It makes me smile: who would have imagined that a classy seafood joint would serve chips and dip?

A sweet-tempered mountain of a man, he runs Jasper's Summer Shack, a seafood joint in the far reaches of Cambridge that serves 4,000 meals some weeks.

N Map A highly recommended and very local seafood joint, a bit hard to spot - the sign is high above street level, so look up to be sure you don't miss it.

If you find yourself in the area, it is worth taking a detour for a drink at Skipper's Dock, a seafood joint at the end of a pier in Stonington.

The seafood is a bit pricier here than at the more humble seafood joints down the street, but the location is superb and the views exceptional.

He held a grill position in a busy seafood joint at the shore; he had studied philosophy and political science; and he had about four years of experience in the industry.

"You know Casella's, the little seafood joint with outdoor tables at the end of the Biloxi pier."

They're walking out on the long fake pier that has the fancy seafood joints; for once no one is stopping them, and the cops are not hassling them.

L.P. Steamers, 1100 East Fort Avenue, (410) 576-9294, is an informal beer and seafood joint in South Baltimore.

The Lobster Shack is the local seafood joint.