Bass Harbor, Maine
Family-run takeout on the quiet side of Mount Desert Island: fresh Maine seafood and about 24 soft-serve flavors.
Full lobster and fried-seafood takeout on one side, a true dairy bar on the other. Nobody else on the quiet side of the island does both.
Hand-picked lobster meat on a warm bun, served hot buttered or cold with mayo, with chips or fries
Whole steamed Maine lobster (IG shows it plated with corn, butter and coleslaw)
Mac and cheese loaded with Maine lobster
Hand-cut fried haddock
Fried whole-belly clams
Blackened fish and shrimp piled on toasted bread (IG shows it dressed with pickles, tomato and red onion)
Slow-cooked mild jerk chicken with house pineapple aioli on a warm bun, side of chips
1/3 lb patty topped with cheese
Prices from the current online menu and subject to change. The sweet half of the board is just below.
About 24 rotating soft-serve flavors, hard-serve scoops, sundaes and homemade wild-blueberry pie.
Prices at the window
Soft Serve - ~24 rotating flavors
Including Dragon's Blood, English Toffee, blueberry, cake batter and tiramisu
Hard-Serve Scoops
Classic Maine hard ice cream, cones and cups
Ice Cream Nachos
Waffle-cone chips topped with soft serve, hot fudge, brownie chunks and candy
Homemade Wild Blueberry Pie
Baked with Maine wild blueberries - reviewers rave about the flaky crust
Sundaes
Harborside sundaes with the usual toppings
“Dragon's Blood was out of this world!! I had never had the flavor before”
Google review (Delaney A.), Nov 2025, 5★ - via Wanderlog
The signature dessert stunt: waffle-cone chips layered like nachos, buried under soft serve, hot fudge, brownie chunks and candy.
It lands on the picnic table in a paper boat.
Reviewers picked up that the stand is under new management as of the 2025 season, and the tone of what they write changed with it.
“I cannot say how much Better the food/service is this year!”
Review by Julie Ireland, 2025 - via Restaurant Guru
The rest is pure roadside dairy bar: family-owned, order at the window, eat at a picnic table under the tent. There is a fire pit for cool harbor evenings, and on fest days, live music in the lot.
4.6stars across 214 Google reviews
“The homemade blueberry pie is ABSOLUTELY mouthwatering delicious!!!”
Google review, Aug 2025, 5★ - via Wanderlog
“The chicken fingers were absolutely delicious! Pretty sure they were breaded right in house.”
Google review, Sep 2025 - via Restaurantji
“The food was GREAT! Had flavor, cooked good, nice people.”
Google review (Olivia F.), Oct 2025, 5★ - via Wanderlog
42 Tremont Rd, Bass Harbor, ME 04653
About a 4-minute drive from Bass Harbor Head Light in Acadia National Park.
Open daily in season
Monday, 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Hours are from the current Google listing and can shift with the season. Call ahead in the shoulder months.