25-03-2025
What to know about Cousins Maine Lobster food truck ahead of its Wausau stop next week
WAUSAU − Maine lobster from a company featured on Shark Tank will be parking its food truck in Wausau next week.
Cousins Maine Lobster will serve a lobster menu from its Chicago-based food truck from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 2 at Fleet Farm, 1811 Badger Ave.
In January, a Daily Herald reporter connected with Mohammed Yunus Shahul and Mohammed Thameem Shahul, who have been part of Cousins Maine Lobster for seven years and own multiple franchises, including the Chicago market since February 2024.
They said they saw a great opportunity to introduce fresh and sustainable lobster dishes to Chicago. When it comes to choosing cities to visit with the food truck, they look at market demand, the local food culture and community engagement. They said their goal is to bring authentic Maine flavors to smaller towns in Wisconsin, ensuring the smaller communities have the opportunity to enjoy fresh lobster.
Here's what you should know about Cousins Maine Lobster before checking it out next week.
If you're looking for lobster rolls, Cousins Maine Lobster has two different options. A Maine lobster roll is served chilled with a touch of mayonnaise on a New England roll. The Connecticut lobster roll is served warm with butter and lemon, also on a New England roll. Both options are $25.
In the mood for soup? The truck offers a New England clam chowder or a lobster bisque, both for $8 a cup or $11 for a bowl.
Need something for the kids? A kids meal offers grilled cheese and a cheese quesadilla, both served with tater tots, each for $11.
The truck also offers a variety of lobster-filled specialties. A lobster grilled cheese includes lobster, pepper jack and cheddar cheese on Texas-style toast for $21. Lobster tots include a bed of tater tots with warmed lobster, cilantro-lime sauce and pico de gallo for $22. Lobster tacos include three tacos with lobster, cabbage, pico de gallo and cilantro-lime sauce on flour tortillas for $22. Shrimp tacos switch out the lobster for North Atlantic shrimp for $17. Both taco options allow customers to swap out the flour tortillas for corn tortillas.
A lobster tail & tots includes a 4-5-ounce lobster tail in its shell, served with butter and a side of tater tots for $21.50. The lobster quesadilla includes lobster, shredded cheese, pico de gallo and cilantro-lime sauce on a flour tortilla.
You can also make your meal a combo with one of three options. One adds chips and a drink for $5 extra, another adds tater tots and a drink for $7 extra, and the third adds a Whoopie pie and a drink for $7 extra.
If you just want to add extra sides without a combo, the truck offers tater tots for $6, a Whoopie pie for $6, Cape Cod chips for $4, a Maine root soda for $4, a canned soda for $3, bottled water for $3, and any orders with extra meat are $8 extra.
If you're looking for lobster to make your own rolls at home, you can order the At-Home Lobster Roll Kit. A one-pound option is $130, and the two-pound option is $240. The kit comes with lobster meat, New England rolls, butter, mayo and lemons.
The menu and prices listed were posted on the company's Facebook page Feb. 28.
Guests can order right at the truck or find the Cousins Maine Lobster mobile app, set the location to Chicago and order online starting at 11 a.m. April 2. The truck accepts all major debit and credit cards, as well as contactless payment. The truck does not accept cash payments.
Cousins Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis founded Cousins Maine Lobster in 2012. According to the company's website, they grew up in Portland, Maine, and wanted to bring their family tradition of boiling lobster in huge pots in the backyard to the rest of the country.
The two founders launched the company with the first food truck in April 2012. In October of that year, they appeared on Shark Tank, pitching their business. Barbara Corcoran invested in the company, and the cousins have since franchised and grown the business to include brick-and-mortar restaurants, food trucks and food halls in 26 states and the District of Columbia.
The Chicago franchise has its food truck stopping at various locations throughout Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri. For more information, visit or find Cousins Maine Lobster (Chicago, IL) on Facebook.
Contact Caitlin at cshuda@ or follow her on Twitter @CaitlinShuda.
This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: Cousins Maine Lobster food truck will stop in Wausau April 2
