Side Street Cafe

"No matter what time of day it is, there’s always a crowd on Side Street Cafe’s outdoor patio grabbing a bite or day drinking. You’ll find families coaxing hangry kids into eating mac and cheese after waiting hours at Thunder Hole, cyclists cracking open beers in their skin-tight jerseys, and the linen-clad B&B crowd drinking blueberry cocktails. With plenty of sandwiches and salads, the menu has something for both your mom who doesn’t do seafood and your younger sibling who needs a lobster roll after falling down a LobsterTok rabbit hole. Make sure to order a slice of blueberry pie for dessert. " - anne cruz

"No matter what time of day it is, there’s always a crowd on Side Street Cafe’s outdoor patio grabbing a bite or day drinking. You’ll find families coaxing hangry kids into eating mac and cheese after waiting hours at Thunder Hole, cyclists cracking open beers in their skin-tight jerseys, and the linen-clad B&B crowd drinking blueberry cocktails. With plenty of sandwiches and salads, the menu has something for both your mom who doesn’t do seafood and your younger sibling who needs a lobster roll after falling down a LobsterTok rabbit hole. Make sure to order a slice of blueberry pie for dessert." - Anne Cruz

"It’s hard to find a spot that isn’t overrun with tourists in Bar Harbor, a town surrounded by Acadia National Park, but if you do want to try a lobster roll in the area, it should be at Side Street Cafe. You’ll find Side Street’s porch packed with people enjoying après-hike beers and lobster mac and cheese, or friend groups looking for an excuse to enjoy alcoholic beverages with blueberries in them. The roll is well toasted, and the lobster is tender and creamy with the mayo. If you want more ways to enjoy your favorite crustacean, you can also have the fried lobster ravioli with scallion butter as an appetizer. Skip the fries here, and get a side of mac and cheese or chips instead." - anne cruz