“Seafood, New-England style,” at The Maine Course restaurant, is getting a hearty reception on Long Beach Island. Features like the succulent lobster rolls piled high are speaking for themselves when customers find the new eatery in North Beach Haven.

In its first weekend, a hundred patrons took out meals each day of Friday, Saturday and Sunday inlate April, well before the real season starts.

In the down times, co-owner Cheryl Palermo got out and met the neighbors. She took the food “to the people” with trays of soup samples. That’s a snapshot of the friendly way they run the business – they’ve already pledged to enter Chowderfest and take part in LBIFest and the first-ever…