This past year was a big one for Luke’s, as we celebrated wins within our business, our team, and in our communities. We are very proud of the nearly 50 teammates who were promoted, the 31 new jobs we created, and the three new shacks we opened across the country!  But perhaps the most exciting award bestowed on us this year was being voted the Best Lobster Roll in Portland, ME, by residents of our hometown city! We are honored to carry this title, and will of course continue to shout it from the rooftops from East Coast to West Coast. Making Lobster More Inclusive After an exciting firs ..read more

Every year on June 19th we honor Juneteenth; the day in 1865 when freedom was proclaimed for all enslaved people, even though the Emancipation Proclamation came two years before that. Juneteenth is often overlooked in our nation's history so today at Luke's we want to take some time to highlight a couple ways that we are reflecting on this important day. Earlier this month we launched a new cocktail called the Sea Smoke (more on that later) at our flagship restaurant in Portland, Maine as well as at our Grand Central Terminal location. The key ingredient in the cocktail is a hibiscus liqueur c ..read more

We commend the compromise language passed as part of the federal budget bill to better protect both the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, and the lobster fishery that’s critical to Maine’s coastal communities. We’re glad to know that the areas where we source lobster, which rigorous scientific study by third parties have shown are not causing harm to right whales, will not be unfairly targeted. We’re also excited that there will be funding for scientific study and gear innovation that will help restore the right whale population in the future. This intervention was necessary to fix a brok ..read more

November 16, 2022 Transparency is one of our core values, and in light of the recent suspension of Maine lobster's MSC certification due to a legal technicality, we want to provide our guests with clear and accurate information. The Marine Stewardship Council, known as MSC, is an internationally-recognized certifying body for sustainable fisheries. Not all sustainable fisheries are MSC certified, certification requires resources many fisheries lack, but certification is required by some large seafood buyers, so it affects lobstermen’s ability to sell their catch.  In Spring of 2022 ..read more

With turkeys hard to come by this Thanksgiving, we’re counting on our lobster to make it a special holiday this year, and we’ve got 5 knockout recipes using our perfectly cooked, ready to eat lobster meat. With these lobster meat recipes, we promise you won’t miss that dry turkey. It’s all about the apps and sides. Start out the day with a baked lobster dip. You can prep it in advance, keep it in the fridge, and bake it off when your guests arrive for a warm, cheesy, comforting dip that pairs nicely with a beer, if we do say so ourselves. In this lobster meat recipe, we just fold in mayo, shre ..read more

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we are celebrating Maine's indigenous food producers and raising money for Wabanaki REACH at our first Indigenous People's Day Dinner at Luke's Lobster Portland Pier. Wabanaki REACH is an organization led by Wabanaki people that supports the self-determination of Wabanaki people through education, truth-telling, restorative justice, and restorative practices in Wabanaki and Maine communities.  The menu will feature Maine's three indigenous food producers: Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company, Passamaquoddy Maple, and MicMac Farms. W ..read more

After World War I, the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma emerged as a thriving center of successful Black-owned businesses. With a population of 10,000, the neighborhood boasted beautiful homes, commercial buildings, offices, and churches. It was so prosperous it became known as “Black Wall Street.” On May 31, 1921, what started as a standoff between a white lynch mob and black citizens attempting to protect a wrongly-accused man, turned into an all-out massacre of Greenwood. In the early morning hours of June 1, the white mob burned 35 blocks to the ground, destroying over 1,200 homes ..read more

So you've placed your order for our whole live Maine lobsters. Now what?! Here we are going to break down exactly what to expect from order confirmation to final formation (bright red and cooked on your dinner table!) I just placed my order! How will shipping and delivery work with a live product? In order to ensure freshness and best quality we ship all of our products, including live lobster, through UPS methods that arrive 1 day after the order is shipped. You can schedule your lobster delivery to arrive Tuesday-Saturday. Please note that Saturday delivery is not available to some rural zi ..read more

Today Luke’s Lobster announces they will be opening their newest location in New York City at the Dining Concourse of Grand Central Terminal – a world-class icon and heartbeat of the Greater NYC area, and the first new Luke’s Lobster location since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic. Luke’s Lobster Grand Central will open beginning Wednesday, July 20, 2022 and will feature a full bar and new beer collaboration from Peak Organic Brewing called Luke’s Light. The hours of operation will be 7 days a week, 10:00am - 10:00pm. Luke’s Lobster Grand Central is an open concept design that will have 52 s ..read more

Pictured above in the front is Tracy Anderson, who provided an answer to our International Women's Day prompt. In celebration of International Women's Day, our Diversity and Inclusion Department asked our teammates across the country what this day means to them. This year's theme, #BreakTheBias, challenges us all to consider the biases in our own workplaces, schools, and communities and work together to break those biases. Read on to hear from some of our teammates on what this day and this theme means to them. Maria Ribaudo-Alicea, Director of Operations For me, International Women ..read more