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steak, chicken. No alcoholic beverages. Open seven days in summer, five
days a week in winter. Inexpensive to moderate.
367-2274.
Winter Harbor
Chase's Restaurant
, Main Street, Winter Harbor 04693. A favorite
with local residents, Chase's features good Down East food and real home
cooking. It is open every day except Christmas for breakfast, lunch and
dinner. Lobster, chowders, diner fare. Great deal on fish and chips.
Lunches packed to go. Inexpensive to moderate.
963-7171.
Brew Pubs/Microbreweries
If Jed Clampet and the rest of the Beverly Hillbillies were
microbrew aficionados they would have loaded up the truck and
headed east to Bar Harbor. In recent years this picturesque
town by the sea, surrounded on the land side by the mountains and trails
of Acadia National Park, has seen a boom in microbreweries and pubs.
Even more are in the planning stages.
Bar Harbor
Atlantic Brewing Company/Lompoc Café and Brewpub
, 30 Rodick
Street. A wide variety of beers are available, including Bar Harbor Real
Ale, Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale, Ginger Wheat Ale, Coal Porter, Lompoc's
Pale Ale and seasonals. The menu focuses on, of course, Maine seafood as
well as Mediterranean entrées and vegetarian dishes. After hours the
pub, with its outdoor bocce court, is a favorite hangout for a varied cast
ranging from local hippie capitalists to students from the nearby College
of the Atlantic. Tours daily at 4 pm. Gift shop open daily in season.
288-
9513.
Bar Harbor Brewing Company
, Route 3, Otter Creek. This firm's Ca-
dillac Mountain Stout won a Platinum award in 1996 from the Beverage
Tasting Institute. They are also well known for Thunder Hole Ale, named
for a feature in Acadia National Park, as well as Harbor Lighthouse Ale
and in season Bar Harbor Peach Ale and Ginger Mild Ale. Call ahead for
tour times.
288-4592.
Maine Coast Brewing Company and Taproom
, 21A Cottage Street.
The small place that is big on beer. Brews include Bar Harbor Gold, Great
Head Ale, named for a prominent headland in Acadia, Redneck Ale, Eden
Porter and Sweet Waters Stout. Many seasonals. Tours daily; call for
times. Gift shop in pub.
288-4914.
Jack Russell's Brewpub and Beer Garden
, 102 Eden Street. Sea-
sonal restaurant and outdoor dining on the lawn featuring Maine Coast
