This mother/daughter team brought kindness, culinary delights and customer service to a whole new…read morelevel. On the off-season, it wasn't so easy to find places open to eat out for dinner, but the Harbor View Store kept us fed and welcome all week long. What an impressive array of products, and a place to network for the community! I cannot wait to go back!

Came in for a quick bite. In addition to a lot of essentials in the store, they had cold and hot…read moresandwiches, soups, burgers, hot dogs, and fresh pizzas. I had a fried haddock sandwich. Tasted great... enjoyed it on a nearby dock taking in the views.

I'm writing this review with the tourist in mind:…read more The Galley is your best chance to pick up groceries in Deer Isle. They have a descent selection of Maine beers and all the essentials that you'll need at reasonable prices. Unless you want to drive down to Burt Cove Market (also owned by the same family), The Galley is your best chance for food. The Galley was originally in the middle of Deer Isle village but moved to it's current location across from the high school in 1998. Now, Maine is not known for it's pizza, but the Galley actually makes pretty awesome pies for carry-out (make sure to call ahead). The staff is always friendly and helpful. If Donna is working the register, make sure to give her a hard time for me :)

I stopped by late on arriving for a week's vacation, and while not expecting a high-end grocery…read morestore, I did not expect a meat department selling brown (yes, very oxidized) pork. My son wanted a cheeseburger but after seeing the quality of meats I convinced him to have something else. The people were friendly, but the quality of meats very poor.

The Blue Hill co-op is a great place to shop and spend time. It's a wonderful community hub. The…read morestaff is friendly and knowledgeable. There's a pleasant atmosphere in the store and patio. It's a happy, healthy place!

We love the Co-op! We moved here from Texas and had access to farm fresh, locally grown produce…read more I was so happy to learn about the Co-op. We went on a whim and came home with so many good things. Everyone was so helpful and friendly. The store is well organized and everything was stocked well. I'm not afraid to admit it...I'm addicted to the Co-op!

In 1987, when my husband and I arrived in the area, the previous grocery store, standing in the…read moresame location but under a different name and having different owners, actually displayed rotting produce. I just couldn't bring myself to shop there, so I changed to a Hannaford's in Bangor. The original building burned down due to sheer recklessness. Blue Hill peninsula was left without a supermarket, so, in step the Lawrence family. About a year later they had built a new structure in the same place, the one that stands today. TradeWinds selection and quality of food is pretty darned good. The store is lovely, the staff are lovely, and the food quality is very good. TradeWinds may be THE best grocery store/supermarket that I've ever experienced. The owners and the employees are top notch, always very helpful and friendly. The Lawrence family prioritize community, they offer locally grown or made choices, they offer a Maine food section, and they've made this store a shining example of what is possible. Employees need daycare, provided. Employees and others need an exercise spot, provided. Need less expensive fuel for your vehicle, provided. Need a more community oriented pharmacy, they bring in Community Pharmacy! I've never witnessed such active community support in my life! Now to the difficult part. After more than two decades ownership is transitioning. Hannaford, the Maine distributor, which supplies TradeWinds, is the new owner. Hannaford's has been a good company as far as I know. But, like most changes, this is a hard for many of us. Will they continue to offer the unique products that TradeWinds has all these years? Will they keep the lower, more reasonable prices for groceries and fuel that the Lawrence family offered us? Will they allow Community Pharmacy to remain? Will the very cool Beer Cave stay, continuing to offer the amazing Maine and small brew company selections? Will the community awareness and cancer fundraising continue? I hope the answer will be a resounding YES, but we have to wait and see. Even though it's a difficult phase, I have to say thank you to the Lawrences and Hannaford, I'm glad the store has a new Maine-based owner with a decent track record. Thank you Chuck and Belinda Lawrence for all you have given us folks on the Blue Hill Peninsula over these many years! You are very appreciated. I hope you enjoy a well deserved retirement. Thank you also to the lovely staff, I hope the transition goes well for you. I'll see you soon. I love you all for who you are and what you do. THANK YOU!

The employees are consistently unfriendly and offer no service…read more We are locals, live here full-time and try to avoid this market -- it's actually very sad that the management does not really seem to put effort into providing quality service to year round residents.

We spent a night at the Inn and had a peaceful time. We grabbed premade sandwiches for supper at…read morethe Market (caution-the market closes at 7pm so make sure to get there before then) and ate them in the Inn's community kitchen/dining area. There wasn't a TV in our room so we played cards at the dining room table! Lynae is the innkeeper and was very accessible. Our room, and the Inn in general, was very clean and well kept. There was a jar with travel needs should a guest forget something (toothpaste, comb, etc.). The shower was adequate but don't expect high water pressure; it was fine for us. We got to the Market right at 7am the next morning for some hot coffee and breakfast sandwiches. We brought our own travel mugs so the coffee was less than $1.40 each. The egg sandwiches and pastries were tasty. Two pastries, two coffees and two egg sandwiches cost just under $24. I was pleased to see they offer goods from regional B Corps, Wicked Joe coffee (Maine) and Cabot Cheese (Vermont), were two companies that caught my eye. Finally, we grabbed ready made pizza slices for the ferry ride back to the mainland. There were also some tasty looking sandwich offerings. The staff was fabulous each time we stopped in.

