LOVE Bucks Harbor Market, and also love that they've started keeping regular hours that are easy to remember. Thank you, BHM, for serving our little corner of the coast. read more

Fantastic little grocery and bakery -- excellent wine, beer and spirits selection. Service is wonderful -- it is a local gem.

Good little place to stop and grab coffee and pastries in the morning. There are sometimes limited amounts, so come early after opening.

While it looks like the market is well stocked and accommodating of the traveler/cruising clientele they won't be getting my custom again. How can any place, in 2021, not serve a vegetarian option? A group of us arrived early after hearing the praise for their breakfast sandwichs only to leave with nothing because all sandwiches had either sausage or bacon on them. They were being made right there but we were not able to buy a meatless one. Even with some of our group being meat eaters we still left . We were not asking for more, in fact we were asking for less! read more

This is a well stocked store with a little bit of everything given the small size. Prices are reasonable. Fresh made sandwiches are a disappointment in that if they run out of something, they'll make another for you but adamantly will not customize it (i.e. leave off the tomato). read more

Buck's is amazing. True gem to snag a quick little bite or even a bottle of wine. Some of the other reviews are ridiculous...just know Buck's is a welcoming, friendly spot for all that come by. The other people wanted a 7/11 not fresh food, cold drinks and a friendly environment. read more

This was perfect- all the little conveniences we needed, plus the baked goods- pastries, breakfast sandwiches are completely amazing.

As we had just left the beach, I did not have my shoes on. My wife and kids went in, eager for the soda and chips. I lagged, less then a minute behind to slip on my sandals. as I walked up the stairs I heard a click and an elderly lady was blocking my entrance to the store. I held my wallet and said "My family is in there". she made and X pattern with her arms and said "Closed". I was the one with the money, I tried to explain this but she Just repeated "Closed". A moment or two later a woman and her child came outside, I had hoped to plead my case again, but the door was locked again as she elderly lady turned her back to me, I younger lady with her child looked at my and said "she just hates life". Not yet convinced, that I would never return. She then turned off and on the lights, as a school teacher would to warn troublesome children. This prompted my wife to hurry to the check-out, she looked out the window somewhat frustrated that I was out side (I had the wallet). The elderly lady, now on the other side of the room to turn off the lights, had left her position as security guard. I pointed to the door and shrugged, to express the current situation. My wife hurried to the door to open it only to be stopped by the elderly woman. Now aware of the financial situation, she allowed me to pass my wife the wallet. (We didn't buy anything) It is a rare thing to say something like this and be both sincere and sarcastic, genuine and jest. The service and treatment I received was criminally bad, locking people into buildings without their knowledge would most defiantly be a crime. Sadly that is all I know of the place. In closing, if you are heading that way, pack a cooler and don't give your money to such disrespectful folks. read more

Buck's Market is a true community resource, with a small but very carefully considered inventory of grocery items, and the most pleasant, friendly, and helpful staff you'll ever meet. They have a lovely collection of home made pastries and breakfast sandwiches in the mornings, when the side room where those goodies are displayed becomes a coffee shop where a small group of community people and vacationers gather to chat about this and that. Add a fine assortment of high quality meats, wonderfully tasty salads and soups, delicious freshly made lunch sandwiches, slices of the best meatloaf I've had anywhere, and more, more than you'd ever expect to fit in a small store, and it all adds up to a unique, and uniquely rewarding shopping experience. read more

It's the only place between Blue Hill and Penobscot to buy groceries and get a sandwich. The prices of almost everything are 50% to 100% higher than in the stores in Blue Hill (except for $2 potato chips) The sandwiches are made fresh daily and there is a little place to sit on the side and on the porch. They have a fresh meat counter in the back. The place however is very charming and a group of locals come every morning at 8 AM to have coffee and chat. It is quite historic. Around the corner is Bucks Restaurant which is a 5 star gem for dinner. Tuesday the farmer's market up the hill by the community center in the summer should not be missed and there may be free music at the old Methodist church next door. This place is the heart of the community in South Brooksville and is worth a visit read more

