NE Road Trip

[MetsFan5]

My Californian husband hasn’t been north of Boston. I’d love to do a food centric road trip up to Maine and back within 4 days. Is this realistic? Should we fly to Portland or Bangor and drive down instead or just driving?  

  I’m looking to eat lots of lobsters, both types of lobster rolls, fried clam bellies, clam pizza and anything else recommended.  I’m going to research a few non chain hotels to mix in with two or so chain hotels. We have a lot of points with Hilton. 

  Mostly I’d like to show him Rhode Island (I went to PC), Newport, I haven’t been to Maine for 25 year, and CT that isn’t Foxwoods. That was rough. 

[rotuts]

Clam pizza has to be the original Pepe's in New Haven.

 

there is a Pepe's w of BOS , but its clam pizza is not that good.   excellent Bacon pizza

 

just like original Pepe's

 

clam w bellies :  in Essex  MA

 

clams in essex ma

 

P.S.:   I now no longer have to go up to essex for clams w bellies

 

the Legal Seafood near me  ( not others , BTW ) make superb fried clams w bellies 

 

and superb fish and chips w halibut.

 

 

Edited April 20, 2019 by rotuts (log)

[suzilightning]

@MetsFan5… did ou get the hubs up to NE?  I'd love to hear about your adventures....

[weinoo]

And if you haven't done it yet, I'd say it's quite a schlep to drive up and back (to Maine) in 4 days.

 

We certainly enjoy Cape Ann ; I could see heading up there for 3 days (Rockport, Newburyport, Gloucester), eating clams, lobster, and whatever and then stopping in Rhode Island for 1 on the way home.

 

Otherwise, yeah, Fly to Portland and drive back. Even that is not really relaxing.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

And if you haven't done it yet, I'd say it's quite a schlep to drive up and back (to Maine) in 4 days.

 

We certainly enjoy Cape Ann ; I could see heading up there for 3 days (Rockport, Newburyport, Gloucester), eating clams, lobster, and whatever and then stopping in Rhode Island for 1 on the way home.

 

Otherwise, yeah, Fly to Portland and drive back. Even that is not really relaxing.

Excellent advice for future visitors.    This area of MA offers great lodging and food within a reasonable area.    Maine really requires a day to wander down each or any peninsula or else you will find yourself stuck on Route'1's parking-lot-like congestion.   

[MetsFan5]

We decided against it. We’re going to West Palm Beach for a concert this month then my husband is going to Bermuda for work for a few days (not interested, I went last year and didn’t really enjoy it) so that trip is on hold. If anything we’d fly to Portland and back for a weekend. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

For future reference, you can fly into mid-coast maine (Owl's Head airport outside of Rockland, Me) on a handful of airlines.   Rockland, Camden and Rockport are, to us, the heart of Coastal Maine.

[suzilightning]

love mid-coast Maine, especially around Damariscotta.   Do it later....

[suzilightning]

19 hours ago, MetsFan5 said:

We decided against it. We’re going to West Palm Beach for a concert this month then my husband is going to Bermuda for work for a few days (not interested, I went last year and didn’t really enjoy it) so that trip is on hold. If anything we’d fly to Portland and back for a weekend. 

Ohhh.... spent a day across from the West Palm garbage transfer station - hey, when your husband is a general birder you spend a lot of time at garbage dumps and places where your waste goes to