Cousins Maine Lobster is the leading provider of the best Maine lobster rolls on the west coast. Our Maine lobster is sent straight to California, where it is served 24 hours later at east coast prices. Cousins Maine Lobster prides itself on an extra friendly staff and a unique experience that can educate customers with homegrown information about lobster, the Maine lobster industry, and the delicacy that this seafood has become. At Cousins Maine Lobster, we believe the most important aspect of business is to treat our employees as well as they treat our customers - happy employees working with happy customers. Prompt service, a one of a kind product and genuine personalities make the CML experience memorable and worth returning for.
The Maine lobster industry is the only certified sustainable fishery in the world. Sustainable lobstering practices have been in place in Maine for well over a century. Cousins Maine Lobster is primarily sourced from these areas within the Downeast waters in the most easterly part of the United States, the Mid Coast, and in Penobscot Bay near Vinalhaven in the Gulf of Maine. There are 5,900 legally registered lobstermen and women in Maine. Each license grants the harvester to fish up to 800 traps. With literally millions of buoys off the coast of Maine, the industry supports thousands of jobs on shore, not just the people hauling traps.
Founded in 2012, Cousins Maine Lobster rose to national recognition after being featured on the hit ABC series Shark Tank in 2013. The Cousins partnered with investor Barbara Corcoran and have been on a wild ride ever since, opening ten franchises in 2015 alone. Cousins Maine Lobster has been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Master Chef, The Katie Couric Show,The Chew, The Queen Latifah Show, CNN, CNBC, Fox Business, Food & Wine Magazine, Saveur Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Times, and The New York Post. CML won Best Food Truck in 2012 and 2013 (LA Hot List) and Best Lobster Roll on the West Coast in 2013 and 2014 (Tasting Table).
