Guidebook for Blue Hill
Dining
The best fine dining in Blue Hill – excellent food and service in a refined, traditional New England cape house.
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Arborvine
33 Tenney HillThe best fine dining in Blue Hill – excellent food and service in a refined, traditional New England cape house.
Award-winning Mexican cuisine on the coast of Maine? Yes! I would suggest you lunch early as they do fill up!
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EL EL FRIJOLES, Mexican Food
41 Caterpillar Hill RdAward-winning Mexican cuisine on the coast of Maine? Yes! I would suggest you lunch early as they do fill up!
The Harbor House
27 Water StGreat breakfast and lunch to eat in or take out.
The Pub (enter from the rear garden) has an old-private-club feel but the staff make you feel like an instant member. The food & drinks are great too.
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The Brooklin Inn
22 Reach RdThe Pub (enter from the rear garden) has an old-private-club feel but the staff make you feel like an instant member. The food & drinks are great too.
Reliably great food & atmosphere in an impressive shingle-style manor house.
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Barncastle Hotel + Restaurant
125 South StReliably great food & atmosphere in an impressive shingle-style manor house.
By day, it's a delicious & charming lunch spot with great views over the whole waterfront.
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The Wharf Restaurant & Bar
15 Sea StBy day, it's a delicious & charming lunch spot with great views over the whole waterfront.
Fish Net
162 Main StClassic Maine coast fare, authentic & local.
There's almost always a line to get in but it does move along – try to arrive just before 11:30 to be toward the front if you want an outside table. Walk to or around the pond after lunch!
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Jordan Pond House Restaurant
2928 Park Loop RdThere's almost always a line to get in but it does move along – try to arrive just before 11:30 to be toward the front if you want an outside table. Walk to or around the pond after lunch!
Incredible ingredients, location & service lead by Chef Devin Finigan, whose fine dining menu reflects the seasonal flavors of the coastal region and her own creative culinary palate.
www.aragostamaine.com
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Aragosta at Goose Cove
300 Goose Cove RdIncredible ingredients, location & service lead by Chef Devin Finigan, whose fine dining menu reflects the seasonal flavors of the coastal region and her own creative culinary palate.
www.aragostamaine.com
My favorite casual bistro in Blue Hill, with unique space, gracious service and delicious dining.
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The Thurston Co.
66 Main StMy favorite casual bistro in Blue Hill, with unique space, gracious service and delicious dining.
Great pub food, including fish & chips, burgers, curries, and a good array of local craft brews.
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DeepWater Brewing Company
33 Tenney HillGreat pub food, including fish & chips, burgers, curries, and a good array of local craft brews.
PROVENDER KITCHEN + BAR
112 Main StBeautiful space, great menu & service
Really interesting and delicious array of craft brews In a converted factory — and the food truck in the courtyard is fantastic too!
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Fogtown Brewing Company
25 Pine StReally interesting and delicious array of craft brews In a converted factory — and the food truck in the courtyard is fantastic too!
Incredible menu and service are bringing people into this tiny and charming village for dinner — if you go early, don’t miss the lighthouse and bell tower overlooking Penobscot Bay, in nearby Fort Point State Park.
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T H E H I C H B O R N
10 Church StIncredible menu and service are bringing people into this tiny and charming village for dinner — if you go early, don’t miss the lighthouse and bell tower overlooking Penobscot Bay, in nearby Fort Point State Park.
Essentials
The finest produce and delicious breakfast & lunch cafe as well.
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Blue Hill Co-op Community Market
70 South StThe finest produce and delicious breakfast & lunch cafe as well.
Traditional supermarket peppered with produce from local purveyors.
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Tradewinds Marketplace
15 South StTraditional supermarket peppered with produce from local purveyors.
The place to pick up one of their house-made specialty sandwiches, chowders or breads before heading out on a day sail or hike.
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Buck's Harbor Market
6 Cornfield Hill RdThe place to pick up one of their house-made specialty sandwiches, chowders or breads before heading out on a day sail or hike.
