2 Best Restaurants in Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island

A fisherman’s wife owns this popular establishment, which buys lobster right off the boat and has covered tables spread about a deck atop a wharf. As stunning as the setting is, folks also come for the excellent food, including boiled lobster with sides; there are plenty of non-seafood choices, too, including pulled pork. There is a very small dining room, and rain doesn’t usually shut this place down, but best to call first if the weather is inclement.

Regulars come from beyond Schoodic Peninsula to this fun Birch Harbor spot to order its namesake, a pickled protein-packed sea snail; this “Down East delicacy” isn't always on the menu. Visitors exiting Acadia National Park’s Schoodic District stop here for fresh takes on traditional pub fare like burgers, wings, and pizzas (specialty or build your own), served in the spacious, woodsy, inside dining spaces or the eating area out front—both have bars. The seaweed chips are locally sourced, and the meat for the hamburgers is Maine-produced.