The Shack & Covid

We will be open for the 2020 season, with new procedures to keep our staff and customers as safe as possible. Dealing with a crisis of this magnitude is a first for all of us, so please be patient as we work on a system.

Our staff is taking extra precautions with cleaning and sanitary procedures. We recommend taking advantage of contactless ordering, by calling the shack or visiting our online store. If you choose to order at our window, we ask that only one person from your party stand in line, and that you wear a mask if you are able.

As always, we will be happy to pack orders to go. Call or order online, and your food will be brought to your car when you arrive.

Spaced out picnic tables are set up on our lawn. Please sit only at designated tables with a group of no more than 6, and maintain social distance from other parties. We will be offering drive in carhop service to those who wish to stay in their vehicles. Please do not place online or phone orders until you have arrived and picked a table or parking spot.

Menu will change daily, based on availability. Please call, check our online store, or facebook and instagram pages for the day’s offerings. In spite of everything, we hope to provide you with the enjoyable McLoons experience you expect!



About Us

McLoons is a family owned Maine lobster shack located on Spruce Head Island, across from the area's oldest working lobster wharf. Enjoy picturesque views of the harbor and surrounding islands, watch local lobstermen unload their day's catch, and experience our stunning shack sunsets. The view can only be rivaled by our straight-from-the-water steamed lobster dinners, award winning lobster rolls, local oysters, delicious homemade soups, chowders, and much more. In addition to seafood, we offer many tasty items for the non seafood-inclined. Boaters welcome!



Nationwide Shipping

Can't make it to the shack (or we're closed for the season) but craving some McLoons seafood? We've partnered with Goldbelly to ship select menu items directly to you overnight. For more information click here.

Hours

Opening for the season May 23rd.

Open 11:30-7, closed Wednesdays

Overnight shipping available year-round.

315 Island Road
Spruce Head Island, Maine
contact@mcloonslobster.com
(207) 593-1382

Menu

Subject to daily change. Call or check out our takeout menu for the day's offerings.

Steamed Maine Lobster 1¼ lb MP

A perfectly steamed Maine lobster served with melted butter, chips, dinner roll, a pickle and our own coleslaw.

Fresh Lobster Roll

A generous portion of sweet and tender tail and claw meat in a perfectly grilled roll with your choice of mayo or warm butter. Served with coleslaw , potato chips and pickle.

Fresh Crabmeat Roll

Hand picked Maine crabmeat lightly mixed with mayo and served in a grilled roll. Served with coleslaw, potato chips and a pickle.

Savory Crab Cakes

Two generous crab cakes cooked to a golden brown served warm with coleslaw and potato chips.

Crab Cake Sandwich

Our homemade crab cake served on a grilled Kaiser roll with choice of cheese and sauce. Served with coleslaw, chips and a pickle.

Roast Littleneck Clams

Roasted on the grill and served with homemade garlic herb butter and a lemon.

Creamy Lobster Stew

Packed with chunks of lobster meat and full of creamy flavor. Served in a bowl with oyster crackers.

Corn Chowder

Made with sweet corn and a touch of bacon and maple. Served with oyster crackers.

Grilled Burger

Grilled and served in a toasted roll. All the fixings available. Served with potato chips and a pickle.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

An good old favorite served with chips and a pickle.

Beverages

Coffee, Tea, Lemonade, Iced Tea, Maine Root Soda (Blueberry, Ginger, Root Beer), Moxie, Coke, Diet Coke, Poland Spring Water

Dessert

Seasonal pies, whoopie pies, brownies ~Changes Daily~

Gallery

The Wharf

Located directly across from McLoons Lobster Shack, McLoons Wharf is our parent company's wholesale lobster buying station. Our wharf manager buys lobsters from Spruce Head Island lobstermen, who bring their daily catch directly to our wharf. The lobsters are held in crates until they are brought down to our wholesale plant in Portland. There, we store the lobsters in tanks, where they are either sold or cooked and processed to make lobster meat. We sell our lobster, along with many other seafood and fish products, all over the country.

The second half of our company is located in Highlands, New Jersey. We deliver seafood products five times a week, which they sell wholesale to many area restaurants and retail through their popular seafood market, Lusty Lobster (visit www.bestlobster.com). We also supply several large restaurant groups and other wholesalers outside of Maine and New Jersey, including New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Florida.

Our steamed lobster dinners and lobster rolls are all made with lobsters from our wharf, assuring that you are getting a fresh product, directly from the source. The lobster shack even has its own live lobster crate, right in the bay across from the picnic tables. For every lobster dinner order, we hoist up the crate using a pulley system, and you can hand select your own lobster!

Location

315 Island Road
South Thomaston ME 04858

From Rockland
  • At the corner of rte. 1 and US 73 in downtown Rockland, take Rte. 73 S for 3.9 miles
  • Turn right on Spruce Head road rte. 73 and continue for 3.3 miles
  • Turn left on Island road and follow for 1.3 miles
  • Bear right continuing on Island road for .4 miles.
From US1 N in Thomaston
  • Heading N on rte. 1, turn right on rte. 131 and follow for 5.3 miles
  • Turn left on rte. 73 (Seal Harbor road) and continue for 3.4 miles
  • Turn right on Island road and go 1.3 miles
  • Bear right continuing on Island road for .4 miles.

Press & Mentions

Best of New England Seafood Award

It's a little extra work to find McLoons', hidden on a causeway-connected Spruce Head Island, but it's worth it for the ultra-fresh lobster paired with breathtaking views over a working wharf and spruce-fringed islands. Don't like lobster? Enjoy crab cakes, burgers, hot dogs, and the homemade desserts. Yankee Magazine

Dreamy, spruce-fringed island views are alone worth the trip to this off-the-beaten-pat shack, but McLoon’s also dishes out might fine lobster, lobster rolls, lobster stew, and house-made desserts. Maine Travel Maven

…do not miss the family-run and picturesque McLoons Lobster Shack. It’s delicious and situated in a spot that is about as pretty as one could imagine, looking out over the sea and nearby islands. Style.com

If you’re looking for the perfect lobster dinner, it has to be located in the perfect location, and McLoon’s Lobster Shack in South Thomaston is it! Examiner.com

Perched in an idyllic spot overlooking a protected harbor, McLoons lobster rolls are second to none. Yahoo.com

I’d seen so many mayonnaise laden recipes over the years I wasn’t sure whether the lobster could actually be tasted. If I’m eating lobster, that is what I expect to taste. We agreed they were pretty perfect, and the steamers, cooked directly over coals, sublime. sass + veracity

And the next day I took a pretty drive to the nearby town of Thomaston and enjoyed the freshest lobster imaginable at McLoon’s. McLoon’s is a long established lobster name in Maine, but it is only recently that it opened up its charming shack across from its boat dock where during the week you can watch the traps getting unloaded while munching on your perfect lobster meal that you are free to select yourself right out of the trap in the bay. Beauty News NYC

It was the perfect balance of fresh lobster to tangy mayo and the bun was perfectly toasted. Since coming home to Australia I have had dreams about the lobster roll in the photo above. Delicious, filthy dreams that would make you blush.I’ll be seeing you again someday, McLoons. You and your beautiful sunset. scarlet words