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    The Idle Hour

    5.0 (3 reviews)

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    Would give it a 10 if I could. Alexis is the best server I've ever had. So nice and polite. Can't wait to come back!

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    Atlantic Baking - Cheesecake slice

    Atlantic Baking

    4.4(112 reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    On the fence between 4* and 5*, rounding up because they're a local small business and such. I also…read moredidn't try their bread, which would usually be a deciding factor for me. Stopped in to get some snacks to eat while hiking: in keeping with local produce, got a blueberry bran muffin and a maple bun whose name I forget. The ingredients were great quality: you could taste the freshness of the blueberries and the purity of the maple syrup. The question, for me, is whether the baking elevates these ingredients beyond if I'd just had blueberries and maple syrup. About that, I'm not sure.

    On a recent cruise we had a port stop in Rockland, ME. Instead of doing an excursion we decided to…read moredo one of those "go down this street and right" excursions where you make everything up as you. Since it was between breakfast and lunch we decided to stop into Atlantic Baking for a coffee and a pastry. Atlantic Baking is an unassuming shop right along what I'm going to consider a main street through Rockland. Not necessarily THE main street, but the Main-est we saw, so I'm sticking with that. Inside are several cases of pastries, breads, rolls, donuts and other baked goods that looked at me as if to say "I dare you". There was a cinnamon roll-ish thing that looked really good, and a Vanilla latte are what talked to me most. The staff (two young ladies on this morning) were busy hustling and, even with that, were helpful as they tried to keep taking care of customers. The vanilla latte was SUE-PERB, albeit a bit hot for my taste (had it let is cool first). As we sat having our halfway-between-breakfast-and-lunch-but-not-really-brunch snack there was a steady stream of customers, I'm guessing about 50/50 regulars and cruisers. Aside from pastries, coffees and teas, there's a cooler with canned/bottle beverages for the on-the-go beverage drinker. With as much activity as was going on during our visit you'd think it'd be difficult to keep clean, but there was a gentleman who came out frequently to take care of emptied tables, trash, etc. There are windows into the baking area, proving that they've got nothing to hide. Most everything is made on site with fresh, natural ingredients by people who take pride in what they do. Atlantic Baking is a charming place and a nice stop for a mid-morning snack

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    Honeys Chicken - Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich.

    Honeys Chicken

    4.5(23 reviews)
    1.9 mi

    As a southern transplant to Thomaston, of course I had to try Honey's since it's the only fried…read morechicken spot. They have 18 sauces so it's pretty clear that they're putting the emphasis on the sauces enhancing the chicken. I tried two tenders (all white meat, cooked well, decent breading). The batter could use a little more somethin', but it's Maine so I can forgive them for not trying to make anything too spicy for their customers. Fries are good too. I got my tendies with Nashville Hot and Bama White Sauce, two Southern standards I could compare to the likes of Hattie B's and Prince's with some accuracy. Nashville Hot is good -- tastes right, has a kick. We'd call it mild at Hattie B's and it would be just batter standard (no spice) at Prince's. It's their second hottest sauce and was enjoyable without being painful. Alabama White was also good, a bit sweeter than home but very tasty. A good follow up to the Nashville Hot! I also got a sample of the pimento cheese and it was excellent -- just like home. I'll definitely be back for some of that. Thanks Honeys!!

    Can't believe it was my first time here, but they are kind of tucked away. Finally going by on my…read morebike and pulled in. Homemade from scratch chicken sandwiches. As they say on the menu, it takes 15 minutes because they make everything from scratch per order. I had the hot honey. It is way too much for one person.

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