best lobster roll on the lake

[BlackCatIslander]

There may some as good as Sam and Rosie's but I doubt that any are better,

[Cristen]

Kevin's Cafe in Moultonborough has amazing lobster rolls (and crab cakes too).

[SAMIAM]

Cristen, even though Kevins is a competitor......I bow when I drive by the place because his crabcakes are so good. Had lunch there monday and ordered two crabcake apps. Sammie had fish and chips. delicious.

[hazelnut]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Cristen, even though Kevins is a competitor......I bow when I drive by the place because his crabcakes are so good. Had lunch there monday and ordered two crabcake apps. Sammie had fish and chips. delicious.

There is definitely room for both of you! Seriously though it's like comparing Apples and Oranges as you guys do what you and you do it so well. Nice to see you heaping on the Kudos to a fellow restaurant. I have seen quite a bit of that from the seasoned professional restaurant owners on this forum. It's good to see.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Cristen, even though Kevins is a competitor......I bow when I drive by the place because his crabcakes are so good. Had lunch there monday and ordered two crabcake apps. Sammie had fish and chips. delicious.

Samiam;

Which restaurants do you own...I thought you owned Sam & Rosies (which my wife and I have been to for breakfast and is great). You also own the Village Kitchen (another great place!)??

Thanks!

Dan

[hazelnut]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Samiam;

Which restaurants do you own...I thought you owned Sam & Rosies (which my wife and I have been to for breakfast and is great). You also own the Village Kitchen (another great place!)??

Thanks!

Dan

Dan,

SAMIAM owns the Village Kitchen and the Red Hill Dairy in Center Harbor.
Both have delicious food and they are both run very well.

Sam & Rosies has been mentioned in other forums and I think those guys do a great job as well. Kind of a hidden gem if you will.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by hazelnut

Dan,

SAMIAM owns the Village Kitchen and the Red Hill Dairy in Center Harbor.
Both have delicious food and they are both run very well.

Sam & Rosies has been mentioned in other forums and I think those guys do a great job as well. Kind of a hidden gem if you will.

Thanks Hazelnut;

For some reason I thought he owned Sam & Rosies too, and yes it is a hidden gem!

Dan

[Meredith lady]

Samiam...for your comment on our crabcakes..we love the VK and the Dari as well...both are well run, and the food is fabulous!!

[FatboyNH]

Folks,

As much as I love lobster rolls, paying $13 - $17 for it today is absolutely rediculous. You are all being had. Lobsters are available for under $5 a pound. The price for a lobster roll, even if they fill it with 1 lb of lobster meat (which I highly doubt) should run you no more than $9 - $10 bucks. I have taken the liberty of buying lobsters this year cheap, boil them, mix in some celery and mayo, and voila.....the best lobster rolls anywhere, and for less than half the cost of what you all are paying. I hope you all enjoy your rolls. I sure am.

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by FatboyNH

Folks,

As much as I love lobster rolls, paying $13 - $17 for it today is absolutely rediculous. You are all being had. Lobsters are available for under $5 a pound. The price for a lobster roll, even if they fill it with 1 lb of lobster meat (which I highly doubt) should run you no more than $9 - $10 bucks. I have taken the liberty of buying lobsters this year cheap, boil them, mix in some celery and mayo, and voila.....the best lobster rolls anywhere, and for less than half the cost of what you all are paying. I hope you all enjoy your rolls. I sure am.

Until you got to the celery part!! NO Celery.

Really though, I agree the prices are high this year given lobster cost but we are paying for convenience.

[FatboyNH]

Convenience is one thing, price gouging is another. If you want to pay double for convenience, go for it. I will opt not to partake in overpriced lobster (and in some cases langostino) filled hotdog rolls.

Just an FYI if you decide to make it yourself, if you shave the celery real thin, you hardly notice it but it adds a slightly better texture to the lobster mix. Enjoy.

[NonVoting Taxpayer]

FatboyNH
Better check your math. If you ever picked a pound of Lobster Meat, you would know it takes five to six 1 1/2lb lobsters to get 1 pound of lobster meat. Even at $4.99 a pound it would cost $38-$45 to make a pound. Usually Cheaper to buy it than to pick your own.
On top of all this, $4.99 a pound is hard to find.

[trfour]

Originally Posted by FatboyNH

Convenience is one thing, price gouging is another. If you want to pay double for convenience, go for it. I will opt not to partake in overpriced lobster (and in some cases langostino) filled hotdog rolls.

Just an FYI if you decide to make it yourself, if you shave the celery real thin, you hardly notice it but it adds a slightly better texture to the lobster mix. Enjoy.

