If you're in the vicinity of Ellsworth, ME, and looking for a great Downeast Maine dinner in a spectacular location, try the lobster pound at Tidal Falls. Yesterday I struck up a conservation with Cindy and Jeff at Gerrish's cafe. We got to talking about places to get good seafood nearby -- Jeff has been coming to this part of Maine for nearly fifty years -- and at one point they suggested we try a funky little place just this side of Ellsworth, the Tidal Falls restaurant.
Well, in fact it's a typical Maine lobster shack -- one window to place the order and another window for pickup -- serving up lobster dinners with corn on the cob, fried clams, various sandwiches -- they've even added a huge smoker so there's plenty of pulled pork and chicken sandwiches as well. If the cole slaw was so-so the French fries were scrumptious, and the baked beans were baked almost black with molasses. Just like you might find at a huge family reunion held at some local park in mid-July when all the aunts (and some of the uncles) bring their best home-cooked foods, giving rise to the idea in some minds that some people just shouldn't be cooking. . . .
It is indeed just that sort of down home, Downeast experience that I think drives so many folks here in the first place.
You can sit inside the mosquito-proof little outbuilding or there are plenty of picnic tables dotted along the edge of the river. We opted to be indoors -- the fog was in and the mosquitos were out. It was wonderful sitting there eating our sandwiches (two pulled pork and one pulled chicken) watching the falls slip by, watching the harbor seals playing nearby.
Located abouot eight miles east of Ellsworth and about a mile off Route 1 -- just follow the signs for Tidal Falls -- the lobster poind is today owned and operated by the Frenchman Bay Conservancy so all the profits benefit land conservation. Cool, eh?
Prices are good too. Our sandwiches were eight bucks each, thirteen is you spring for the dinner, which includes corn bread, beans, cole slaw.
Oh and BYOB!
Thanks Cindy and Jeff!
Well, in fact it's a typical Maine lobster shack -- one window to place the order and another window for pickup -- serving up lobster dinners with corn on the cob, fried clams, various sandwiches -- they've even added a huge smoker so there's plenty of pulled pork and chicken sandwiches as well. If the cole slaw was so-so the French fries were scrumptious, and the baked beans were baked almost black with molasses. Just like you might find at a huge family reunion held at some local park in mid-July when all the aunts (and some of the uncles) bring their best home-cooked foods, giving rise to the idea in some minds that some people just shouldn't be cooking. . . .
It is indeed just that sort of down home, Downeast experience that I think drives so many folks here in the first place.
You can sit inside the mosquito-proof little outbuilding or there are plenty of picnic tables dotted along the edge of the river. We opted to be indoors -- the fog was in and the mosquitos were out. It was wonderful sitting there eating our sandwiches (two pulled pork and one pulled chicken) watching the falls slip by, watching the harbor seals playing nearby.
Located abouot eight miles east of Ellsworth and about a mile off Route 1 -- just follow the signs for Tidal Falls -- the lobster poind is today owned and operated by the Frenchman Bay Conservancy so all the profits benefit land conservation. Cool, eh?
Prices are good too. Our sandwiches were eight bucks each, thirteen is you spring for the dinner, which includes corn bread, beans, cole slaw.
Oh and BYOB!
Thanks Cindy and Jeff!
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