Visiting the small-horse-size lobster that turned up at Jordan Lobster Bar is this week’s big Thing to Do if you’re summering on Long Island. The 23-pounder showed up as part of Monday’s daily catch at the Island Park restaurant and fish market. Owner Stephen Jordan tells CBS it’s the biggest he’s seen in a decade — an unexpected get when he saw the monster staring up at him: “We received it yesterday morning from one of our fisherman, John Price, who’s in the Bay of Fundy. He shipped it in, he didn’t even tell us. He said, ‘Look in the crate.’ We opened it up and we were like, ‘Whoa!’”
At that size, it’s estimated to be 95 years old, which means this particular lobster predates the internet, World War II, and the invention of Old Bay seasoning. As such, it’s become a local celebrity, and Jordan has gotten kind of close with his new crustacean pal, literally — he keeps posing for pictures with it. He’s decided he doesn’t want anybody eating the old guy, so it becomes the property of the Long Island Aquarium in a few days. “It’s almost like a dinosaur,” he says. “You’d like to see it continue on, and I think they would take good care of it.”
[CBS NY]