The costs of running a business, and in this economy?....
Sure, the "Do It Yourselfers save lots of cash, and then again, some of us want to get out on our vacation, more views and people to meet"! Might even be able to view an awesome sunrise or sunset that inspires us.
Don't get me wrong, I have lived here for twenty + years, however I have enjoyed the delicate texture and tastes of some of the most wonderful Restaurants that this world has ever known!

[meteotrade]

Originally Posted by FatboyNH

Folks,

As much as I love lobster rolls, paying $13 - $17 for it today is absolutely rediculous.

Can you please enlighten us as to what we can buy in a restaurant that isn't marked up by at least 100%?

The bottom line: Convenience cost money.

[sa meredith]

Originally Posted by FatboyNH

Folks,

As much as I love lobster rolls, paying $13 - $17 for it today is absolutely rediculous. You are all being had. Lobsters are available for under $5 a pound. The price for a lobster roll, even if they fill it with 1 lb of lobster meat (which I highly doubt) should run you no more than $9 - $10 bucks. I have taken the liberty of buying lobsters this year cheap, boil them, mix in some celery and mayo, and voila.....the best lobster rolls anywhere, and for less than half the cost of what you all are paying. I hope you all enjoy your rolls. I sure am.

A POUND OF LOBSTER MEAT, AND THE PRICE 9/10 BUCKS??!!
Are you OK?
I see the analogy you are trying to make, but unless you are grinding up a whole 1lb lobster (shells, guts, and all), your $5 a lb. is going to yield very very very little meat.
I think you came up with a good idea for a post, didn't think it thru, and... well, the result is not very good.
Lobster is cheaper now, to be sure. But a lb. of meat....gotta be 25/30 dollars.

[SIKSUKR]

I just googled lobster yield and the average is 17-21 % yield of meat to raw weight.So based on that lobster would be about $25 to 30 a lb.How much is in a typical L roll,dont know.

[Argie's Wife]

Celery in a lobsta roll?

As we say Down East... That would go ova like a farht in church....



SIKSUKR - I remember Pepper posting a coupla o' years back that they about broke even w/ the cost of the lobster rolls at Waldo's... where they really make they $$$ is on fries, etc. (side stuff). The price of lobster wasn't that much more then than it is today.

[SAMIAM]

Gouging?....Really....Just for your information,Fatboynh.....A typical soft shell lobster yields 3 oz of meat,A hard shell yields 4 oz,but they run $7-$8 per pound.Now you have $8 into a typical 1/4 lobster roll,plus the roll itself,paper holder,a few fries and you're up to $9 cost.
Now add the restaurant payroll,mortgage,insurance,taxes,utilities,overhea d...and the greedy restaurant owners are ripping you off for about 4.5% profit (typical bottom line from National Restaurant Assoc.)
Nothing wrong with making your own,but I can tell ya' that nobody is getting rich selling you a lobster roll.

[FatboyNH]

To all the "professional analysts" who posted:

Show me where I said specifically that a 1 lb lobster equalls 1 lb of meat!

You can't, because I didn't say that. You're looking into this too deep, brain surgeons.

You obviously need to chill out. Here's what you do...go down to your favorite restaurant and order a lobster roll. Since you don't mind spending $$$ fot it, it should make you happy. Sayonara!!!

[sa meredith]

OK, I'll bite...
Yep, you never said (wrote) it.
But here is what you did write:

" The price for a lobster roll, even if they fill it with 1 lb of lobster meat (which I highly doubt) should run you no more than $9 - $10 bucks"

Show me where a lb. of lobster meat (not a whole lobster, but lobster meat) sells for less than $9/$10, and I'm sure SAMIAM, Mike Ray, and everyone else will line up and buy 100 lbs this afternoon.

Come on now.....you thought to yourself "wow, lobsters are 4.99/5.99 a lb, so how can a lobster roll be $$17/$18?" Forgetting that a 4.99 lobster has very little meat to work with. An honest mistake...you just did not think it thru. I don't think anyone is trying to hate on you. Just don't insult our intelligence.

[garysanfran]

FatboyNH...

Lobster fishermen pay nothing for the lobster they catch, except for the incidental costs your not factoring in, like those itemized by SAMIAM. How does the price go from 0 to $7-8/#?

It's the costs of getting it from sea to roll with all the fixin's and a small profit for those who are into this for... a small profit.

Like to make your own? Some poeple like celery in theirs. Ever try to buy one stock of celery? How about one hot dog roll? or two? or three?

