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OAKLAND HOUSE SEASIDE RESORT’S
RUSTICATOR RESTAURANT
Food from the place and of the time, since 1889.
Celebrating the bounty of the County...with gratitude to the farmers, fishermen and craftspeople
who make this possible
MAKE A RESERVATION AT THE RUSTICATOR RESTAURANT
![[Oakland House Seaside Resort's Rusticator Restaurant's Organic gardens!]](images/8195_appletree_garden_rows_maine.jpg)
Join us in the historic surrounds of our 240 year-old land grant farm. The Rusticator Restaurant in the original Oakland House Hotel is much like it was 119 years ago when our ancestors opened their homestead to the rusticators on July 4th, 1889.
Here, you’ll savor the timeless feel and simple pleasures of an oceanfront farm. Select from Executive Chef Rich Hanson’s menu ripe with his original interpretations of seasonal New England and American dishes celebrating the bounty from local family owned farms in Hancock County and the great State of Maine.
Chef Rich Hanson creates a menu that reinvents the cuisine of a property rich in history, from the Gilded Age of its birth to its placement in the epicenter of the local foods Renaissance.
Rich is well known locally on the Blue Hill Peninsula where he cooked for seven years at beloved Jonathan’s Restaurant. He and his wife Cary opened "Cleonice Mediterranean Bistro" in nearby Ellsworth, Maine in 2002, where Rich made his name using the bounty of our local farmers, fishermen and food crafters to create a Mediterranean inspired menu. Accolades and awards followed, culminating in his first nomination, in 2008, for New England regional Chef of the Year by the James Beard Society.
The menu is extraordinary. Our on-site organic gardens provide the extra special touches in herbs and edible flowers not found anywhere else while Chef Rich and Cary own and operate a farm of their own, Artisana in nearby Orland, Maine. From Artisana comes fresh produce, eggs, and pork. The gardens in both locations provide nurture for guests and staff alike.
Sample Daily Menu. Farm fresh ingredients cooked to order.
We offer wine, beer, soft drinks, waters, and digestifs, cognac, port wines by the bottle or glass.
Join us for an experience you won’t want to miss. Arrive early; stroll in the garden or meander down to the shore. We’ve a dock on Eggemoggin Reach, so you can arrive by boat. Please call ahead for reservations so we can make sure you get the excellent service you deserve.
![[Thursday evenings' beach picnic.]](images/2144_lobster_beach_picnic_maine.jpg) Relax on the beach for our traditional Thursday evening sunset lobster picnic! No summer on the Maine coast is complete without it! You’ll love it even if you don't like lobster. There are also hot dogs and hamburgers, corn-on-the-cob, seafood chowder, cornbread, cold slaw, leafy salad, potato salad, ice cream and brownies.
Will you be vacationing with your family? We welcome families and family reunion groups, and have several dining rooms specifically for families with children.
A buffet breakfast with varying offerings including bacon, sausage, eggs, fresh fruits, juices, cereals, muffins, pancakes, French toast and more is included with your "Rusticator" meal plan (lodging + breakfast and dinner) reservation during the summer. You will be served at the Rusticator Restaurant each morning throughout the summer. However, if you are a guest of Shore Oaks Seaside Inn when our Rusticator Restaurant is closed you will be served a full breakfast in Shore Oaks Seaside Inn’s shorefront dining room. Shore Oaks rates include a full breakfast but not dinner. When you make your reservation for lodging at Shore Oaks you can add dinner to your plan for $30/ person/day (plus tax and gratuity). Guests with off-season self-serve cottage rates, your cottage has either a kitchen or kitchenette in which to prepare your own meals. You may make reservations for dinner at our Rusticator Restaurant.
To dine with us in the Rusticator Restaurant, please contact the Oakland House office for your reservation time. Each Thursday evening (during the summer months) when we have a lobster picnic on the shore at 6 p.m. sharp. Breakfast hours are 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Sundays are 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Our commitment to serving the freshest ingredients to your family, most of the bounty from local farmers, remains the highest priority. We trust you’ll agree that knowing the source of your food and having confidence in the proper preparation of those ingredients are some of the healthiest choices families can make in our daily lives.
Birthdays and special events are cause for celebration. Be sure to let us know in advance so we can remember to have something special for the birthday girl or boy (man or woman, grandfather or grandmother, and others). Ask about special menus for group events, meetings, wedding receptions, lawn parties, and lobster dinner events.
What the Ellsworth American has to say about "Rich Hanson".
Travel writer Hilary Nangle writes in her blog "Travels with Hilary".
Boston Globe Travel Section-July 27, 2008 "Lulled into loving an inn on Penobscot Bay".
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![[The Rusticator Restaurant, Brooksville, Maine.]](logos/rusticator_restaurant_green_black.jpg)
![[A delicious summer cheesecake.]](specials/raspberry_cheesecake.jpg)
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