CHAUNCEY CREEK LOBSTER PIER

With the river as its backdrop, Chauncey’s is a great place to enjoy a meal alfresco. Select your own lobster (they range from 1 to 4 pounds) and then grab a seat at one of the brightly colored picnic tables set up along the pier. The Spinney family has been broiling lobsters for 70 years and they also offer homemade lobster rolls, along with chowder, oysters, mussels, and clams.
16 Chauncey Creek Road, Kittery Point, Maine, 207-439-1030, chaunceycreek.com

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Warren’s Lobster House, Kittery, Maine, lobsterhouse.com
Petey’s Summertime Seafood and Bar, Rye, N.H., peteys.com
Newick’s Lobster House, Concord and Dover, N.H., newicks.com