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So you're surfin', looking for great seafood. You've undoubtedly
hit dozens of sites that will ship you lobster directly to
your home and a myriad of restaurants and markets that promise
that they'll deliver quality lobster at reasonable prices.
Why bother with us? What makes"Finestkind
Lobster" and its renown"Lobster Days" unique? Our purpose,
our history and our commitment to you - here's the what, why
and how about us.
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Finestkind Lobster and its Lobster Days were created
in 1982 by a group of us from northern New England
who had either lived on the Maine coast for years and/or
spent summers as assistants on lobster boats. We've
known the sweet, unmatched, succulent tender taste of
truly fresh lobster all our lives. Marooned down here
in 1982, we had the misfortune of ordering steamed lobster
in an expensive Washington DC restaurant that swore
it had the lobster flown in from Maine that very day.
To us, it tasted like the box the lobster was shipped
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So we decided to poke around Down-East to see what happened
to a lobster from the time it was caught until it got down
here.
What we found astounded us.
Most lobster doesn't even get to the mainland wholesalers
for about a week after it's caught. Then, it's either stored
in a "lobster pound", where it'll be stacked like cordwood
and linger for months (particularly true in the fall), or
it'll be sold to a regional distributor, who'll then sell
it to restaurants, seafood markets or grocery stores, where
its dumped into those murky tanks. By then, the lobster's
grown old.
In a best case scenario, the lobster may be ten days to
two weeks old before you get to buy it from a murky restaurant
or market tank. However, the lobster, whose claws have been
banded the moment it's been caught, could linger in those
tanks you see for up to three months. During that time, it
can't be fed, so it loses body fat and flavor and tastes nothing
like truly fresh lobster.
We knew we could do better than that. And we have - for the
past seventeen years. Finestkind
gets its lobster directly from the lobstermen. You get the
freshest live Gulf of Maine lobster available anywhere.
That's the first reason reason we're unique.
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The second reason we're unique
is that
all Finestkind does is produce three Lobster Days a
year. (The Spring and Fall Lobster Days on
the third Saturday mornings in May & October, and
the New Years Eve extravaganza) We don't have to worry
about sellin' leftover lobster - all our lobsters are
in your pots! We don't have a store; nor do we ship
wholesale lobster. The rest of the year we work in regular
jobs.
Finally, we're unique because
we actually care about you. We guarantee
that we'll replace any lobster you think isn't up to
snuff. That goes for our incredible Maine Steamer Clams
and extraordinary Headless Gulf Fresh Shrimp as well.
See our Guarantee. .
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If you crave superior quality
seafood, dig out your cooler, oil up those nutcrackers and
plan to join our hundreds of regular customers on May 15th!
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