Maine Millionaire-Fashionista Martha Stewart Has $60 Worth Of Bad News About Lobster Rolls

The Pine Tree State’s most famous lifestyle icon says she may be about the only one who can afford a lobster roll this summer.

“Lobster rolls are going to be more hideously expensive, like $60 each,” Martha warned. “This winter was cruel to the lobster production, and I just read that lobster rolls are going to be about $50 or $60.”

Stewart, who owns a home in Downeast Maine, just opened her first New England restaurant, in Connecticut.

“So I don’t think we’re going to be having (lobster rolls) at The Bedford,” the hospitality icon told MassLive.com, drawing a laugh.

Haha.

Marrha spoke to the media ahead of the grand opening of The Bedford at Foxwoods.

The restaurant is Stewart’s first in New England and is modeled after her 1925 country farmhouse in New York.

During a Q&A session, Stewart was asked if there were any New England foods or restaurants she loved.

The 82-year-old Stewart highlighted her family’s love for lobster.

“In Maine, we have the lobster pounds. I’m on Mount Desert Island and we have Beal’s, my grandchildren’s favorite,” she said. “They want to go to Beal’s every day. They eat, like, three giant lobster rolls.”

The Associated Press reports that  last year’s Maine lobster haul was the lowest in 14 years.

The AP also said that some scientists believe “changing waters” have pushed lobster populations further north.