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SoCalCanine said:
You guys are KILLING me! No lobster rolls in SoCal! I found a couple of places that serve whole bellies out here but they are not very good and obviously can't be very fresh. When I return for visits to CT it becomes all about real pizza, whole bellies and real Italian pastries. I must be due for a visit, I'm sitting here drooling!!!
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Cant be any worse than S. FL.
 
I get the sense when August isn't on the toilet he spends every other waking hour eating, I just hope he doesn't eat on the toilet.
 
Fish tale. I like New Haven also. Bellies. Mmm

Seven seas in Milford is also good.

Not a fan of Jimmies.

When I want a lobster roll I usually hit Glenwood in Hamden up near my mom's house.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Connie and Ted's and the Blue Plate in Santa Monica both stack up. My parents are dyed in the wool New Englanders and love both spots.
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I've been to the Blue Plate. They are better than no whole bellies but not like REAL New England whole bellies! If you go without the real ones long enough, you forget what the real deal is like. I have been lucky enough to have been back to CT once or twice per year for the last 25 years I have lived out here!
 
SoCalCanine said:
I've been to the Blue Plate. They are better than no whole bellies but not like REAL New England whole bellies! If you go without the real ones long enough, you forget what the real deal is like. I have been lucky enough to have been back to CT once or twice per year for the last 25 years I have lived out here!
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Eh, my parents spend half the year on the cape. For me, a lobster roll from Connie and Ted's is as good or better than any you can find in New England. Matter of taste I guess.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
As someone mentioned in the hot dog thread the hot dog guy at the outside counter was incredible. I loved watching him cut up groups of hotdogs and shift them on the hot plate, load them on the buns, add up the order and take money. He was the Seph Curry of hot dog vending.
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We used to say he had your change before you finished your order.
 
I love Clam Castle. I think it is the name and the Clam logo as much as the food. Good lobster rolls too.
 
huskiesouth said:
Hot Dog guy at Jimmie's was nicknamed 'The Machine' but no one in my crowd had the b*alls to let him hear it. He had your dogs and change on the counter before your money was in the register, called out your fries or whatever order and if you did not move fast enough he let you know it.
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Yes! Actually, we called him Mr. Machine
 
I love seafood (along with every other food known to man) but I have a major problem with lobster rolls. I guess I just have a problem paying $25 dollars for something that comes on a hotdog roll and doesn't even come close to filling me up.
 
David's Place in Montville has some of the best clam fritters I've ever tasted.
 
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SoCalCanine said:
You guys are KILLING me! No lobster rolls in SoCal! I found a couple of places that serve whole bellies out here but they are not very good and obviously can't be very fresh. When I return for visits to CT it becomes all about real pizza, whole bellies and real Italian pastries. I must be due for a visit, I'm sitting here drooling!!!
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Eh, my parents spend half the year on the cape. For me, a lobster roll from Connie and Ted's is as good or better than any you can find in New England. Matter of taste I guess.
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I made a similar complaint in the burger thread a few years ago and @BigErnMcCracken turned me on to Connie and Teds. The first time I went I got the Rhode Island clam chowder and whole belly fried clams and it was like being transported back to Sailor Eds in Mystic when I was a kid. I haven't been to Blue Point, but I can only tell you Connie and Teds is excellent. It sucks we have to pay $24 for whole belly clams that would cost about 10 or 12 in Connecticut, but at least you get the real deal.

In terms of fresh - they fly stuff in daily. It's very fresh. Even though the Rhode Island chowda is good, their New England is just about the best I've ever had. The whole belly fried clams are like being on The Cape. Plan to spend a good bit, but if you want NE quality clams and soup, they do deliver. I haven't tried the lobster roll, but the steamers are also very good, if not a bit too large. I prefer smaller/sweeter, but they are still like being transported to New England.
 
jleves said:
I made a similar complaint in the burger thread a few years ago and @BigErnMcCracken turned me on to Connie and Teds. The first time I went I got the Rhode Island clam chowder and whole belly fried clams and it was like being transported back to Sailor Eds in Mystic when I was a kid. I haven't been to Blue Point, but I can only tell you Connie and Teds is excellent. It sucks we have to pay $24 for whole belly clams that would cost about 10 or 12 in Connecticut, but at least you get the real deal.

