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Connecticut Shoreline's Custom Lobster, Clam, Oyster Caterer, serving at your home, office, or, wherever! Licensed and insured. Since 1995. E. WHAT ABOUT KIDS?
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THIMBLE ISLANDS LOBSTERBAKES
Custom seafood feasts prepared for and served at your home, office, club ... or, wherever! WHEN SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS JUST WON’T DO! Our customary menu is as follows:
Steamed Cherrystone Clams
N. Creamy Clam Chowder
Steamed 1.25-lb. Native Lobster
Sweet Corn
Field Greens Salad

HERE COMES THE LOBSTERMOBILE
With everything on board to cook and serve your meal. We have se

rved on rooftops, yachts, board rooms, marinas, backyards, offices ... parking lots. We arrive about an hour before service, set up our gear, and are ready to serve. We serve buffet style from service tables close to your dining tables. WE DO IT ALL ... ON TIME & WITH PANACHE! We bring everything necessarywith everything required ... and we take our trash with us when we leave. We use Chinet tableware and high-quality disposable cutlery.

“BUT, THERE ARE ONLY 8 OF US!”
No problem, you will be well served by our “Lobsters to Go-Go” division! In that case, we will prepare your meals at our commissary and bring them to the site fully-cooked, ready-to-serve in thermal carriers at the appointed hour. Generally, we restrict the menu to our lobster entrees, rather than steaks, etc. But, who knows, we like a challenge as much as the next guy. RAIN OR SHINE, YOU’LL HAVE A BALL! We prepare all food out of doors, and carry our own tent for service. Many customers elect to rent a tent, table and chairs (we’ll handle the arrangements), to provide for either inclement weather or to provide shade. We can set up our service tables wherever you want, not necessarily proximate to the cooking operation. We prefer to grille them, but steaming is OK, too. Seriously, we also offer hamburgers and hot dogs, primarily for younger guests, which are priced lower, and typically do not include clams and chowder. WHAT DON’T WE DO? We do not provide table service, but our servers bus the tables and manage the flow of courses. We do not provide beverages, although we can provide a bartender, who will dispense your beverages. We require no electricity, although a nearby hose is very handy. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW? We serve year-round, weekdays and weekends. Holiday weekends and Saturday evenings fill up first. WHERE DO I SIGN? Not so fast. Call Lobster Mike at (203) 488-3711 nd we’ll kick it around.

08/19/2024

PRES. TRUMP WILL STOCK
LONG ISLAND SOUND WITH
2-POUND LOBSTERS, AND
DECLARE WAR ON CANADA!

08/18/2024

LONG DISTANCE LOBSTERBAKE
On Friday we helped celebrate Chip Caldwell's 70th birthday party with a family party in a charming enclave smack t the tip of The Dragon's Neck.

08/18/2024

Saturday Afternoon Fever - We performed for the first time in the charming Osprey Commons enclave. A most enthusiastic group encompassing several generations.

08/06/2024

I DON'T RAIN ON HIS PARADES, HE DON'T RAIN ON MINE. An extended family gathering in Essex was so close to Saturday's torrential rainline, weaker souls might have moved indoors.

07/31/2024

Lobster Mike markets exclusively to Facebook women 35 and older. Entertaining certainly seems to be the province of distaff lobster lovers. I'll bet 90% of our FB friends are female and over 35.

07/30/2024

We've served over 650 lobster and steak dinners so far this season.

07/26/2024

Gather ye lobsters while ye may, the season's days are flying...

07/25/2024

We have done several lobster and shrimp picnics this season.

07/25/2024

We recently celebrated the 7th consecutive annual lobstravaganza for a family from Pelham.

07/16/2024

No traffic problems, ,no valet parking, no bar bill, no long drive home. And a restaurant-quality meal. that's probably why wee serve around 1,000 dinners each summer.

07/01/2024

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Denise Breedlove, Sharon Timek, Nancy Haynes, Bart Mansi, Kathy Verneris Luongo

06/29/2024

Think of us for at-home parties for 12 or more. Thank you.

06/27/2024

The Housatonic Fishing Association, headquartered in Madison, held its annual meeting Saturday in conjunction with the nastiest line squall we have worked in several years. Being fisherfolk , they were accustomed to rain, wind and damp, and are partial to lobster. And the food! We did clams and lobsters, while another caterer did a magnificent job at everything else. Bad weather calls for good times.

06/27/2024

Tuttle’s Point Loves Its Lobster
When you want an event that will really draw the nabes, plan on a lobster bake. 60-plus residents turned out for lobster and steak on Mulberry Point. We were afraid the torrrential rain and gale-force winds Saturday might keep them home, but they rallied, boy did they rally! Perhaps they were extra kind because we were soaking wet and shivering, but our cockles were warmed by their approval. For our part, we did serve the best looking 1.75-pound lobster we’d seen all season.

06/26/2024

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES...
On Saturday, 10 of us served 140 lobsters at 3 jobs in the wind and the rain ... with no cellphone service!
24 hours later, warm and dry, 3 of us did a small dinner for 10 ... no wind, no rain, phone service and A/C.
So, do we want to work 14 little jobs or 1 big job?
I have purchased foul-weather gear for the Lobsterettes, guys like getting wet.

06/15/2024

It's easier to end up with the best, if you start out with the best.

06/15/2024

When sausage and peppers or pigs in blankts don't send quite the right message, consider the meal Shoreliners have enjoyed more than 15,000 times since 1995.

06/02/2024

The same meal, plus shrimp, that we first offered in 1995 ... for $35. Should have said "Lobster or Steak" but you knew that.

05/27/2024

I never tire of taking pictures of the American flag.

05/23/2024

When sausage and peppers
don't send quite the right message.

05/18/2024

ALL LOBSTERS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL!
Homarus Americanus – known as the “Maine Lobster” – with its distinctive claws, is the only type of lobster you’ll want to consider if it is to be presented whole.
And, because lobsters begin to deteriorate from the moment they are harvested, you’ll want to buy them from a pound or reputable fishmonger. By all means, inquire where they were caught.
Supermarket lobsters suffer from excessive handling, transport and trauma, all of which combine to produce a Your first task, and the one over which you have total control, is to get the best possible lobster going in.
You’ll want hard-shells versus “softies,” if you have the choice. While the meat-to-total-weight is marginally greater with a softie, the flesh is often watery; not unpleasant, but .... watery. You should pay less for the softie if there is a choice.
Always ask for a “heavy quarter” or a “heavy half;” that way, you’ll get the most weight at the lowest rate. A “heavy” quarter can weigh almost as much as a “light” half.
Your lobster should exhibit outrage when plucked from the water: arms raised, claws open, tail lashing. If its claws are hanging, the end is near and it (should be purchased at a lower price), and cooked immediately.
The longer your lobster has been out of its natural environment, and the more it has been handled, the less of its original goodness is available to you.
Which is the reason you will consistently get the best lobsters from the men (and women) who catch them, and God knows they will appreciate your business.

04/21/2024

Happy for Linda, of course we are.

04/20/2024

Who would wait this long? Entries peaked on Wednesday.

Address

501 Leete's Island Road
Branford, CT
06405

Website

http://www.thimbleislandslobsterbakes.com/

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