In 1925, our Grandfather, James Hook and his three sons, Edward, James and Alfred, began trucking their daily lobster catch from Maine and Canada down to the fish piers located on Boston's waterfront. Each day, the lobsters were sold by the Hook Family directly to the owners of Boston's finest restaurants. As the desire for lobsters increased, restaurants throughout the entire New England area were coming to Boston to purchase the fresh lobsters from the Hook Family, located at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Northern Avenue. From this picturesque location, James Hook & Co. began to provide the direct service and distribution of lobsters to restaurants and wholesale distributors around the country; today we ship over 50,000 pounds of lobster each day!

James Hook & Co. is still a family business managed by four siblings of the third generation of the Hook Family. Certainly many things have changed since 1925, but one thing that hasn't changed is our commitment and dedication to bringing quality lobster and seafood products to both the wholesale and retail markets. The next time you visit Boston's historic waterfront, we hope you'll stop by our retail showroom for a visit and a chance to experience another one of Boston's treasures...James Hook & Co.

Walk up 294 steps to get to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument in Monument Square. The view of Boston and Cambridge from the top is well worth the trip.

The New England Holocaust Memorial was built to foster memory of and reflection on one of the great tragedies of our time, the Holocaust (Shoah). The effort was begun by a group of survivors of Nazi concentration camps who have found new homes and new lives in the Boston area. Dedicated in October, 1995, over 3000 individuals and organizations from across the community joined in sponsoring the project.

The Freedom Trail location, in downtown Boston, is near Faneuil Hall and many other treasures of America's history. The site offers a unique opportunity for reflection on the meaning of freedom and oppression and on the importance of a society's respect for human rights.

The Old South Meeting House was built by Puritans as a church in 1729. On December 16, 1773 more than 5,000 colonists spawned the idea for the Boston Tea Party. During that operation, patriots, loosely disguised as Native Americans snuck aboard English ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.Today, the plain brick and wooden structure is a museum with rare historical artifacts and interactive presentations such as audio reproductions of some of the famous speeches delivered here.

Many famous books were published here, including The Scarlet Letter, Walden, and the Atlantic Monthly magazine.

The Bookstore was built in 1712 as an apothecary shop, office and home of Thomas Crease. The outspoken Anne Hutchinson, who was exiled from the Bay State, owned the store before it was given to Timothy Harrington who turned it into a bookstore. 

The Old Corner Bookstore is one of Boston's oldest surviving structures. Today, the building is occupied by a jewelry store.

The bronze statue in front of Boston’s Old City Hall honors Benjamin Franklin who may be Philadelphia’s most famous resident, but is Boston born and bred.