As I’m guessing is the case for most Mainers, I’d never been tempted by those signs with a line of lobster rolls that have been popping up in front of Irving stations in recent summers, advertising its Claw Club, a membership to which earns you a free lobster roll after you buy five.

Getting a lobster roll at a gas station convenience store, especially a chain, just seemed wrong, and the idea of anyone eating six of them in a lifetime made it even more unappealing for some reason.

But when I finally saw them inside the Irving’s Rusty Lantern Market, I had to admit, they didn’t look bad — fresh and chock full of meat that made it seem worthy of the $19.99 price tag (or $16.66 each, if you buy six). It made me wonder, if it’s in Maine, right by the source of the same lobster that’s served

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