Any restaurant owners out there making a 30% profit on their rolls? Doubt it. I'm not seeing many Lamborghinis in their parking lots.

And how do you feel paying $10.95 for spaghetti? I saw a whole 1# box in the market recenly for $0.79, plus the cost of sauce of course...a little Parmesian or Romano?

Gettin' hungry!

[tis]

If there is one thing I don't think anyone can accuse Samiam of, it is gouging. He has some of the best prices around at his restaurant!

[VtSteve]

Originally Posted by FatboyNH

Folks,

As much as I love lobster rolls, paying $13 - $17 for it today is absolutely rediculous. You are all being had. Lobsters are available for under $5 a pound. The price for a lobster roll, even if they fill it with 1 lb of lobster meat (which I highly doubt) should run you no more than $9 - $10 bucks. I have taken the liberty of buying lobsters this year cheap, boil them, mix in some celery and mayo, and voila.....the best lobster rolls anywhere, and for less than half the cost of what you all are paying. I hope you all enjoy your rolls. I sure am.

Just imagine how much profit goes into a 1/4 pound hamburger that sells for $8.95 at many places now Imagine selling a bottle of Bud for $3 or even $4. That's $18 to $24 a six-pack

I remember reading an article years ago that broke out margins for restaurants. It went a long way towards explaining why so many restaurants that sprout up today serve Mexican food, chicken, and fries. I could sell most everything for half of what most places charge. But by the end of the month, I'd have no money for utilities, water, nor rent.

If Lobster rolls were so outrageously profitable, everyone would sell them. I think around here, there's only one place that has them $17.95, with too many fries. What I'd be selling more of is sugared water and fries. Next week, we review the margins on coffee

[SIKSUKR]

How about that dang water.$1 to $2 for a bottle of water and the crazy stuff is free right?

[Argie's Wife]

D'Angelo's lobster roll is quite good. Tried it last night, after working very late (they're open until 10p.m.) and didn't feel like cooking when I got home. I hadn't had a lobster roll in over 2 years. Guess it was just a "oh-what-the-heck" moment...

Got 2 medium subs with lettuce - Argie hadn't done supper yet, either. The lobster meat was very chunky - whole claws were found in mine a couple of times. The mayo was light - not over powering or soupy. The lettuce was a little rough - not as leafy as I'd like but more the white/stem part of the leaf. There was quite a bit of meat in the sub - it was big and well stocked. I think I would have preferred the roll vs. the sub just because of the lettuce and bread. However, I have no regrets and at $11.99* for a medium sub, I thought it was pretty fair! Ayah, good lobsta roll.

It's the damn 9% sales tax that's a rip-off!

*Go to www.dangelo.com for a coupon for $4.00 off 2 med or lg subs.

[sawyers_point_girl]

Wolfe Trap by far has the best lobster roll! Love that place!

[Cristen]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Cristen, even though Kevins is a competitor......I bow when I drive by the place because his crabcakes are so good. Had lunch there monday and ordered two crabcake apps. Sammie had fish and chips. delicious.

Yes...the crabcakes are fantastic!

I go to the Village Kitchen often and would like to say you have the best breakfast around! I also want to give a thumbs up to a couple of the women who work there....Rhonda and Sherri. They do a great job and are always smiling!

[FatboyNH]

To all the naysayers,

I didn't say that a 1 pound lobster would yield 1 lb of meat. I mentioned 1 lb because some places claim that they put that in the rolls (non of these places are around the lake region). Most, however, put between 1/3 to 1/2 pound of lobster meat. I have pulled enough meat of a 1 lb lobster and made lobster rolls that equal or beat the amount of meat that most places give. If you don't believe me, try it for youself and compare it to Sawyers, Lobster Pound, Tamarack, etc. They are not giving you more than 1/2 pound of meat at most.

The real point I was making was if lobster is so cheap, why are prices for lobster meals still going up. Howver, after reading the responses here, it seems most of you don't really think about it and will pay higher prices just for convenience. Hey, it's your money. Just don't be surprised next year if lobster prices are higher and your rolls are now $20. Would you be willing to pay that much for convenience?

[sa meredith]

fatboy
You wrote:
You are all being had. Lobsters are available for under $5 a pound. The price for a lobster roll, even if they fill it with 1 lb of lobster meat (which I highly doubt) should run you no more than $9 - $10 bucks.

The equation you were using, was $5 a lb, so double it, and the roll should be $10. There is no question about it.

Just say that you did no think it thru. I believe it is obvious.

And I do agree the rolls in the Lakes Region are a bit pricey. But remember, they have 3 months to make their money.