Gina Longbottom

Career Since 2007, Gina Longbottom has owned Five Islands Lobster Co in Georgetown, Maine, where ownership means working with the tides, the season, and the demands of keeping a shoreline restaurant operating year after year. After her husband and business partner Keith died, she kept the business moving, maintaining continuity while also scaling back hours to make space for her health, her children, and her staff. That kind of stewardship requires discipline more than drama, and Longbottom’s record reads that way.

Signature

At Five Islands Lobster Co, freshness is handled as routine rather than rhetoric. Seafood chowder, onion rings, and sauces are made in-house, which gives the menu the direct, from-the-kitchen quality regulars and first-time diners are looking for. The work is plainspoken: food served without excess, but with close attention to ingredients and place. Longbottom describes the seafood in relation to the coast around it, saying, "The cold and clean waters add great flavor to the lobster and other seafood." The point is not embellishment; it is that Maine’s water, catch, and setting all shape what lands on the plate.

In Their Words “We take a lot of pride in serving up fresh, delicious lobster rolls, so we are honored that so many people enjoy them!” “Nothing beats eating our lobster roll in one of the most beautiful places in Maine!”

Acclaim

The lobster roll sits at the center of how Longbottom talks about the restaurant’s draw, and her own words keep the emphasis on consistency and place. "We take a lot of pride in serving up fresh, delicious lobster rolls, so we are honored that so many people enjoy them!" she says, a line that ties customer response to the daily work behind it. She adds, "Nothing beats eating our lobster roll in one of the most beautiful places in Maine!" Taken together, the quotes describe a business built on a familiar formula done well: fresh food, a clear setting, and the kind of repeat appeal that comes from both.