Bangor, ME Exit 185: At the Governor’s Restaurant & Bakery – Locals say, “Eat dessert first” here. For good reason – they’ve got home-made baking and down home cooking.
For breakfast, we loved the banana bread french toast, but there’s also Maine blueberry pancakes, fresh fruit and eggs, hearty hunter’s breakfast, biscuits and sausage.
Lunch or dinner options might be mooseburgers (or the jumbo burger which legend has it was created by owner Wadleigh’s ancestor for Paul Bunyan), haddock chowder, lobster stew, hot meatloaf mountain, fresh clam basket, mac’n cheese and hot dog or Asian shrimp salad, and don’t forget the fried pickles.
Perhaps you may want to start with the nightmare (2 brownies with peanut butter frosting), real strawberry shortcake, warm apple fritter, cream puffs, cheesecake, gingerbread or the salute to Maine: blueberry crumb and whoopie pies. Wash it all down with shakes, strawberry lemonade, beer or wine. Kids will love watching the train going round the ceiling.
Location: 643 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401
Hours: Sun-Thurs 6:30 am – 10 pm, Fri-Sat 6:30 am – 11 pm
Tel: 207-947-3113
Other locations along I-95 in Maine: Exit 193-Old Town,
963 Stillwater Ave (207-827-7630); Exit 130 – Waterville, 356 Main St.(207-872-0677); Exit 80 – Lewiston, 1185 Lisbon St. (207-753-0173)
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