After more than a year of adapting and adjusting, Maine’s restaurant scene is as dynamic as ever. As the summer ramps up, here are 20 spots — classic to contemporary, classy to casual — where we can’t wait to grab a table (or a take-out feast).
Food & Drink
Learn more about Maine’s oldest native crop.
In Down East Maine, native blueberries have sustained families for generations.
A bushel full of ideas from Wyman’s to bring a taste of Maine to your table.
The plant-based ice cream shop serves up Wonka-esque flavors.
Brunswick’s Senza Scarpe makes heavenly handpies and fluffy focaccias.
This barbecue open house is not your average pig roast.
From York to Presque Isle, truck stops to white-tablecloth brasseries, chefs are whipping up creative dishes featuring Maine’s official state fruit.
The new Bangor restaurant serves up sublime Mediterranean dishes.
At a fraction of the size of their highbush cousins, wild blueberries are completely different from cultivated varieties.
Belfast’s wienermobile serves up hot dogs a dizzying number of ways.
Of all the gin joints, this might be the only one with its own juniper farm.