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Lobster in the Rough

See Niagra Falls - Yellowstone Park - Plymouth Rock
But on Cape Cod be sure to visit
Ken and Midge Daly’s
Lobster in the Rough
Cape Cod’s Most Unusual Eating Place
Rt 28 West Yarmouth, 2 miles East of Hyannis

If you like lobster, seafood or chicken you’ll love Lobster in The Rough… No fancy frills… just fine, fine, food, friendly hospitality and those low, low prices you’ll love… Remember… Your Cape Cod vacation won’t be complete until you’ve eaten at Lobster In the Rough.

Restaurants come and go on Cape Cod, but everyone that is old enough to, will always remember the Lobster In The Rough.

See also: Moby Dick’s unusual gifts and foods from the Seven Seas At Cape Cod’s Famous “Lobster In The Rough” Restaurant.

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1. used to love going to this restaurant then going to look at the cool stuff in moby dicks gift shop..for a long time i always thought the restaurant was called moby dicks…....thanks for bringing back so many good memories

   Posted by peteypete1216 from on 02/26 at 05:14 AM

2. The larger Moby Dick’s Gift Shop was added a couple of years later. It featured a huge white whale that was mechanized to wink and pitch around in the waves. After a short while the town of South Yarmouth pulled the plug on the moving whale. It was really eye-catching but causing too many auto accidents. The whale remained for years…stock still. I know all of this because as a teenager, I worked there.

   Posted by Art from Sarasota,FL on 04/21 at 05:11 PM

3. Only going by the restaurant title for memories, but worked at Lobster in the Rough the summer of 1967 as a college student in West Yarmouth. 
   The employers were named, Frank, Gramps and Angie.  The employees were all in their teens as the Lobster had no liquor license. There were about 20 of us. Pay was meager, but the work, though hard, was fun.  We got a burger or hot dog lunch and a communal dinner each day as part of our salary, and sometimes we could slice up a long bologna for sandwiches to take home after work.  Someone named Little John had the cranberry bread business and worked a floor mount Hobert mixer thru the day, then went out and filled orders around the Cape.  The waitresses all stood behind a counter and took orders, then, when cooked and served to them, called the patrons to the counter for their tray.  I dated a girl who came to the Cape for the summer from Ohio State Univ with three of her girlfriends.  I used to feed Marnie from Bryn Mawr extra onion rings when I ran the frylaters.  After Labor Day that summer, the Cape had the best weather of the year, as it rained almost every weekend. AFter Labor Day, sunny and clear.  I stayed at the Lobster for about 3 more weeks after all the other people went back to college.  I had dropped out of school and spent the extra time breaking down the restaurant and readying the equipment for the next season.  We ate well from the freezer and walk-in, as there was no buy-back on the food.  At the end of the season, Gramps paid the freight for a lobster beach party one night.  He cautioned some of us to ‘hide the cases of beer’ at the beginning of the party, as he guessed right, some of the guys lifted a couple of cases for themselves and then split.  After they booked, we got the rest of the beer and had a better time with them gone.
   Hyannis sidewalks were packed with kids back in ‘67.  Late nights, we’d go to an all night diner called the Night Owl on Main STreet for eggs.
   Helluva Summer…the best one I ever had.  Sorry to take up so much space writing all this.  Just got nostalgic for a moment.

   Posted by Russ from on 09/13 at 10:44 PM

4. From the mid fifties on my family would drive the 70 miles from Dedham to Craigville Beach three days a week. Back then the beach wasn’t as populated as it became a few decades later. We would spend the entire day at the beach and finally when the sun was going down we headed to Lobster in the Rough where we kids would play on the swings and then eat fried clams. I remember loving the ajoined gift shop as well. My Cape days ended when I went to college and I am sad that this beloved restaurant is no longer there. I am grateful for the fond memories and the people who provided great food and a safe playing place for us kids.

   Posted by Diane from Huntington, New York on 07/23 at 02:22 PM