What helps distinguish Billys from all the other seafood restaurants in Maine?
We offer extremely fresh seafood. I have several purveyors I buy from, and we buy in big volume, so that helps. We get orders in every day, all to our “pars” or specifications. Buying good seafood can be very competitive. Is it true that the portion sizes are pretty big, too? Well, yeah, that’s another secret to our success. We menu lobsters at 1 1/4 pounds and offer double servings and even larger lobsters, too. We also offer everything from a cheese sandwich to a platter of mixed fried seafood. What are Billy’s customers like? Mostly summer tourists? No, not really. We attract both tourists and locals. It sort of changes throughout the year, but we’re always busy. In the summer we get a lot of large parties. Ten to 12 is normal, but they can get up to even 30 or more. There are lots of kids, too. They know they can walk in and sit right down. In the fall customers start to get a little older, and we start to see more regulars. The regulars just have to have their chowder. What’s the