It's been a pleasure to see the business evolve since Laura and David took ownership, including…read morecreative - and wildly popular! - new traditions like Monday night dinners (by their chef Ben Jackson, who also does the amazing daily sandwiches), and a super-fun music festival. And I love Laura's art on the walls. Selection is excellent and the vibe is all very personal and welcoming... In addition to at-least-once-daily market visits this summer, I needed an emergency room for a night, and was so grateful for marvelous Lynae, the innkeeper. The room was comfy, and linens etc. were high end; it was also lovely to hang out in the living room areas and on the porch. Another treasure on this island -

I was unfamiliar with this local grocery brand but stopped in for a few necessities. It was a more…read moresizable, clean, and better stocked store than I expected, given the size of the town. I found some local goods that I wanted to get a flavor of the region, but there was also plenty of fresh produce and basic essentials. The parking lot was crowded, and parking in this town is a tad dicey, but I walked in and out okay.

I was in town to run the Mount Desert Island Marathon. I stopped by here to pick up some drinks for…read morethe race weekend. The store was clean and well-organized with each aisle labeled so it was easy for me to find what I wanted. For the area, I thought that the prices were good and quite reasonable. I was able to pay for my items while using one of the self-checkout kiosks.

Good selection of foods, they had everything I needed. Except for my wife's Coffee Mate in…read moreCinnamon Vanilla (she enjoyed my Coffee Mate Peppermint Mocha instead). I found some great Whoopie Pies with Peanut Butter (my wife had me go back for more). The cheese and meat selection is better than what we have in Las Vegas at our local grocery stores. Prices are a bit higher, but nothing that we were worried about as visitors.

Nice employees, many foods, many people - loud. EXPENSIVE. Please note this is just about the only…read moregrocery store In Belfast maine. They have a choke hold on the prices around them, they have no competition. A single bottle of Japanese Mayo is damn near $10 while at Walmart in Waterville or Augusta is $5. Their prices are ridiculously high, and while yes some things are cheap so many are high. I would love to see a Walmart super center put into Belfast that way I can get reasonably priced food and clothing.

I stopped here a few times while on vacation to stock the fridge. It's smaller than I'm used to and…read moreusually fairly crowded, but neither of these things are points against it, as it's the only grocery store on the island and therefore likely where everyone who lives there goes for their necessities. The staff were very friendly and efficient, and it was clear as I listened to people chat in line that this was an informal community hub. We got some ciders, watermelon and avocado, eggs, milk, steaks, and some cheese. Everything was fresh and well-kept and delicious except for the cheese, which tasted a bit rotted when I got it home and had to be thrown out. Unfortunate, but it happens, especially if the cheese is allowed to reach room temperature in store. I think maybe the cooling mechanism on the cheese display was losing the battle against the late-summer heat and humidity. But the watermelon was the only one I've found this season that wasn't overly ripe, the avocados were delicious, and the steaks were clearly high quality and grilled up wonderfully. Overall, it's a great little place with a staff that's clearly dedicated to the community they serve. They just need to up the refrigeration a bit on the display for their cheeses.

The only truly rude person we met in Maine was a young guy with a major attitude about tourists,…read morewho was the cashier in this place. He ignored our cheerful greetings by pretending to be mute, he handed back change so as to drop the coins all onto the floor and then sneered about "getting you", and was a general a$$hole unless he was speaking with customers who he seemed to know. There aren't many other options for grabbing snacks in town, and he was evidently on a mission to make the tourists feel unwelcome. Fortunately for us, everyone else we met on the island was friendly and engaging, and we had an otherwise delightful time. May that aspect of our visit encourage many more visitors to pass through the village and the store, which will undoubtedly prove annoying to this one jerk. And by the way- if you want to figure out who he is, get close enough to catch a whiff of his stench- he must hate bathing as much as he does the island's visitors.

This place has a little bit of everything including one of the best pizzas ever! It's made to…read moreorder and is superb. I was "seafood-ed" out so the pizza and burgers from here really hit the spot!

Insanely rude cashiers. Never received worse service at a grocery store before. Will not return.read more

We go to Madison alot for weekly things such as bread and milk, always very friendly and helpfulread more

I went in a few days after Halloween looking for small pumpkins. The manager let me know that they…read morehad none left. When he found out they were for a school project, he offered to give me as many decorative guards as I could use. How kind!