Summer Shack

I live pretty close to this place but don't go that often.  We went recently because one of our party loves seafood.  Most seafood places are expensive, so I get that (although there's a lobster population over-explosion due to warm seas so prices of lobster should be lower than they are).  It was extremely crowded the night we were there, which is okay except that there's no sound-dampening (it's like a dirty old warehouse, to go along with the theme of a not-fancy clam shack on the beach) so it gets loud - almost too loud to have a conversation across the table.  Our waiter was good and had the right level of attentiveness.  The food, as usual (I've been here about half a dozen times), was mediocre - I had the salmon ($26) but it was just meh, as usual.  No one else was excited about his/her meal either. The worst part was that there were two little kids, maybe 4 or 5, running back and forth, over and over.  I like children and I have a kid myself.  However, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES have I EVER let my kid run around in a restaurant.  It's rude, it's dangerous (what if they run into a waiter and the food falls on their heads?), and it is so freaking self-indulgent and self-centered and self-entitled of the parents (hmmm...maybe teachers at Harvard?) that I wanted to scream.  If you can't keep your kids occupied, get them the hell out of the restaurant.  No one but you thinks they're so adorable that they should be allowed to be rude little pigs.  Other people want to enjoy a relaxing meal and don't want to deal with them screeching and running.  Anyway, while it is mostly the parents' fault, someone from the waitstaff (or, ideally, the manager) should have spoken to the parents (nicely, of course) and told them to keep the little toads AT THE TABLE.  Perhaps the restaurant didn't want to antagonize the family to ensure they'd come back.  But instead, their failure to do anything ensured that *I* will not return.  If I wanted the experience I had, I'd go to a playground and eat while children screamed and dashed around me.

I made a pilgrimage to Summer Shack to try the famous pan roasted lobster.  I'm glad I tried it, but I wouldn't order it again.  I appreciate not wanting to overcook lobster, but my lobster was undercooked in places.  The sauce was good, but it's mounted with so much butter that it's insanely rich and a bit cool.

I also tried the lobster potstickers which were nothing special.

Had a good time here - enjoyed the lobster roll I had and the lobster my boyfriend had.  Came here for a birthday party and it was a very relaxed setting.