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Lobster, clams, mussels, and more lobster. Do a dining survey of all the roadside places that serve lobster roll, and post your ratings. That would be great!</p>
<p>Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth. Not “next door”, but in the general area (45-60 minutes from each) and worth it. Although, truthfully, there are great lobster pounds all around the area.</p>
<p>Mac’s Grill in Auburn; very near to Bates.</p>
<p>Many, many good restaurants in Portland. If you want to hear them, let me know. Skip DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, which non-foodies will steer you to. If forced to eat there, have the steamed clams or lobster club sandwich. Anything else, don’t say I didn’t warn you.</p>
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<p>Will try my best, Driver. Hard to do with a vegetarian offspring, but I love lobster and mussels (actually moules mariniere, with lots of garlic butter–I lived in Paris until I was 6, although I doubt I was fed anything like that back then) </p>
<p>I have a new lovely Apple laptop fully “loaded” and will test out various hot spots around college to post ratings, if possible. Otherwise, I will just take notes for when I return.</p>
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<p>Thanks, jmmom, how about listing a few that fall in the following categories: lobster et al.; vegetarian/healthy; hamburger if I flip out and need real food.</p>
<p>Barrons: If BBQ is your thing, try the Salt Lick outside of Austin, or the County Line in lots of places in Texas.</p>
<p>Momrath: I will visit the art museums, definitely. After I leave my daughter with like-minded persons after the open house day at Williams.</p>
<p>Lobster et al, you really want to go to the Lobster Shack-type places. You can get all 3 of your categories wrapped up nicely at Joe’s Boathouse or Saltwater Grille in South Portland. Vegetarian mainstay is PepperClub in Portland. Katahdin in Portland will cover all your bases as well (maybe not the burger). Walter’s and David’s in Portland will also cover all three. All the good bistro-type restaurants in Portland will have vegetarian offerings (and not just one); some will have the burgers; all will have seafood of some type, but not necessarily steamed lobster
For the lobster, remember not to wear your best duds.</p>
<p>In Maine “Italians” (subs, grinders, sandwiches, whatever) are also usually very good. Many towns have their own little shops; Amato’s is a decent chain. I’m a vegetarian and I’ve enjoyed the sandwiches.
Also, Portland Market in Portland is amazing. It’s an indoor market, fairly new, gorgeous architecture. It’s full of stands from local food places. You can get soup, fresh bread, fish, sandwiches, mexican, japanese, homemade ice cream, and quite a lot more. Many of the food is natural and it has tables for eating as well. It’s one of my favorite places to eat in Maine.
<a href=“http://www.portlandmarket.com/main/home.html[/url]”>http://www.portlandmarket.com/main/home.html</a></p>
<p>eirann - Excellent suggestion re Portland Public Market. Absolutely beautiful building provided by a philanthropist. There is a seafood place in there, so maybe you can get the steamed lobster? (I haven’t tried it). The main restaurant would do the burger thing well.</p>
<p>Warning: a Maine “Italian” is quite different from the subs etc. we know in most other parts of the country where I’ve lived. If you don’t want American cheese and boiled ham, ask for an “Italian-style Italian.” I kid you not.</p>
<p>I would hate the combination that they use on “Italians” if anyone else tried it (I normally can’t stand American cheese) but somehow they make it work. Portland market’s still my favorite eating place in Maine though. Also there tends to be a lot of homemade ice cream in the area ;)</p>
<p>S has had summer jobs at two Maine ice cream places, Beal’s and Kettle Cove. At Kettle Cove, he is the ice cream maker - a valuable life skill, if I ever saw one. In fact, does he even need to go to college? ;)</p>
<p>making ice cream is so cool
I’ve got to say, though, my favorite has been in physics class when we used liquid nitrogen…so much fun
Hm…I’d try to put up restaurant ideas for those visiting Uconn, but is anybody actually visiting Uconn? And it’s not a big college area. Let me know if anyone’s intersted</p>
<p>In the Lehigh University area…a nice place to eat is the Bethlehem Brew Works.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.thebrewworks.com/[/url]”>http://www.thebrewworks.com/</a></p>
<p>Bethlehem Brew Works successfully captured the essence of Bethlehem’s steel industry in a 250 seat brewpub. Signature beers include Fegley’s ESB, Valley Golden Ale, and the award winning Steelworkers’ Oatmeal Stout. In addition, three seasonal taps have been frequented with beers ranging from Pale Ales and Wheats to Pumpkin Ale and Belgian Lambics. Accompanying the six beers brewed right in the restaurant is a full bar specializing in single malt scotches, small batch bourbons, and fine cigars.</p>
<p>The wraps are excellent, especially the hot roast beef one.</p>
<p>eireann
we visited UConn in April due to S’s interest in the Sports Management major.While impressed with the University and its rebirth facility- wise I was really dismayed by the surrounding area.The row of stores across the street was underwhelming to say the least…Can a kid survive there without a car? Is the Farmer Brown field really the only place to park?Where exactly does one go to shop, say ,at a Walmart or Target or store of that sort? Is getting off campus on weekends feasible? I know it has a very high percentage of kids living in dorms on campus but do they stick around on weekends?
Sorry about all the questions,yours is the first post to even bring up this school! If you’d like you can answer me directly!
Thanks very much in advance!!</p>
<p>Try Tully’s near Syracuse University. Gteat food, great atmosphere and cheap.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about vegetarian restaurant options near Williamstown, but if you get in a pinch, there’s a market on Spring Street called the Ephphorium that is quite vegetarian- and vegan-friendly.
I second the recommendation for “Where’d you get that?” It’s quite interesting. The proprietor thought criticism of our president was banned in Florida. :rolleyes:</p>