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Open daily 11:30am · $2 oysters all day 149 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge · (617) 520-9500
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A Shack tradition, starting September 1

Your Birthday. Your Lobster.

On your actual birthday only. The day of. No exceptions. Come in on the day and dinner is on us: a one-pound steamed lobster with drawn butter and corn on the cob. Any age. Lunch or dinner. Just bring your ID.

The birthday plate: a one-pound steamed lobster in a party hat with drawn butter, corn on the cob and lemon

No coupons, no signups, no catch

How it works.

Come in on your birthday

The actual day. Not the day before, not the day after, no exceptions. Lunch or dinner, whenever the craving hits.

Show your ID

Your server checks the date and that is the whole test. No age limit: whether you are turning eight or eighty, the lobster is yours.

Claim it, crack in

Your server points you to the quick claim, about a minute on your phone, and the kitchen gets to work. Bib optional, strongly recommended.

Worth reading before you blow out the candles

The fine print.

The actual day

Your birthday means your birthday. The date on your ID has to be today's date. The day before does not count. The day after does not count. The weekend after definitely does not count.

Valid ID required

Any government-issued ID with your date of birth: license, passport, the works. No ID, no lobster.

No age limit

First birthday or hundred-and-first, every year deserves a lobster.

Dine-in only

The lobster is eaten here, at a table or at the bar, lunch or dinner, all day. No takeout, no delivery. Come hungry.

A birthday table spread at the Shack

The claim happens at your table

No form ahead of time, nothing to print. Tell your server or bartender, show your ID, and the kitchen takes it from there. One lobster per birthday.

One day a year

Birthdays are better at the Shack.

The lobster is on us. That day only. Bring the whole crew and make a night of it.