Photos: Looking for the best lobster roll

The Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster serves a roll with a bit of mayo and some salt and pepper. The 3 1/2 ounces of barely dressed meat is stuffed into a buttered-and-griddled Sunbeam bun.   (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

It might not seem like fine dining at Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster until you dig into those lobster rolls.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The Lobster Shack at Two Lights, almost directly on the water, serves rolls barely dressed, topped with a dollop of mayo on one end, a pickle on the other and the entire top layer lightly dusted with paprika.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The Clam Digger restaurant in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, serves a smaller version of the roll than is found farther up the Bay of Fundy.   (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The lobster roll at Eventide Oyster Co. is doused in a bit of brown butter and served in a puffy, split-top Asian bun.   (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The sign is very clear at Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster: Either way you want ‘em.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The Lobster Shack at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth draws a crowd.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The many options at The Lobster Shack at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

Fresh from the pot at the Lobster Shack at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

The Spring Point Ledge Light juts into the Atlantic at South Portland at the south end of Maine’s lobster country.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)

At Quoddy Bay Lobster, the rolls have a bit of mayo to hold the roughly chopped claw, knuckle and tail meat together. They’re then topped with a fully intact, steamed claw.  (Steve Dolinsky/For Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune)