James Hook & Co

Seafood restaurant · Downtown

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"Less of a full-fledged restaurant and more of an urban lobster shack, this family-owned institution has brought lobster to downtown Boston since 1925. The menu is an essentials-only selection of lobster rolls, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes, whole-cooked lobsters, and clam chowders—everything here is so good you won't need many more options. This is Bostonian seafood in its purest expression." - Todd Plummer, Shannon McMahon

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440 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02110 Get directions

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