Rite Aid
17 South StSometimes someone need a pill. Or sunscreen.
Shops
Knowledgable staff, amazing collection of wines & local beers, as well as the best local cheeses, coffee & charcuterie.
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The Blue Hill Wine Shop
138 Main StKnowledgable staff, amazing collection of wines & local beers, as well as the best local cheeses, coffee & charcuterie.
MAE llc
49 Main StSophisticated home goods & ladies wear.
Not a more curious or fascinating little shop around, with an affable proprietor.
Marlinespike Chandlery
58 W Main StNot a more curious or fascinating little shop around, with an affable proprietor.
Dockside Books & Gifts
62 W Main StGreat collection for summer reading.
Rackliffe Pottery
132 Ellsworth RdArtfully hand-crafted collection.
Classic old general store with simple provisions.
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Brooklin General Store
4 Reach RdClassic old general store with simple provisions.
THREE WISHES
28 Water StWell-curated home goods, woven goods, and jewlery.
Everything Else
Rite Aid
17 South StEveryone needs a pharmacy at some point on vacation, right?
Sailing lessons for young or young-at-heart, in a beautiful stone building overlooking inner Blue Hill Harbor.
Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club
44 Kyc LnSailing lessons for young or young-at-heart, in a beautiful stone building overlooking inner Blue Hill Harbor.
Arts & Culture
Storied art school in a truly stunning location – any art or architecture buff should explore this intriguing place.
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
89 Haystack School DrStoried art school in a truly stunning location – any art or architecture buff should explore this intriguing place.
Opera House Arts
1 School StMovies, concerts and, yes, operas!
Stunning classic & modern paintings & sculptures, knowledgeable gallerists.
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Liros Gallery
14 Parker Point RdStunning classic & modern paintings & sculptures, knowledgeable gallerists.
Well-curated collection of contemporary fine artists from near & far, in a large converted barn.
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Cynthia Winings Gallery
24 Parker Point RdWell-curated collection of contemporary fine artists from near & far, in a large converted barn.
Modern & contemporary art gallery & sculpture park.
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Courthouse Gallery Fine Art
6 Court StModern & contemporary art gallery & sculpture park.
Movies & Metropolitan Opera simulcasts in a meticulously restored art-deco bijou.
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The Grand
165 Main StMovies & Metropolitan Opera simulcasts in a meticulously restored art-deco bijou.
Drinks & Nightlife
Indoor-outdoor restaurant-bar generally filled with a great mix of locals & visitors.
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The Boatyard Grill
13 E Blue Hill RdIndoor-outdoor restaurant-bar generally filled with a great mix of locals & visitors.
Marlintini's Grill
83 Mines RdThe good kind of dive bar / fisherman's pub.
Sightseeing
Take one of their renown boat-building classes, tour the publications center, browse their store, or walk down to the boathouse and to their 200' dock – the place is stunning, the staff are brilliant.
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Wooden Boat School
41 WoodenBoat LnTake one of their renown boat-building classes, tour the publications center, browse their store, or walk down to the boathouse and to their 200' dock – the place is stunning, the staff are brilliant.
Hiking trails among blueberry barrens atop one of the highest points on the peninsula, with views across Penobscot Bay.
Caterpillar Mountain
Hiking trails among blueberry barrens atop one of the highest points on the peninsula, with views across Penobscot Bay.
Highly recommend a day-sail charter – ask for Captain Scott Mills.
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Buck's Harbor Marina
684 Coastal RdHighly recommend a day-sail charter – ask for Captain Scott Mills.
It's the coast of Maine, you may want to see a working lighthouse.
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Dyce Head Lighthouse
It's the coast of Maine, you may want to see a working lighthouse.
One of the oldest continuously operating boatbuilding outfits in America. Highly regarded crafts-men & -women.
