Boston & Maine Fish Co

Boston Tourists Protest Lobster Roll Laced With Crawfish at Quincy Market | Eater Boston

"At the Boston & Maine Fish Company stall in Quincy Market I ordered a cold “lobster salad” roll and found the filling was a mix of lobster and crawfish tails rather than pure lobster — the Ambroses identified the lighter, rubbery flavor of mudbug rather than the rich, meaty flavor of lobster. After confronting staff and posting questions on the vendor’s Instagram (comments that were later deleted), the shop posted a clarification saying their lobster salad rolls are served with mixed lobster and crawfish meat, diced celery, mayonnaise, and lemon juice, and recommending the hot buttered lobster roll (made with 100 percent Maine lobster) for a pure lobster experience. Co-owner Andre Ornelas says the crawfish inclusion traces to a decades-old recipe from founder Larry Smith when the shop opened in Quincy Market in 1984 and that he preserved the recipe when he bought the stall in 1999; he maintains the lobster-salad mix is about 70% lobster and 30% crawfish, a ratio disputed by Lennie (who estimated much more crawfish). The lobster salad roll is currently $23.36 while the hot buttered lobster roll is $26.17; Lennie asked for a refund but was told to pick it up in person, and he, upset about what he perceived as deception, wants customers warned that the “lobster salad” is not entirely lobster." - Erika Adams