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Bar Harbor Inn
The hotel is home to two restaurants, the glamorous Reading Room, a former Men's Club in the Main Inn, and the more family-friendly Terrace Grill, an outdoor restaurant overlooking the schooners and anchored sailboats in the harbor. We dined on lobster rolls as the sun was setting and finished up with blueberry pie, the quintessential Maine meal.
Jordan Pond Gatehouse
A must-do at Acadia National Park is lunch at the Jordon Pond Gatehouse. Sit outside at green picnic tables overlooking the waters of Jordan Pond and a ring of craggy peaks and you quickly realize why Acadia is our only National Park in the northeast. The view is amazing. The kids loved the strawberry lemonades and the piping hot popovers, fresh out of the oven. Mom and dad like the seafood chowder and the cranberry salad topped with curried chicken. Save room for more popovers for dessert, this time topped with hot chocolate sauce and a scoop of mocha ice cream.
Beal's Lobster Pier
The best way to taste the fruit of the lobsterman's labor is at the seafood-in-the-rough Beal's in the small fishing village of Southwest Harbor (182 Clark Point Rd., 207-244-3202). Grab a picnic table overlooking the lobstermen and dig into the red crustacean, lobster rolls, and clam chowder. Toddler-friendly fare includes grilled cheese sandwiches and French fries.
Reel Pizza
Here (33 Kennebec Place; 207-288-3828), dinner and a movie occur at the same time. All you have to do is order a pizza when you enter and lights flicker on the side of the movie screen to indicate when the pie is ready to be picked up.
Cafe This Way
With an eclectic mix of overstuffed couches and chairs, every table at this restaurant (14 Mount Desert St., 207-288-4483) is different, but the food coming out of the kitchen is consistently good. Entrees include such fare as Portuguese mussels in a tomato saffron sauce with chorizo sausage and coconut-crusted tofu over basmati rice with swiss chard and broccoli.
Ben & Bill's
A short walk away, dessert is always homemade ice cream (including lobster-flavored) at Ben & Bill's (66 Main Street; 207-288-3281).
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