Dining Out

Monday, Feb. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Lunch at Brady's will be a benefit for Robbie and Kristen Campbell who lost their home to fire on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Boothbay…

The Harbor Theater's "Merchant Ivory Film Series" begins Feb. 4. Courtesy of the film studio

The popularity of our recent "Tea with Dame Maggie" series and the enjoyment the audience felt in seeing again the well-loved Merchant Ivory film "A Room with a View," prompted a new luncheon…

Listings begin Jan. 22
Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unkown" held over at Harbor Theater. Courtesy of the venue

"A Complete Unknown" - (R; 2 hours, 21 minutes) - Set in New York City during the transformative year of 1961, "A Complete Unknown" explores the meteoric rise of 19-year-old…

Treats’ Brad McCrary with savory bacon chive biscuits. Courtesy of Stacy Linehan

Driving back through town from its outskirts at Wiscasset Municipal Airport, Wiscasset Selectman William "Bill" Maloney got thinking about all the restaurants Wiscasset has on Route One and…

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. Courtesy of Kraft Heinz Company

America's most famous sausage car is traveling around Maine and coming to Boothbay Harbor.…

Geneviève Tailleux, proprietor of Marketplace Café in Wiscasset, is doing a series of benefit dinners for Alna's John Seigars, whose house burned down recently. Tailleux said she has done one…

Harvest on the Harbor's 2024 Lobster Chef of the Year
The winning Boothbay Craft Brewery Team.

That award-winning delicious bite created by Lori Mitchell/Boothbay Craft Brewery for Claw Down in June, taking both Judge's Choice and People's Choice awards, was awarded the People's Choice at…

Heald family

Come and try it, Wiscasset’s Stephen Heald said when Wiscasset Newspaper asked what he would tell readers who always knew 762 Bath Road for…

A dinner buffet

How many locals have had mititel or, in English, “meat fingers?” If you asked a week ago, probably few. However, thanks to a group of Romanian workers, many got the chance. A crowd of people came…

Pemaquid Oyster Festival past

The 21st annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to Mine Oyster Restaurant, 16 Wharf St.,  in downtown Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival features $2 oysters…

Susan Tilton Pecora
A new show opens Aug. 19 at the Damariscotta River Grill featuring seasoned artists Doug Houle, Susan Tilton Pecora and Kimberly Skillin Traina. Three distinct styles and mediums explore a…
Smuggler’s Cove Inn

Smuggler’s Cove Inn is delighted to…

Mango tacos, passion fruit cheesecake, curry noodle soup, and lemon cocktails are some of the ways 62 Midcoast eateries are incorporating the color yellow on their July menus in the second…

Wednesday, July 17

The menu at the Wiscasset Senior Center will be curried carrot soup (mild), herb rolls, salad, stuffed chicken breast, mashed potato, sauteed summer squash, gravy, rolls…

Claw Down 2024
Claw Down proved to be a big night for Boothbay Craft Breweryc winning the Chef’s Award and, here, accepting the First Place Judge’s Award. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Claw Down 2024: What a night June 13 was! Delicious lobster bites prepared by incredibly talented chefs at Bristol Marine, the perfect location for any event: water and ship views outside, and…

First chance for a SCC baked bean supper in 2024…

The best way to finish a great meal is with a fantastic dessert. In the Boothbay region, dozens of great restaurants have menus filled with  delicious choices of desserts. Here are some samples of…

Damariscotta River Grill
Sally Loughridge

A new show, “The Power of Place” opens at Damariscotta River Grill showcasing Maine through the eyes of three talented artists; Jean Kigel, Sally Loughridge and Candace Vlcek. Art is on display…

Whether it is an allergic reaction to seafood or you are just not up for consuming the bounty of Maine’s ocean catches, area restaurants do offer a wide variety of menu items that should match…

Steak sells itself, but that does not stop Midcoast restaurants from getting creative on how to serve it and what with. 

Enjoy this look at some of what you’ll find when you have steak in…

Lobster is still a star of Midcoast Maine dining, but its fellow shell-wearers also delight the palate and, like the lobster, are served in a bounty of ways.

