Streetlevel: Lobster Pound Coming to Red Hook
Just in time for summer, the husband-wife team of Susan Povich and Ralph Gorham are getting ready to open the Red Hook Lobster Pound at 284 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. Every week, the duo (or one of them, anyway) will drive a truck up to Maine, back it up to a boat that’s…
Just in time for summer, the husband-wife team of Susan Povich and Ralph Gorham are getting ready to open the Red Hook Lobster Pound at 284 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. Every week, the duo (or one of them, anyway) will drive a truck up to Maine, back it up to a boat that’s just come in off the water and drive the bounty back to Brooklyn. While the proprietors emphasize that the Lobster Pound will not be a restaurant but it may be possible to have the lobsters steamed. The store opens April 24. Yummmmm! GMAP
ENY – I hope u r not calling me Eurotrash?
Sorry ENY, I love them!
Ya know Maine lobster is about the only sustainable fishery success story in the world. That is, where we are not depleting the ocean. In fact Maine is crying the blues as wholeslae prices are very low. Somehow that hasn’t been translating to retail. Voila, therein lies an arbitrage opportunity that Susan and Ralph are taking advantage of.
11217, why on earth would you hump a fresh lobster back to Prospect Park? I’d enjoy eating it right there on the piers!
Oh please. Fairway is easy enough to get to on the bus, I would hardly call it “only accessible by cars” and I live further away from the precious 11217 area.
“Jacques Costeau”
Eurotrash
ENY!!!
Jacques Costeau(sp) said of lobsters:
“They are the garbageman of the sea”
yikes!
still delicious
come on – Lobster is DELISH!
It’s OK at best. At worst, it’s disgusting. Lobster even LOOKS disgusting. I’d love to know what sick maniac first observed a lobster and said, “MMM…I’ll bet that must taste good!”
I was just checking out the Lobsters at Fairway last week. My 2 year old thought they were pretty exciting. Some of them looked fairly ‘alive and frisky’ others, not so much. The sign said “LOBSTERS FROM MAINE”. If I remember correct the price was $12 per pound.
I hope this new Lobster Pound that is opening nearby, has good fresh lobsters at a reasonable price and does well. It is a great idea.
ENY
agreed if you only eat at Red Lobster-hhahahahahhahah!
come on – Lobster is DELISH!
I’m an omnivore but killing live lobsters has got to be pretty high up on the list of sad and undesirable things to do. I like mine already cooked and served on a platter.