Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
The red lobster lasted 5-10 years or so, maybe a little more, only because it was in the same complex as a hotel and I imagine that most of their business came from that. The building now houses a Ninety Nine.
Yeah I think chains have realized that a seafood restaurant is a terrible idea in Maine, there are better places just about everywhere with larger portions and better prices.
I took my honeymoon in Portland. One of the places my husband took me to was a little shack where you sat out on the deck. They had a bunch of lobsters in the traps. They would take out a couple and cook them to order. Can't get them any fresher than that. He thought he was introducing me to lobsters. Little did he know that as a kid I would run down to the beach with my friends and harvest lobsters and clams after a Nor'easter. I didn't have the heart to tell him about that.