36 Hours in Bar Harbor, Me.
1) TOAST THE SUNSETTake the two-hour cruise on the Margaret Todd, a four-masted windjammer that sails through Frenchman Bay and the Porcupine Islands (207-288-4585; downeastwindjammer.com ; $37.50). You’ll pass Ironbound Island, still owned by descendants of the painter Dwight Blaney, who with his contemporary John Singer Sargent and others painted the remarkable vistas of the bay and Acadia. A guitarist may serenade you, but if you want to toast the sunset, bring your own wine.
8:30 p.m. 4) MAINE BREAKFAST
By 8 o’clock the line is already forming at the cheerful Cafe This Way (14 ½ Mount Desert Street; 207-288-4483; cafethisway.com ) on a tiny back street off the square, with bookshelves filled with classics and poetry. Mainers don’t stint on breakfast, nor should you; fill up on French toast with real maple syrup ($5.95) or a McThisWay sandwich of fried eggs, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese and bacon ($7.25). Those who want some oomph can try a mimosa or bloody mary ($6.50).
10 a.m. 6) POPOVERS IN THE PARK
Lunch at the Jordan Pond House (207-276-3316; thejordanpondhouse.com ) shouldn’t be missed, with views across the park’s Jordan Pond to the Bubble Mountains. Popovers as rounded as the mountaintops are a specialty and come with everything from lobster salad ($20) to vegetable quiche ($12). If you bring your kayak or canoe, you can use them on the pond.
4 p.m. 8) IT’S ALL ABOUT LOBSTER
Any Maine stay is about, well, lobster. Nowhere is that fact driven home more bluntly than at Thurston’s (Steamboat Wharf Road, Bernard; 207-244-7600; thurstonslobster.com ), in a half-plastic, half-canvas tent overlooking a working harbor and surrounded by stacks of lobster pots. You choose your live lobster, they cook it and you pick it up on a plastic tray. The result: high turnover and low prices (recently a large lobster went for $12.65 a pound). For variety try the lobster stew ($8.95). If you prefer a cottage setting, try Abel’s Lobster Pound (Abels Lane off Route 198, south of Junction 233; 207-276-5827), a lively family-owned restaurant set in a spruce grove on a fjord, where you eat on picnic tables illuminated by tiki torches overlooking the yacht basin or in the knotty pine dining room. A 1.5-pound lobster is $35 with baked potato.
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Review: Main St. Cafe Protein Smoothie - Peach & Mixed Berry ...
The big selling point that Mr. Slawny was making with their Main St. Cafe lineup was that they wanted their smoothie line to be featured along other beverages on shelves, not so much in the dairy case, even though they come straight from a dairy. The thinking is that they are another beverage option along with your standard collection of carbonated soft drinks, fruit drinks, etc. Though you may scratch your head regarding the way these things don't need to be refrigerated prior to opening, they are worth checking out.
For the purposes of this review, we looked at two of their three flavors, Peach and Mixed Berry; they also offer Strawberry. Each flavor comes in an 11 oz plastic container that somewhat resembles a bottle of milk. It's hard to miss the "10 g of Natural Dairy Protein Per Bottle" callouts on the bottles. With the phrase "Protein Smoothie" underneath the round Main St. Cafe logo, it's obvious that protein is a big selling point here.
Let's start things off with Main St. Cafe Protein Smoothie Peach , which Main St. says is one of their most popular flavors. They note on the bottle that this flavor comes from "freshly made yogurt and real peach puree." You'll also need to make sure you shake well before opening (don't confuse this practice with a bottle of Mountain Dew; your results will not be the same… nor will your kitchen floor.) After breaking the plastic seal on the cap, you'll find another foil safety seal underneath. The smoothie is a milky, yellow color, much like a light tan paint. It smells like it came from a dairy, with a sweet peach smell complimenting the yogurt base.
The taste produces a thick drink that you'd associate with a smoothie. Probably thicker than normal, perhaps because of the heavy inclusion of protein. It's very sweet, almost to the point of "wow, this is a smoothie?" However, the peach flavor was quite tasty. I'm not a big fan of peach as a fruit in general, but I quite liked the flavoring in this beverage.
Let's now take a look at Main St. Cafe Protein Smoothie Mixed Berry . The same packaging style applies for this flavor, however it takes on a notable pink/purple scheme vs. the orange/yellow colors of Peach. This drink has a milky, pink color tint. I'm not quite sure what it smells like. Yes, there is a hint of "berry" present, whatever that is. All I know is that it isn't peach, which is good enough for me.
The flavor is once again thick, but this time feels a tad bit heavy and pasty. Unlike the Peach flavor, Mixed Berry doesn't really hide the fact that it's a protein-laden beverage. In some ways, it parallels a pre-packaged protein shake. It's interesting to note that the ingredient list for Mixed Berry is quite a bit longer than for Peach. But overall, it's not bad, per se. However, when compared to the experience of the Peach flavor, there are noticeable protein elements. That said, Mixed Berry is slightly sweet and more muted, which is some ways provides for improved drinkability.