Gas Station Lobster

This is a gas station. I am sure you recognize it as such. In fact it is a much nicer gas station since it was renovated a couple of summers ago. And it sells an amazing lobster roll.

At the intersection of Routes 202 and 17 in Manchester, ME, is a gas station and convenience store called Mulligan’s. There are many unappealing (at least to me) gas station food offerings there, and for years I wouldn’t have dreamed of trying a lobster roll from them. But now I’m hooked! Even our kids enjoyed it when they visited us during our week in Maine this year. And even though they also ate other – and in some cases fancier – lobster rolls in other places, they have declared Mulligan’s to be the best!

Now truth be told, I never order it as a lobster roll. I always ask for a large lobster roll without the roll, without the lettuce, just the filling. The “large” is such a huge portion that I take it back to the cabin and it suffices for three or four lunches on my homemade challah. (If I really want to be decadent, I toast the bread and butter it generously!)

The real treat is that it has no fillers – no celery or onion to extend it – and barely enough mayonnaise to hold it together, just sweet lobster meat.

And, no surprise, I like to pick one up as we leave the cabin to bring home, to enjoy a taste of Maine for a few days more.