A big thank you to everyone who has left suggestions for lobster shacks in the New England area for the HH and I to check out. We are having a blast researching the different towns and have a HUGE list of places we want to visit. Date days haven’t been this varied or tasty in a long time. 🙂
Last week we took your suggestion and headed to Essex, Massachusetts to eat lunch at Woodman’s of Essex. Woodman’s has been around for over 100 years and it’s easy to see why people keep coming back.
If you’re in a hurry and don’t want to wait in line for the restaurant {the line does move pretty fast though} you can get a boiled lobster and butter to go outside. Which begs the question, how does one eat a boiled lobster with butter on the go? Maybe you know the answer to that one, because I don’t.
So many choices! It was a good thing that the line was long. I don’t know about your husband, but mine has to read every single thing on the menu before he can order. Even if it’s a place he’s been to like a million times. I don’t get it. I am the complete opposite. I think it’s a strange habit.
Back in the day you could get a plate of fried clams for $1.00. Nowadays, a plate of fried clams will set you back a whopping $25.99! Wowie zowie.
This time around the HH tried the fully belly clams and said he liked them. When I asked which ones he preferred {the full belly clams or clams strips from Bob’s Clam Hut} he said that although there was a distinct difference between the two, he actually liked both styles of fried clams about the same. Which for some reason I thought was kind of funny. Because you know, it’s either one or the other, right? Well apparently not.
Since I’m not a seafood person, I ordered the hot dog. Which tasted, well, like a hot dog. BUT THE BUN…. the bun was good. It was the same kind of thick toasted bun I ate at Red’s Eats. And now I can’t imagine eating a hot dog on any other kind of bun. Do these buns have a special name? They are almost like super thick toast, but shaped like a hot dog bun. Anyway, I need to find them.
Woodman’s of Essex, the food, atmosphere and waitstaff get a 5 out of 5 stars.
Where should be eat next? Do you have a favorite lunch spot in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine? We’re up for anything!
~Mavis
Woodman’s of Essex
121 Main St, Essex, MA 01929
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