Allen Berube This is Me

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1. 1. Northoftampa: Developer seeks 168 homes for Lake Merrywater

   www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2004 - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/24/2004   Last Visited: 4/25/2004

   NORTHDALE: Allen Berube, the owner of Monstah Lobstah, plans to offer a full bar at his 150-seat seafood restaurant under construction on N Dale Mabry Highway. But first he needs a special liquor permit because the 4,000-square-foot facility south of Northdale Boulevard is within 150 feet of condominiums. That's too close, according to county codes.

2. 2. They're Hired, They Hope - from TBO.com

   news.tbo.com/news/MGBTV4LC35E. - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/12/2005   Last Visited: 2/12/2005

   TAMPA - Allen Berube brought lobster rolls.
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   Also in line were numerous entrepreneurs: Berube, 29, owner of the Monstah Lobstah restaurants in Tampa; Schalk, 46, who launched the south Tampa candy company Toffee To Go; and Myers, 30, a Clearwater woman who designs handbags, brought samples of their wares to impress the talent scouts.

3. 3. Northoftampa: Lobstah lovahs rejoice

   www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2004 - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/25/2004   Last Visited: 3/26/2004

   But Allen Berube, owner of Original Carrollwood's Monstah Lobstah on N Dale Mabry Highway, hopes to change that.
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   "No one does New England like I do it," Berube said.
   
   As with the other two, the new restaurant next to the Don Pan bakery will also serve steamer clams, a cuisine many Southerners are not familiar with.
   
   "Some people don't even know what steamers are," Berube said of the soft-shelled clams found on the North American East Coast. "But there's usually a person in the group that's from New England to show them" how to eat them.
   
   It's simple, Berube explains. "Shuck it out of the shell, pull the neck back, hit it in the butter and drop it down.".
   
   He hopes to expand the menu, adding steaks and a kids menu. "I don't want to get too extravagant because I think if you start going off of what you do (well), you really screw things up," Berube said.
   
   Berube said his seafood house will have a fun atmosphere, with large lobster tanks, indoor lighthouse and flat-panel televisions. He's now waiting on liquor permits and hopes to have outdoor seating.
   
   He plans to close the Carrollwood take-out store when the Northdale location opens this spring or summer.
   
   "I never expected to go further than 500 square feet in Carrollwood ... and now we're going to 4,000 square feet," he said. "We're adding on every time.