T Stands for Better Than Pop's?

Hi everyone. Happy Tuesday or Monday night to you. It is time once  again for T over at Bleubeard"s and Elizabeth's blog.

On the last weekend of July, I went to my niece's wedding in Waterford, Maine. It was a lovely time, and if you want to read about the wedding itself you can check out my post from last Thursday- (Wedding).

The wedding was on Saturday evening, but we had wedding events on Friday night also. My husband and I (along with my daughter and her fiance) had rented a house from AirBnB for the weekend that had a 3 pm check in. Since it was a 2 hour drive to the wedding area from home, and since we wanted to arrive to have a bit of time before our Friday night event, my husband and I decided to leave around noon, stop some place for lunch and then try to beat much of the weekend traffic going north (which we really didn't manage to do even that early in the day).

Here in New Hampshire we only have 2 local TV stations. One is PBS and the other is WMUR, channel 9 out of Manchester. Channel 9 does a weekly viewer's choice for various things, one  of them being the best lobster roll in the state. (And for those of you who stop by my blog frequently, you know how much I like a good lobster roll in the summer. This viewer's choice is one I actually pay attention to- smile.) The winner is always the Poor People's Pub in Sanbornville, a part of the town of Wakefield.

The Poor People's Pub isn't really that far from my home, and I've eaten there before. However, it's not a direction I go very often because there usually isn’t  any reason I need to go to that area. We were passing it on our way to the wedding area though, so  you may imagine that's where I suggested we stop for lunch that day. 

Now the  thing about a people's choice award is that you never know whether the week's topic is really the best in the state, or if the restaurant/other place of business just has lots of die-hard fans that call or log in and vote. And even though lobster rolls are still on the pricey side (although they have come down  in price since I last posted over the July 4th weekend), I wanted to see if The Poor People's Pub lived up to the hype.

You can see the Poor People's Pub isn't anyplace fancy. It was crowded that day, even if my photo doesn't  look like it, and  we had to be seated out in the side room because the main restaurant didn't have any tables. By the time we left, this side was  full also.

And this is their menu, which is mostly sandwiches as well as daily special meals which are posted up on the wall.

I know many of you have never had a lobster roll or even a lobster. They probably sound exotic. Where I live  they are served all over the place, and they are as common on the menu in the summer as say a hamburger would be. That's because I don't live that far inland from the coast where these lobsters are caught, and it does help support a local industry. 

And  you know I had to try out their lobster roll for mylunch.

Unlike at Pop's where you just get fries, this came with a side of coleslaw and chips. The chips were not unique but since we don't have chips very often, they were yummy.  

The lobster roll was  chunks of lobster and light on the mayo. You could even get a hot lobster roll, with the lobster tossed in butter, but I prefer mine cold. Although Pop's lobster rolls do have many chunks of meat, this lobster roll was all chunks of meat. It even looks pretty in its nice lettuce bed, and it was only one very big piece of lettuce, not layers of it to fill the roll. Pop's lobster rolls also only have a small bit of lettuce, but they never look this photographically pretty.

I must admit,   I can see why this lobster roll always wins the viewer's choice. 

Not that I will skip buying one at Pop's, as long as the price doesn't inhibit it. And I hope I can squeeze in 1 more trip to Pop's before they close for the season in a few weeks. 

(Pop's did get #2 for the best fried seafood in the state this year, which is down from #1 last year. Of course since it's an hour inland from the coast where there are lots of fried seafood places, I think #2 is still noteworthy.)

Since this is T day, let me share my drink.  It is time to link up to Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog with your drink related post.

Nothing fancy. Just a diet Pepsi.

I most likely won't be joining you for T next week.  A friend and I have plans to take a roadtrip to the Berkshires in Massachusetts for a couple of days. If for some reason our plans fall apart, then I'll be linking up, but otherwise, have a great T day and 2 weeks ahead.

And of course, thanks for visiting my blog.