Brian J.
Yelp
Damn fine place.
We were starving and on the lookout for a restaurant for lunch. Then we saw the sign. "Lobster: $5.95/lb."
OK.
My idea of New England. One picnic table outside an awesome seafood market. Perfect.
Cape Tip sits in a little shopping centre that has all the goodies one would need for a weekend on the Cape. There's a farm stand, liquor store, deli and a real estate shop (gives you an opportunity to dream a little...) all sharing a parking lot alongside Route 6.
When we got inside, we found out the smaller lobsters (less than 5 lbs.) were $7/lb. and the big guys (of which there were a TON... many well over 10 lbs.) were the lower price. We decided to go with a couple 2 1/4 pounders and were very happy we did. The guy working (probably the owner, if I had to guess, but for some reason we didn't talk about it?) cooked them up and served them in a neat little tray pre-"dressed" (cracked) with a huge bowl of fresh butter. It was delightful. The owner made sure to check on us and make sure everything was up to our expectations and even cracked a few jokes. Very nice guy, very friendly place, lots of local "to-go" traffic as we ate. Grabbed a bottle of vino at the liquor store and wrangled some plastic cups. Who could ask for anything more?
The market had tons of other goodies, too. Lots of fresh fish, pre-cooked/chilled lobster, lobster meat, Wellfleet oysters (made sure I had one before I left -- salty and delicious), bisque and chowders in the cooler.
They also had a full lobster meal deal where they include corn on the cob and some other good stuff, all sourced from the farm stand next door.
We'll be back next time we're in Provincetown, for sure!