In article >,
Tracy > wrote:

> 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

Sigh. Yes, there would be options for a non-shellfish eater. That rather
misses the point. (There would be shellfish in just about any other
possible venue, too...). We may wind up going to Seafood Sams in
Sandwich, in fact, rather than going into Plymouth. But I'd like to know
about other possibilities.