Tonight was our last opportunity to eat dinner in Bar Harbor during this trip. We have had wonderful dinners the last two nights in restaurants that we picked just walking down the street. Tonight I decided to do some research on the internet. I did a search for bar harbor and best lobster. I came up with some interesting results. One place that popped up was named Stewman’s Lobster Pound. It sounded really interesting. But I found another page that had customer reviews of different Bar Harbor restaurants. The most popular was Geddy’s Pub where we ate last night, and loved. It got 4.5 out of 5 stars. The second most popular was West Street Cafe and Grill. It got 5 out of 5 stars. Wow. Stewman’s was a little ways down the list. We decided to try West Street Cafe.
We showed up just after 6pm missing the early bird specials. Oh well. We were quickly seated at a table, but offered a booth when one opened up. We took the booth. I thought the seats were uncomfortable, but my wife said they were okay. We ordered a couple Old Soaker Root Beers. They are brew locally. They taste like A&W but more expensive. I ordered the Downeast Special which comes with a cup of New England clam chowder, a Maine lobster, French fries, cole slaw and a slice of blueberry pie. I asked a they substituted some sautéed vegetable medley for the cole slaw. My wife ordered the Baked Stuffed Shrimp which are large shrimp packed a seafood stuffing and baked. It also came with a potato side, and cole slaw or vegetables. My wife chose the fries, and cole slaw. She also ordered a cup of clam chowder for herself.
The clam chowder came out first. It was okay, but not as good as what we had at Geddy’s. It was on par with what we had at the Fish House Grill on Monday night.
Then they brought out our entrees. The lobster was a little smaller than what I had at Fish House Grill. I broke into the tail first. The meat was also a little tough. Then noticed I didn’t get any lobster tools (bib, crackers, etc). I asked the waitress, and she apologized, and brought some out for me. The fries were just okay. The sautéed vegetables were good.
My wife liked the baked stuffed shrimp. I tried them, and they were good.
After eating my lobster, I headed to the restroom to wash my hands. The cold water didn’t work. The hot water came out fine, but when you turned on the cold water, it just dribbled. So I washed my hands in hot water, which fortunately wasn’t too hot! I mentioned this to the waitress, but she was unaware of this, and would report it.
Then she brought out the blueberry pie with ice cream. I am not a huge blueberry fan, but my wife likes them. I sampled the pie, and it was okay. My wife liked the blueberries, but didn’t like the crust. The pie was left unfinished.
The total cost for the meal was higher than either of the other two places we ate at. And of the three, this was my least favorite. I would not eat here again. My recommendation is to skip this place, and go to Geddy’s Pub and Grill. There are probably some other great places in town also, but we only had three nights in town.
West Street Cafe & Grill is located at 76 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME. (207) 288-5242
When we first checked into our campground on Mt Desert Island, we asked about good local restaurants. The two women working at the KOA were new to the area, but said they had eaten at a place called Mainely Meat BBQ at the Atlantic Brewing Company. They said it was good, but warned us, they didn’t have seafood at all. We put on our list of places to try. But being on the Atlantic coast, near Bar Harbor, we wanted to try a lot of seafood places. So we have eaten seafood for the last couple nights. But I thought in our running around today, maybe we would try them for lunch, and that’s what we did.
We had a map showing where it was, but we missed it when we went by the first time. We expected some large signs or something. But there are some subtle little signs they say “Knox Road BBQ”, and they direct you to the Atlantic Brewery. Unless you know that Mainely Meat BBQ is at the Atlantic Brewing Company, or is on Knox Road (the ad simply said just off route 3). They have a parking lot around back.
The place smells mouth-watering great. There are only three tables inside, and a small handful outside. We sat inside, and the girl brought us menus. They had a bunch of different barbeque’d meats. We chose to get a sampler, and split it between us. The sampler came with sausage, a small chicken thigh and leg, pulled pork, and 3 small ribs all cooked and full of smoky taste. It also came with potato salad, cole slaw, and baked beans. There were bottles of sweet and spicy barbeque sauce on the table.
The baked beans were cooked with jalapeno peppers, and were very spicy. They were good if I could avoid the peppers.
The meats were all very good, but you want to make sure you get some the barbeque sauce on them, as they seemed to be cooked without any.
While not the BBQ place I have ever eaten (Dreamland BBQ in Tuscaloosa, AL), it was still very good, basic BBQ.
I am not a beer drinker, but Atlantic Brewing Company is a micro-brewery. The have tastings and tours. The tours started at 2, and we didn’t want to wait around. I am also not a beer drinker. But I did try their Root Beer, and it was very good. It reminded me of A&W.
Mainely Meat BBQ is located at 15 Knox Road, Bar Harbor, ME (about 10 minutes from downtown Bar Harbor). (207) 288-9200.
