BU Dining’s Popular Lobster Night Returns
BU Dining’s Popular Lobster Night Returns
University partners with Cape Ann lobstermen to serve up 8,350 of the crustaceans Wednesday
In the video above, Chris Bee, BU culinary director, travels to Gloucester, Mass., with several Dining Services executive chefs to meet with members of Cape Ann Lobstermen, who are supplying the 8,350 lobsters that will be served at BU’s annual Lobster Night. Video by Bill Politis
BU’s annual Lobster Night—one of each fall’s most anticipated campus culinary events—is tonight, Wednesday, September 14. Dining Services will be serving up delicious steamed Atlantic lobsters provided by Cape Ann Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass., in all three Charles River Campus dining halls. Meals will be served from 5 to 10 pm at Warren Towers and West Campus, from 5 to 9 pm at Marciano Commons, and new this year, Granby Commons will participate, serving a Vegan “Lobster” Mushroom Mac & Cheese from 5 to 7 pm.
In addition to lobsters, diners can enjoy fresh local corn on the cob and potatoes from Rhode Island and Maine farms, certified humane Macoun apple–brined chicken from New York state, maple sage root vegetables, a vegan “chicken” and kale penne, vegan corn chowder, butternut squash bisque, bread pudding with Vermont maple syrup, and a Maine blueberry maple cobbler. Yum!
Students on meal plans can use them as they would for any dining. Guest meals, dining points, and convenience points can be used to treat yourself to an additional lobster. Students not on a meal plan and faculty and staff looking to join the fun can use convenience points, cash, or credit cards. Members of the BU community can invite guests to this year’s event.
To get a sense of just how big an undertaking this is to pull off, consider the numbers: BU Dining expects to serve up a whopping 8,350 crustaceans, along with 2,100 pounds of corn, 2,100 pounds of potatoes, 300 pounds of root vegetables, 200 pounds of squash, and 80,000 Maine blueberries.
Need a primer about the best way to crack a lobster? Check out our how-to tutorial in the video below.
Video by Alan Wong
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