City: East Boothbay Harbor, ME

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (207) 633-3443

Address: Route 96

Description: This is the place where the locals get their seafood, so you know it must be good. The tourists tend to stick to downtown Boothbay Harbor, but area residents know they’ll find consistently good lobster dinners on this rambling wharf right on the water. Picnic tables overlook the harbor, with all its activity, and they’re topped with traditional shore platters, complete with crustaceans and corn, with lobster rolls overflowing with meat, with clam chowder, and with bowls full of steamers, all done with a bit more flair than your average lobster pound. Regulars have been coming here for decades—always a good sign.