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Red Hook Lobster Pound started out two years ago, with Susan Povich and her husband trucking up to Maine, stocking up on live, freshly caught lobster, and trucking back to Red Hook, where the couple sold them to lucky folk like you and me. In the intervening years, Red Hook Lobster Pound has, in the words of the guy manning the counter when I ordered my rolls, "kind of exploded."
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In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check...
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] In the last six months, lunch options at the Chelsea Market seem to have doubled. A new annex housing Bar Suzette, People's Pops, One Lucky Duck,, Lucy's Whey and Jacques Torres has me going out...
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If you're looking for New York City's best lobster roll, you might have to go to basement in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Boston native Ben Sargent aims to give people the authentic lobster roll experience from his apartment using big chunks...
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[Photographs: Erin Zimmer] When someone grows up near the iconic Portland Head lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine—which you've probably seen a gazillion times on greeting cards and magnets—they likely know a thing or two about lobster rolls. Twenty-five-year-old Luke...
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An occasional journal of a habitual restaurant diner; or, Not Eating at Home in New York. As many meals as I eat in a week, that is how many times I eat out. It's not that I can't cook—it's just...
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Statue of Liberty photograph from morrissey on Flickr Urban Lobster Shack 15 Stone Street, New York NY 10004 (Financial Dist., b/n Broadway/Broad Street; map); 212-809-2626; urbanlobstershack.com The Skinny: Not the best lobster roll in the city, but as part...
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Nathan's Famous 1310 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11224 (map); 718-946-2202; nathansfamous.com Of all the New York City lines I've waited in, Nathan's, in Coney Island, has to be the worst. The line at the Shake Shack is long but...
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Metromix has posted a guide to the best lobster rolls in New York City. Mermaid Inn and Mary's Fish Camp were the only two to receive the full 5 stars, while Lure, Pearl Oyster Bar, and Aquavit's "lobster roll" pulled...
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