The dead flies in the front window should have been a tip off. We were in Brooksville to visit some friends this past week and we were thrilled when they told us that there was a little market in town and that we wouldn't have to drive to Blue Hill for a late lunch. When we arrived at the market around 2pm, the place was dead and our options were extremely limited. Now, I don't have a problem with a cold sandwich and a bag of chips, especially on a hot day, but the lack of choice was ridiculous. My husband claimed the last BLT with cheese, which left tuna or egg salad for my son and corned beef for me. When I asked if we could get a sandwich made to order, since it was so slow and the options were so limited, I was told that we couldn't, since the people who make the sandwiches had left for the day, and "what {I saw was} what there {was}." Also, when I asked if they had anymore Coke, since the slot next to the diet coke in the cooler was empty, I was told that they didn't- I've never heard of even the tiniest, most rural market running out of coke. When I went to pay for the food, I was greatly annoyed that I was ignored. The older, red-headed woman who was working behind the counter was talking to the couple in front of us, who had already paid for their groceries. She was regaling them with the details of some surgery she'd had and instead of asking them to wait a minute while she rung us through, she kept talking to them for another three minutes (according to the inaccurate clock on the wall above the pastries), before they said their good byes. She didn't even apologize for keeping us waiting, just rang us through and told us, curtly, how much we owed. Which in and of itself was ridiculous. My husband's sandwich was $7.50, for three small, rubbery pieces of bacon, low quality turkey, soggy bread and slimy lettuce and tomato (when was it even made? There's no way it had been made fresh that day). My son's and my sandwiches were both $6.50 and with chips and drinks the whole meal rang in at around $32.00- too much for what we actually got, both quantity and quality wise. When we went to sit down, the inside area was disgusting. There were bits of muffins and chips all over the floor and more crumbs on the table, along with smears of what I think were mayo or fish chowder. We mentioned it to the woman behind the counter and, rather than cleaning it or apologizing for the mess, she said something about kids from the yacht club down the road and pointed out the tables outside- which turned out to be equally gross. They had what I hope was melted chocolate ice cream smeared on them, and the floor underneath was greasy from crushed potato chips. For a place that was so dead, you'd think they could have cleaned a little, or at least apologized for it. When we finally ate our food- after walking down the road to a tiny beach by the yacht club, my son was in for a nasty surprise- he bit into his egg salad sandwich to find a dead bug in it (I thought it was a fly, but my husband thinks it was a yellow jacket- either way, ick). There was no way for the bug to have flown into the sandwich, so it had to have been in or on the egg salad when the top piece of bread was put on. Not only does that show that whoever made the sandwich wasn't paying attention, but that the food prep area isn't clean, if there are bugs in and around it. Again, the dead flies in the front window should have alerted us to this, but I just assumed that since it is summer in Maine that bugs happen... Needless to say, this discovery put us off our sandwiches, so we finished our drinks and chips and returned to out car. We greatly improved the entire situation by throwing our sandwiches out and driving to Blue Hill (which we had hoped to avoid in the first place, since there's a roundabout at the top of the hill which nobody seemed to know how to use) and getting frozen yogurt at a Sweet-Frog style place across from the grocery store. Next time we're in the area we'll be sure to drive straight by this market on our way to Blue Hill... (PS- "The Terrible T's" photos of the food happen to be the same as some of the ones on their FB page and show food being prepared- which there is no way a normal customer would get to see, as the kitchen is somewhere in the back... clearly their verbose, 5-star review was written by an employee... Maybe if they put as much effort into the quality of the food and the upkeep of the place, then they could get actual 5-star reviews, instead of having to manufacture them...) read more

This really is a great local Maine grocery store with a small but well thought out selection of products which is quite a diverse selection considering how small the store is. The sandwiches and drinks are excellent. They bread they make is really good with good coffee and Jonathan's baked olives are an amazingly good house specialty and who would have thought to bake these lovely olives. The meat selection is small but good quality too. The service is excellent always with a short conversation to make you know that you are welcome to join in in the country store atmosphere that makes Maine so special. It takes a few days to get to know the local staff and when you do it is very welcoming. The reviewer, Amelia B. really doesn't understand or appreciate the culture of Maine but we need a few summer people like her to get the stories that we hear and tell in Maine about the tourists to help us keep our special sense of humor. WidsD. read more