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The Best Seafood Dives

Long live the laid-back shacks where the menus hang on the wall, the beers chill on ice, and the food comes piled high, deep-fried, slathered, breaded, buttered, and steamed.

2009 Best Seafood Dives

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Illustrator Matt Caserta, Written by Steve Millburg

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New Jersey

Spike’s Fish Market and Restaurant, Point Pleasant Beach

What to order: a meaty lobster roll or lobster melt. Bring your beverage of choice, or opt for your favorite soft drink for sale.

The view: Best from the parking lot; the water is out back.

What you’ll shell out: $10–$23, $37 for a 2-pound-lobster dinner.

Check it out: 415 Broadway; 732/295-9400