Want to eat lobster salad while out and about in the Hamptons?
It’s a bisque-ish suggestion.
Of course, lobster salad is a summer staple in countries where money is no object.
But at a popular East Hampton delicatessen Red Horse Marketthis delicacy sells for $120 per pound.
Manager Christian Pineda told the Post that he had only received complaints about the lobster salad “from a few customers.”
But most patrons are willing to pay top dollar.
“We can offer these prices because of the quality,” Pineda explains. “Our customers value quality first. They want local quality, especially when it comes to meat and seafood.”
The gourmet market was opened in the early 1990s by former advertising executive Jerry Della Femina and the late David Silver, founder and CEO of Regency Home Fashions.
The Montauk Highway store has changed hands several times over the years.
It was closed for more than two years in the early 2000s.
Pineda noted that the market also offers a lobster bargain: a lobster roll for $28.
Typically, it takes 2 pounds of lobster to make 1 pound of lobster salad.
in Gossman’s Fish Market In Montauk, the current market price for live lobsters is $19.99 per pound.
Liz Cuozzo, senior reporter covering seafood markets, said: Arnaw BarryThe wholesale price for two pounds of cooked lobster meat is currently just under $30.
East Enders are used to paying big bucks for shellfish.
Duryea’s Lobster Deck Last summer, the Montauk restaurant boasted a $97 lobster salad.
And in 2019, Sagaponack Loaves and Fish Food Store It sold for $100 a pound.
But the $120 price tag has infuriated some locals on social media.
“Even Jerry Seinfeld wouldn’t pay that much for a lobster salad in the Hamptons,” one commenter said.
“I think that’s fine,” said another local. “They’re separating the money from the fools.”
The price listed for the lobster salad was removed on Friday after one employee said, “We don’t want customers to die when they see the price.”