We sought a sampling of what…

 Wednesday, April 3

Menu: Vegetable bean soup, salad, biscuits, meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, gingerbread with whipped cream. 4:30-7:30 p.m.  $10 members, $12 non-…

Where It’s At

Rochester, New York native Joel Rissinger is totally jazzed for his first season (in his favorite state of Maine) as the new head chef at Robinson’s Wharf. The famous Southport restaurant and…

Wednesday, March 20

The Wiscasset Senior Center (WSC) will be serving vegetable soup, Irish soda bread, salad, corned beef  & cabbage, carrots, potatoes, chocolate chip pie 4:30-7:30 p.…

Since the first new year merriment dating back as far as 2000 BCE in Mesopotania – now Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey and Syria – people have marked the last day of the year with celebrations. Back then,…

Wednesday, Jan. 3

The menu at the Wiscasset Senior Center will be: vegetable noodle soup, garlic bread, salad, spaghetti and meatballs with brownies a la mode with chocolate sauce.…

Potluck dinner gatherings are a staple of small town Maine, while Christmas caroling with a group may be more a thing of the past. On Wednesday, Dec. 20, the historic Opera House in Boothbay…

What’s better than a night out with…
Damariscotta River Grill
Pamela Browne
A  new show opens at Damariscotta River Grill, just in time for some holiday gift shopping! Three talented Maine women artists, Pamela Browne, Lonie Ellis and Cheryl Young will share…
Philippa Beal
A new solo show opens at Damariscotta River Grill Oct. 17,  showcasing the work of Philippa Beal. Art is on display through Dec. 3.
 
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce

Join your friends, neighbors and other area business people at the Wiscasset Chamber’s October Business After Hours, being held Thursday, Oct. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the lovely Water’s Edge…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, Sept. 30 celebrated the opening of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery on Water Street, Wiscasset with a ribbon-cutting. 

Mine Oyster hosted the 20th anniversary celebration of the Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 24, after tropical storm Lee postponed the event one week. An enormous crowd enjoyed…

Where it’s at

Thinking of eating dinner out tonight? Don’t feel like cooking? Celebrating a special occasion from a birthday or anniversary, or because it’s Wednesday, a.k.a. Anything Can Happen Day (for those…

Mother-daughter duo Carol Heaberlin and Mindy Jones, of Alna, have talked occasionally about finding a permanent home for their restaurant Y-Knot since first opening the business…

After a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sept. 24 from noon…

Carousel Music Theater (CMT) in Boothbay Harbor is hosting an original 1940s USO musical show, “Liberty Belles,” through Aug. 30. “The show was written in-house, specifically for this cast by…

Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb held its first Farmer Friday featuring Ferda Farms of the New Meadows River in Brunswick on Friday, July 28. “Farmer Friday was introduced as a way to…

Internationally known American guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan returns to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 11 Glidden St., Newcastle for a solo concert on Thursday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at…

The annual Lobsterbake & More returns to the Lincoln Home on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 4 to 7 p.m.  Get your tickets early for a fun summer evening under the tent on the shores of the…

The first “Battle of the Boards,” a charcuterie challenge, is coming to Wiscasset Saturday, Aug.  19.

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Maine Tasting Center will host…

Ali Saunders

Many area residents have found a summer recipe they can’t resist: a salad buffet of fresh dishes served on earthenware plates they can keep. On Saturday July 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., hundreds of…

Jodie Roquemore enjoys people. That is a good thing, because on June 27, the owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery on Route One, Wiscasset bought the longtime Sarah’s Cafe property on Water Street.…

Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its ninth annual Claw Down, held at The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor on June 16.

Nine chefs competed in the event which…

Tugba Ciftci is an artist whose creativity and imagination shine through in the menu items she creates for Boothbay’s Harborside 1901 Bar and Grill, Downeast Ice…

Press release

Sarah's Cafe, a cherished culinary establishment in Wiscasset, proudly celebrates the remarkable 43 years of its esteemed founder, Sarah Heald, as she announces her upcoming retirement.

Imagine serving 200 made-to-order meals each morning in a kitchen only a little bigger than an average closet, receiving awards from fellow restaurateurs, and smiles from delighted customers, and…

Newagen Seaside Inn will host the 20th annual Southport Firemen’s Dinner on Wednesday, May 31 starting with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in The Pub at 5:30 p.m.  Dinner will follow at 6:30 p.m. in…

Press release

After originally opening its doors in 1976 in the quaint waterfront town of Boothbay Harbor, McSeagull’s Restaurant debuted the newly renovated interior on…