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lobster roll

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noun

  1. lobster salad served on a frankfurter roll or the like.


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Now those same lobsters cost more than $15 per pound — more than three times the initial cost, but Cimarusti said he can’t realistically charge three times as much for the lobster roll at $75.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"Kelp is the lobster roll of the future," she says, then stops.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

That doesn’t mean I wasn’t counting the minutes until I could order my favorite hotel lobster roll as the train traveled along the water at sunset on approach to Emeryville, Calif., our last stop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

There are definitely items on the menu that have been originals and available since we first opened 10 years ago, like the breakfast sandwich, lobster roll, some sort of ceviche that rotates each season.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

She walked to an oyster bar that looked onto the harbor and asked for a lobster roll.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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