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| - I really wanted to like this place, I really did. I watched them building the place for what seemed to be a year at least.
I've long been on the hunt for a good lobster roll in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, after eating here, I'm still on the hunt. :-( While the lobster roll is probably the most expensive item on the menu, $24, it was definitely not worth the money.
I went on a Tuesday evening and got my order to go A clue to my eventual disappointment was the weight of my bag when I got my order. That told me that the roll was very small. Upon arriving home, I discovered a very small roll with only a few, small pieces of lobster. I should say "purportedly" lobster because I suspect it was that fake lobster. There certainly weren't any large chunks of lobster as pictured in one of the pictures. The lobster was supposedly coated with browned butter sauce and accompanied by Old Bay potato chips. I am a lobster lover! Whatever this was, missing was the fresh taste of real lobster. Missing was the taste of real browned butter. Think little chunks of "something" coated in some dark brown stuff. The supposed homemade chips were hard and bland. I added my own Old Bay seasoning just to make it palatable. Even with that, I threw most of them away.
I ended up thinking yesterday, and today, that I had wasted my money and that I was ripped off. I can buy a whole lobster at Giant Eagle or even Wholey's for what I paid for this minuscule roll. Frankly, I could purchase just a tail and cook it at home for less than what I paid.
No more hunting for a good lobster roll in Pittsburgh, I'll just make my own. (p.s. I know there is a restaurant in the Strip that sells them, but suffice it to say I don't care for extra protein with my meal so that option is out.)
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