Last night we ate a lobster dinner in Bar Harbor down by the water. It was very good. Tonight after window shopping around Bar Harbor, we went in search of a different place. We love lobster, but wanted to try something else, but still stick with seafood.
We found a few places that looked interesting. We chose a place called Geddy’s Pub Restaurant. The sign said “Meet me at Geddy’s” And claims to be where locals meet.
We went inside, and were quickly seated. The inside is decorated with old signs, and license plates. The bathroom doors are marked “Inboards” and “Outboards”. You might need to point the kids to the correct bathroom. I had 4 TVs in view that I could watch, all tuned to different stations, with the volume down, but the closed captioning on.
The menu listed something similar to what we have last night called the Island Special. It comes with a bowl of clam chowder, steamed lobster (1 – 1 1/4 pounds), melted butter, fries, and blueberry pie. This seems to be a local standard at many of the restaurants. But we wanted something different tonight. We started off with a couple bowls of Clam Chowder. It was excellent among the best I have ever had.
We our main course, I ordered the Baked Scallop Bearnaise (scallops & mushrooms baked in bearnaise sauce), and my wife ordered the Lazy Lobsta (lobster meat topped with breadcrumbs, shallots and butter). We had choices for the sides, and each chose the Caesar salad. The Caesar salad was just okay (mind you, we have been spoiled by very good Caesar salads). It needed more bite. I thought the baked scallops were great, though not quite as good as the ones I had in New Hampshire. My thought they needed more garlic. My wife’s Lazy Lobsta was also very good.
For dessert we split a Brownie Sundae. It was a large glass with a big hunk of brownie in the bottom, and covered with ice cream, and whipped topping.
Before our meal was brought, our waitress took our picture, and said it will be on the website in a couple weeks for us to download. The service was great, people friendly, the food excellent. I recommend this place highly if you are coming to Bar Harbor, Maine!
Geddy’s is located at 19 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609. (207) 288-5077.
After getting our tent set up, we headed off to Bar Harbor to find some food. Both my wife and I were excited to have some lobster! We found a space along the street and parked our car. We went for a leisurely stroll down towards the water. We found the restaurant that we ate at twelve years ago. It was named Quarterdeck. We looked inside, but there were not customers. I saw some wait staff, be weren’t sure if they were open. If they were open, no customers is not usually a good sign.
There was another restaurant down by the water. We headed down to take a closer look. They had a sign out listing the specials, and they sounded really good. The restaurant was named The Fish House Grill. We decided to try them.
We went into the building and down the stairs to the entrance. After a bit, a girl came out and seated us. There were lots of customers here. The menu had lots of seafood choices. My wife and I both chose the “Downeast Lobster Bake” which came with a cup of New England clam chowder, 1 ¼ lb steamed lobster, drawn butter, corn on the cob, and choice of potato. We both chose garlic mashed potatoes for the side.
After bit, he brought out everything except the clam chowder. When we asked, he brought us the clam chowder. He really should have brought it out before the rest of the meal since as we were eating the chowder, everything else was cooling off.
The clam chowder was good. We have had better, and we have had worse. The lobster was excellent! I loved the garlic mashed potatoes. The corn on the cob was okay. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was to have had the clam chowder before the rest of the meal.
The Fish House Grill is located at 1 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME. (207) 288-3070.
We were staying at the KOA campground in Twin Mountain, NH and wanted to find something to eat. When traveling, we try to eat at local restaurants, and avoid chains, and places that we can eat at back home. We asked the people at the KOA where to find a good restaurant. The first place they mentioned was Angelica’s, and then they went on to list a bunch more. I thought he said that Angelica’s was only 4 minutes away. It turned out to be about 8 miles away. We decided to try them. We were the only customers at first, though another group showed up a little after we did.
The menu is primarily seafood. Another thing my wife and I do is try to order different things. She ordered the fish and chips. I wasn’t sure what to order, so I asked the waitress what she recommended. She said that Scallops Sinclair is the most ordered dish. So I ordered the Scallops Sinclair. I got a salad with mine, and got a choice of potato. I ordered the fries. The salad was small and simple but good. Then came the real food. The scallops were delicious! I am not even sure I have ever had scallops before. But they were excellent. My wife’s fish and chips were excellent. The fish was cooked perfectly!
We don’t usually eat dessert, but I was eager to see what they had. The choices were carrot cake, apple pie, and something called chocolate tornado, I asked the waitress, and she rattled off all the chocolate it had in it. It was a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and chocolate syrup, and some other chocolate, served with whip cream. We ordered one to split between the two of us. This thing was decadent! It is very rich, and is a chocolate lover’s dream! If you like chocolate, you gotta come here just for that (not sure how often they have it).
But as a seafood restaurant, they are excellent. And the prices were reasonable especially when compared to some of the other local restaurants.
Angelica’s is located at 2085 Main, Bethlehem, NH 03574. (603) 869-5420