Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'legalseafoods'
July 15, 2008
Legal Sea Foods Long Wharf Boston $22.95 When Bostonist proposed a series of mid-summer lobster roll reviews, we came up with a handful of local favorites: seafood shacks, sandwich shops, and bistros. But most people who pass through the city never see these places; tourists get their lobster rolls at Boston Harbor. So we resigned ourselves to review the lobster roll that is definitive for many visitors. We went to Legal Sea Foods. Naturally,......
Continue Reading "Bostonist Lobster Rollover: Legal Sea Foods, Boston"July 1, 2008
Harvard endowment shows strong growth. Whew--they were dangerously close to the poverty line for a while there. [Crimson] Menino kicked off Harborfest today by cutting a 400-pound cake. We don't even want to consider the calories in that. [Globe] A fish truck flipped getting on the Turnpike, shutting down a ramp for about half an hour. [WCVB] Speaking of fish, Legal Sea Foods has added a censorship twist to its saucy MBTA fish ad campaign.......
Continue Reading "Bite Size News"June 12, 2008
The CEO of Legal Sea Foods did a radio commercial supposedly apologizing for an ad campaign that said trolley drivers looked like halibut, only he twisted it and pissed off MBTA drivers even more. Roger Berkowitz said he was sorry, not because he offended MBTA operators but because the campaign didn't properly match the drivers to fish and that one driver actually looks like a hammerhead shark. The president of the Carmen's Union said......
Continue Reading "Legal Sea Foods Owner Behaves in Fishy Fashion"June 8, 2008
MBTA employees are annoyed, but not for reasons you might think. What really irks them is an ad on the side of trains that suggests they resemble fish. Legal Sea Foods, in a move that seemed calculated for heaps of free publicity, created ads that declared, "This conductor has a face like a halibut!" The president of the Boston Carmen's Union told Michael Levenson at the Globe that he didn't have anything against fish......
Continue Reading "But What If the Conductor Really Does Have a Face Like a Halibut?"