Provincetown's Lobster Pot is fit to do battle with all the lobster shanties anywhere (and everywhere) else on the Cape—it's often jammed with tourists, but the crowds reflect the generally high quality. The hardworking kitchen turns out classic New England cooking: lobsters, generous and filling seafood platters, and some of the best chowder around. Eat like a local and try the barbeque pepper...
Snobbish foodies might turn their noses up at a venue so flagrantly Olde Cape Cod-ish, but for Provincetown regulars, no season seems complete without at least one pilgrimage. You may feel like a long-suffering pilgrim waiting to get in: The line, which starts near the aromatic, albeit frantic, kitchen, often snakes into the street. While waiting, check out the hand-painted bar stools, which...
The Pot isn't just a tourist favorite; locals love it, too.:
The Scene
The Lobster Pot looks like a tourist trap, feels like a tourist trap, sometimes even acts like a tourist trap, but isn't anything of the sort. The Pot, as locals call it, serves...