We always stop at the lucky bones grill right across the street from the lobster house. Since it is on the right side, it is easy to pull in on the way to CM. The lobster house is always crowded and making that left (both times) into the access road is a nightmare! Lucky bones has good food, reasonably priced, lots of parking (on gravel
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Lobster house is a really nice place, but you better have a reservation and get there extra early and be ready to spend some time!
CM is all about taking it slow, walking up and down washington street, grabbing some ice cream, going in the bookstore that was a bank, sitting at an outside table at the ugly mug with some brews and Bar food and people watch.