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Planning a trip out to the Northern East Coast. Anyone have recommendations on excellent Seafood?

the NE coast covers a lot of territory - can you give a hint at least which cities (or at least which states)?

At this point we have no specific plans. Just wondering where some excellent seafood would be.
We went out west last summer - so we though East Coast would be fun.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!! I think we will look elsewhere for help!!

There is good seafood almost anywhere along the coast - in season.

Are you asking for specific restaurants - among the many thousands of those serving seafood and among the hundreds of cities and towns.

For the best seafood I have very had go to Le Bernardin in NYC - but bring a very big wallet.

And you can't get sensible responses when you provide no guidelines at all.

google best lobster roll in Maine. There's a list with photos of the lobster rolls. Or google a list of best maine lobster. There's some wonderful places on the water and I think the view helps the lobster taste better. It really depends on what kind of restaurant you like. We prefer lobster shacks.

Don't go away mad. The problem is that seafood in the northeast is as different as BBQ in the south or cherry pies in Michigan.

Famously, NY clam chowder has a tomato base, and New England style has a milk or cream base. But Rhode Island chowder has both. The best chowder I personally have ever eaten has neither. It is some combination of fish and clams and broth, potato, salt pork and onion. Period. No milk, no cream, no flour. It was served at two shacks on the side of the river between I95 and downtown Mystic, Ct.

Fried seafood comes Greek style, dusted with seasoned flour and fried crisp. But there is battered seafood like English fish and chips, and there is breaded seafood, and that is only the fried kinds.

Lobster can be boiled ( yum) or broiled ( yuck).

And most of this stuff is only available seasonally. See why you got so many questions?

A responsible answer to your question would require when you are going, where you plan to go, your budget, and your "kind of dining."

I can honestly tell you that you are not likely to get anything worth eating at "Cap'n Salty's Seafood House" with a lot of fiberglas fake marine stuff outside. I can tell you that you will likely get very high quality seafood, well if sometimes boringly cooked with somewhere between 0 and no atmosphere at any Legal Seafoods. When I lived in Boston, the best fried seafood was at a seasonal place called the Clam Box on Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy. Is that useful information? I can tell you that there is no really good fried fish on Nantucket. There is fabulous expensive fish, like that in fine NY restaurants at about $40 for a 4 or 5 Oz portion with two green beans and a baby squash. Is that what you want to know?

See, there is plenty of information if you give us a little help. I will end by saying that in Hyannis, on the Cape, Cooke's Seafood, a modest place forced a Red Lobster to close because people in Massachusetts know what real fish tastes like.

Red Lobster closed in Concord NH, too, and that's not even on the seacoast.

The entire northeast coast from New Jersey up to Maine is lined with seafood restuarants - everything from New England style 'paper plates and plastic forks at picnic tables on the dock' up to 4* restaurants with glass walls overlooking the sea. You'll find plenty anywhere you go. Often, the paper plate establishments have the best seafood.

Well you certainly got the jerk answer to start. The comment from Zootsi would be correct, seek and you shall find. Any coastal area will provide you with excellent seafood. Maryland crab cakes, Boston Chowder, Maine lobster. I tend to enjoy the paper plate version over the 4 star myself. Have always found the food to be better.Or local places Def. not chains.

Lenny and Joe's-Madison and Westbrook, Ct. (On Rte. 1)

Thank you Zootsi,Marsella, 330east. Your comments are appreciated. Thanks for the info on paper plate versions - I would have been a little hesitant to try a place like that.

some paper plate places may also be considered lobster shacks. Uninsulated buildings that are closed in winter. There might not be anything on the menu besides steamed lobster, melted butter, chips and soda. There are some places where you are expected to bring the extras such as a tablecloth, cole slaw, etc. Very rustic and usually very good.