Brooklin Boat Yard
44 Center Harbor RdOne of the oldest continuously operating boatbuilding outfits in America. Highly regarded crafts-men & -women.
Drive to the Lookout and make your way all the way out into the Flye Point field. Stunning. Classic Maine coast.
The Lookout
455 Flye Point RdDrive to the Lookout and make your way all the way out into the Flye Point field. Stunning. Classic Maine coast.
This "reversing falls" goes in or out with the tides – popular spot for kayakers & surfers alike. About an hour past the listed high-tide time, the waters come to a stunning stand-still, every day!
Blue Hill Falls
This "reversing falls" goes in or out with the tides – popular spot for kayakers & surfers alike. About an hour past the listed high-tide time, the waters come to a stunning stand-still, every day!
Two trails offer hikes over fields & thru well-managed woods to the massive-rock summit overlooking south-facing views of the peninsula & nearby archipelagos.
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Blue Hill Mountain Trail
Blue Hill Mountain TrailTwo trails offer hikes over fields & thru well-managed woods to the massive-rock summit overlooking south-facing views of the peninsula & nearby archipelagos.
The traditional country fair, every year on Labor Day week, is a setting in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, written just down the road at his Brooklin estate.
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Blue Hill Fairgrounds
233 Ellsworth RdThe traditional country fair, every year on Labor Day week, is a setting in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, written just down the road at his Brooklin estate.
The Downton Abbey of Hancock County, now a house museum & park.
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Woodlawn Museum
19 Black House DrThe Downton Abbey of Hancock County, now a house museum & park.
Take an elevator to the 400'-high observatory at the top of the west tower!
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Penobscot Narrows Bridge
U.S. 1Take an elevator to the 400'-high observatory at the top of the west tower!
Nothing quite like a 300-year old granite fort built to defend against the French, then the British, then the Germans –
Fort Knox Road
Fort Knox RoadNothing quite like a 300-year old granite fort built to defend against the French, then the British, then the Germans –
You can disembark here to hike this remote part of Acadia National Park, or stay on the boat for a round-trip & pay just half-fare. Ferry leaves from Stonington.
Duck Harbor Campground
You can disembark here to hike this remote part of Acadia National Park, or stay on the boat for a round-trip & pay just half-fare. Ferry leaves from Stonington.
No other beach quite like this one on the East Coast, nestled between massive rock outcroppings.
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Sand Beach
No other beach quite like this one on the East Coast, nestled between massive rock outcroppings.
Relatively light hike, incredible flora & views over open Atlantic waters.
Great Head Trail (Acadia National Park)
Great Head Trail (Acadia National Park)Relatively light hike, incredible flora & views over open Atlantic waters.
Great place to picnic, watch sailboats ply the Eggemoggin Reach, and look back at the big Deer Isle Bridge.
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Scott's Landing Preserve
704 N Deer Isle RdGreat place to picnic, watch sailboats ply the Eggemoggin Reach, and look back at the big Deer Isle Bridge.
• Lighthouse Tours
• Seal Island Puffin Tours
• Lobster Fishing Tours
• Ferries Isle Au Haut, the most remote island of Acadia National Park
We enjoy bringing a picnic lunch on a simple round trip ride back and forth to Isle au Haut on the ferry – you don't even have to get off the boat to enjoy the stunning views of the archipelago between Deer Isle and Isle au Haut. The quietude. The vistas. The salt air. The birds. Just ... that.
http://isleauhautferryservice.com/
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Isle au Haut Boat Services
37 Seabreeze Ave• Lighthouse Tours
• Seal Island Puffin Tours
• Lobster Fishing Tours
• Ferries Isle Au Haut, the most remote island of Acadia National Park
We enjoy bringing a picnic lunch on a simple round trip ride back and forth to Isle au Haut on the ferry – you don't even have to get off the boat to enjoy the stunning views of the archipelago between Deer Isle and Isle au Haut. The quietude. The vistas. The salt air. The birds. Just ... that.
http://isleauhautferryservice.com/