Here’s Why a New York City Lobster Roll (With Fries!) Costs $32New York City has not always been a lobster roll town. She and her husband, Ralph, started out by selling whole lobsters out of a building they had bought in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The pandemic upended everything at the Red Hook Lobster Pound. Prices surged across the board, and by mid-2022, Ms. Povich felt she had no choice but to raise the price of her signature item, a lobster roll and fries.

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Persons: Fries, Povich, ’, Ralph Organizations: New York Locations: New York, New York City, Maine, Red Hook , Brooklyn