Cousins Maine Lobster will open at 11 a.m. July 27 at 630 Atlantic Blvd. in the Seminole Shoppes in Neptune Beach.
It will lease 1,253 square feet of space near the end of the Publix-anchored center.
Cousins Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac created Los Angeles-based Cousins Maine Lobster as a food-truck business. After appearing on “Shark Tank” in October 2012, they opened brick-and-mortar restaurants in five cities: Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Taipei and, next, Neptune Beach. They also have 26 food trucks around the country. The Jacksonville franchisee is Julianne Lilly.
Menu items include lobster rolls and lobster sandwiches, such as a BLT, grilled cheese, tacos, tots, quesadilla, lobster bisque and lobster tail; along with salad, a chicken sandwich, clam chowder and more.
There’s also take-home lobster, including a lobster-roll kit of a pound of Maine lobster meat with six rolls, butter and mayo.
Sandwich prices are $9 to $16 and specialties range from $4 for a frank to $17 for Maine fried clams.
The take-home kit is $65.
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