The Place in Guilford, CT

My mom saw a commercial for Red Lobster and decided she wanted to go there for her birthday because the ad made the food look so good. My sister warned her it wasn't going to be good, but for some reason, mom really wanted to go. So they went, and it wasn't that good. What are you going to do? There aren't that many lobster places in McKinney, TX.
Anyway, I felt bad that my mom ate lame seafood for her birthday, when I recently feasted on lobster out in Guilford, CT. My pal Carol live in Connecticut and she's part mermaid. She swims laps in the ocean, has long blonde hair and loves to eat clams. I find this very interesting not because she uses the shells to make bikini tops, but because she doesn't like fresh tomatoes. They are squishy and what's squishier than a clam? No matter, The Place doesn't serve tomatoes, but you're welcome to bring your own sides if you like. We saw that people brought cole slaws and potato salads.
This is a good idea because the only sides are corn on the cob and veggie kabobs. We both ordered the roasted lobster, roasted clams, and corn. We debated getting the house special clams, but we realized they were just the roasted clams with some kind of ketchup sauce squirted on them. We wanted the unhindered flavor of the sea. And that's what we got. Delivered to us on a hot wire grill, the clams were briny and fresh. Perfection. The corn was dunked in butter by a cute teenaged boy and brought to us on a soaked paper plate. I believe the the way you eat corn indicates the kind of person you are. Here's my ear. I'm tidy.
We should have ordered one roasted and one boiled, but the sight of the lobsters roasting on the rickety concrete block spit is pretty exciting. See video for excitement.
The boilers bubble in big black pots set to the side of the grill. We should have ordered one because as the roasted lobster cools, the juices dry up, especially in the meaty claws where you want it to be really moist. We had a bit of trouble opening the claws because there were no nut crackers. Then we saw the waitress give another table a foil covered rock. This helped, but also hindered because the shell shards smashed into the meat and they were hard to pick out. At that point, you are kind of annoyed because there's so much labor involved with dwindling returns. I whined to Carol that I missed my mom because she would have picked out the meat for me. Yep, I'm a baby when it comes to crab and lobster picking. My mom is a pro and must be a mermaid, too. She eats shellfish like Daryl Hannah in "Splash." It's a sight both embarrassing and impressive.
But the dry claws didn't matter because the setting was beautiful. You sit on old wood stumps under a trees and the sky. The staff is almost all teenagers with the boys manning the grills and the girls waiting the tables. It was fun to try to figure out who was dating who and to make up stories about the other diners. We didn't order dessert because we didn't have enough cash and at that point the smoke was starting to get in my eyes and give me a headache. Carol said that it was the suburbs that gave me the headache, but I can't wait to go back.

The Place (901 Boston Post Rd) is located in Guilford, CT on Rte. 1 right across from a Walmart. It's about 2 hours from NYC. Cash only and they are only open from June to October.