brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:55:59 -0700, Michael Siemon
> > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Siemon wrote:
>>>> I'll be near Plymouth the week after next, and looking to go into town
>>>> with guests for dinner mid-week. Anyone here have recommendations? Most
>>>> of the places I know of are standard low-end/tourist-dive seafood spots,
>>>> but I'd like something a more relaxed and at a higher level of cooking
>>>> (no, I am _not_ looking for a Michelin star or any place with ambitions
>>>> for such :-)) Sabor looks possible; I think I may have eaten there a
>>>> few years ago. Any other candidates?
>>> We were amazed at the wonderful lobsters at the tourist places. Of the
>>> two down by the water, the one on the left was better. It was very
>>> relaxed :-)
>> I think I know the one you mean, but one of my guests doesn't do
>> shellfish, unfortunately. But there's not much point to anything else
>> at these spots. (And Bar Harbor is better for lobsters anyway... :-))
>
> That doesn't seem right... I've never seen a waterfront seafood
> restaurant in New England that didn't serve fin fish too... Catch of
> the Day is always fin fish... and most also serve beef and chicken.
> And menus don't list the price of lobster, they note price by
> availability... when they do list the price of lobster you can bet
> your bippee it's frozen... when it's not whole lobster (just a tail)
> it's frozen.

I have to agree. I grew up in Plymouth and I don't eat seafood. Most of
the seafood restaurants have at least one chicken and one beef dish.
These days, even a vegetarian option is likely to be available. Even the
ubiquitous Legal Seafood has "turf" options. On the other hand, being a
non seafood eater, I don't particularly enjoy going to these restaurants
only because I don't have a whole lot of options for dinner. I will go
if it is a treat for out of towners who don't have access to that type
of restaurant.

Tracy