salad roll, in which the lobster pieces are mixed with mayo and chopped celery. I'll take the hot one any day!

Yum, I had some of these up in NH, I also had a crab roll made in a similar way, also quite tasty.

There in NH the seafood locations had a ton of Haddock, but that is not my kind of thing when there is an option of Lobster or crab!

On those unfortunate days when I just have to visit Sawx country, a lobster roll is what I get at the first available opportunity.

To die for!

Ya, this place in San Mateo has them mixed with mayo/onions etc but I'm anti-mayonaise so I always get the plain one
Thanks for the insight...perhaps it gives me a reason to visit the east coast now

I live in Denver, Steuben's makes a good Lobster Roll (albeit pricey since we're inland). Probably the best are back east IMO, but if I need one, I know where to go here.

Mmmm ... lobster rolls. Here's a picture of one of the best representatives of the Maine variety.

yep, such a popular item that McD's had to get in the game.

How much does a McDonalds Lobster Roll Extra Value Meal cost?

More on lobster rolls:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/08/0...20rolls&st=cse

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August 4, 2006
Road Trip
On a Roll, for Lobster
By WENDY KNIGHT
SIGNS scream �Best Lobster Roll in Maine� at lobster shacks and convenience stores all along the Maine Coast. Stop to ask someone where to find the best, and you will frequently get a definitive answer. It just won�t always be the same one.

�Right there,� said Cassie Mitchell, a clerk at American Sailor Clothing in Kennebunkport, pointing an outstretched arm toward Alisson�s Restaurant, two doors down.

�I only come here for lobster rolls,� said Stacy Marotta as she finished lunch 75 miles to the northeast at Red�s Eats in Wiscasset. She and her husband and sons drive 12 hours every summer from their home in Cleveland to this part of Maine, she said, and Red�s �is our first stop when we get into town and our last stop as we head out.�

The lobster roll � �the lazy man�s lobster,� Mrs. Marotta said � traditionally consists of a toasted hot dog bun topped by pieces of fresh lobster meat and a little bit of something else. The something else is a subject of disagreement.

�Just a little mayo to hold it together, a little salt and pepper and that�s it,� said Rich Winterberg, a bartender at Alisson�s.

�No mayo,� insisted Larry Reed, a lobsterman from New Harbor, on the tip of the next peninsula east from Boothbay Harbor.

�I�m from Connecticut and down there, a lobster roll is hot and served with butter,� explained a Coast Guardsman aboard a ferry headed to Vinalhaven Island at the mouth of Penobscot Bay. �First time I had a lobster roll up here, I bit into it and said: �Whoa. This is cold.� �

Red's in Wiscasset is the place for the ultimate lobster roll. deubster got that right!

Anyone in the Disney World area might try Celebration Town Tavern in Celebration, Fl. I get to that area a couple times a year and always make it a point to stop in at least once for a lobster roll.

Note that it's not just any hot dog bun, but one of the country hot dog buns that I think you can only get in New England, that only has crust on the top and bottom and has been grilled with a little butter.

I once drove (I know, no FF miles) the fixin's for lobster rolls from PVD to CVG to visit Mom. The first thing she noticed when she got home from work was the New England hot dog buns, "Where'd these come from!?"

I'm partial to the Julia & Jacques recipe, which has a light dressing including some shallots, vinegar, mayo and herbs, a little butter lettuce, and a grilled hot dog bun. A late summer classic! (I go for late summer because lobster demand crashes after labor day, but the fishing is good for a few more weeks, so prices fall a bit.)

That's one of the reasons Celebration is so good. It's the only place outside New England that I've ever seen the buns.