In terms of fresh - they fly stuff in daily. It's very fresh. Even though the Rhode Island chowda is good, their New England is just about the best I've ever had. The whole belly fried clams are like being on The Cape. Plan to spend a good bit, but if you want NE quality clams and soup, they do deliver. I haven't tried the lobster roll, but the steamers are also very good, if not a bit too large. I prefer smaller/sweeter, but they are still like being transported to New England.
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We are paying 20 plus for whole bellies here too right now
 
superjohn said:
I love seafood (along with every other food known to man) but I have a major problem with lobster rolls. I guess I just have a problem paying $25 dollars for something that comes on a hotdog roll and doesn't even come close to filling me up.
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16 is about going rate . The trick is finding the places that put 5 oz on instead of 2.5 at that price
 
SoCalCanine said:
You guys are KILLING me! No lobster rolls in SoCal! I found a couple of places that serve whole bellies out here but they are not very good and obviously can't be very fresh. When I return for visits to CT it becomes all about real pizza, whole bellies and real Italian pastries. I must be due for a visit, I'm sitting here drooling!!!
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And for pastries as well as quality tomatoes for sauce and Italian pasta, have you found Claros? They also have the best Italian deli in socal. They have several locations. Just google Claros deli.
 
All this talk about Jimmies, yet no ones brought up Turk's across the street. The food is head and shoulders above the other Savin Rock seafood restaurants.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Eh, my parents spend half the year on the cape. For me, a lobster roll from Connie and Ted's is as good or better than any you can find in New England. Matter of taste I guess.
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I have to check this place out, heard of it. Lobster is different from clams since it can be easily shipped alive. I still usually wait for a trip back east to indulge. But this thread is making me very, very hungry. If Santa Monica wasn't over an hour away from me, I'd be on my way! But soon...
 
jleves said:
I made a similar complaint in the burger thread a few years ago and @BigErnMcCracken turned me on to Connie and Teds. The first time I went I got the Rhode Island clam chowder and whole belly fried clams and it was like being transported back to Sailor Eds in Mystic when I was a kid. I haven't been to Blue Point, but I can only tell you Connie and Teds is excellent. It sucks we have to pay $24 for whole belly clams that would cost about 10 or 12 in Connecticut, but at least you get the real deal.
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That's great to hear, I'm glad you made it. The owner's a Rhode Island guy.
 
jleves said:
And for pastries as well as quality tomatoes for sauce and Italian pasta, have you found Claros? They also have the best Italian deli in socal. They have several locations. Just google Claros deli.
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Amazing the stuff you can learn on the Boneyard! All their locations are a couple of hours away, but I will figure out an excuse to head that way. I'm tough to please with the Italian pastries, I used to live around the corner from Mozzicato's!
 
superjohn said:
I love seafood (along with every other food known to man) but I have a major problem with lobster rolls. I guess I just have a problem paying $25 dollars for something that comes on a hotdog roll and doesn't even come close to filling me up.
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Lobster landing $15/16 forget the price but it's one of those numbers
 
My favorite order of clams last summer came from Sea Swirl in Mystic.

Also enjoyed food from Supreme Seafood in North Branford and Westland in Westport, to add another 2 names to the list.
 
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Supreme seafood is somewhat of a hidden gem. Most people don't even realize it's there and even if they do they aren't stopping to get seafood in that strip mall
 
jleves said:
I got the Rhode Island clam chowder
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I am a retired chef here in SoCal. The only way I get Rhode Island chowder is to make it myself! And steamers? I need to check this out. We venture to the big city pretty often to hear music, this will be a regular stop soon if it's that good!
 
Surprised I haven't seen Abbott's Lobster in the Rough in Noank mentioned, went last summer while visiting CT., looked like they did a crazy business.
 
Palatine said:
Anyone know if they will ever rebuild the Dock & Dine in Old Saybrook? There are places with better food but that was a sublime place to sit and enjoy dinner.
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I dunno, that site got so badly decimated by Sandy its hard to imagine. That area is still not 100% back, but its close. Minigolf place was back last summer.

James said:
Tinkers /j's crabshack in Hartford
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Had very hit and VERY miss experiences there.
 
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