Brunswick Guidebook
Downtown Brunswick-Local restaurants and shops
Located 6 miles north from the airbnb is our lovely downtown. Here you can stroll the streets and visit all the locally owned businesses and shops. Be sure to stop and eat at locally owned restaurants and coffee shops. While downtown you can take in the sights and sounds of farmers markets, evening and matinee plays performed by Maine State Music Theater, stroll through the Bowdoin College campus. Downtown is where you will find the grocery store as well as banks and gas stations.
Spend time in our quaint downtown. While strolling downtown be sure to visit coffee shops, locally owned stores, bars and restaurants. Shop for antiques. Explore the Campus of Bowdoin College. Maybe take in a show at MSMT.
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Brunswick Downtown Association
124 Maine StSpend time in our quaint downtown. While strolling downtown be sure to visit coffee shops, locally owned stores, bars and restaurants. Shop for antiques. Explore the Campus of Bowdoin College. Maybe take in a show at MSMT.
MSMT performs 4 plays each summer that run for three weeks each. Be sure to go to Maine State Music Theaters website (www.msmt.org) to see what plays are running while you are visiting. Get tickets sooner than later. Be sure to have dinner downtown prior to the show.
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Maine State Music Theatre Administrative Offices
22 Elm StMSMT performs 4 plays each summer that run for three weeks each. Be sure to go to Maine State Music Theaters website (www.msmt.org) to see what plays are running while you are visiting. Get tickets sooner than later. Be sure to have dinner downtown prior to the show.
Beautiful campus where you can visit museums located right on campus such as, the Joshua Chamberlain Museum, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Stop in and visit the beautiful chapel while strolling on campus.
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Bowdoin College
255 Maine StBeautiful campus where you can visit museums located right on campus such as, the Joshua Chamberlain Museum, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Stop in and visit the beautiful chapel while strolling on campus.
Enjoy vendors/farmers selling their wares from fresh vegetables, seafood, flowers, baked goods. Live music. Every Saturday from Memorial Day through the end of October, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm located on Pleasant Hill Road in Brunswick.
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Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Farmers' Market at Crystal Spring Farm
277 Maquoit RdEnjoy vendors/farmers selling their wares from fresh vegetables, seafood, flowers, baked goods. Live music. Every Saturday from Memorial Day through the end of October, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm located on Pleasant Hill Road in Brunswick.
Neighborhoods
Here are a couple of touristy spots you might enjoy both to the south and the north of Brunswick.
Be sure to visit Freeport, Maine. 20 minute drive south. Home to the flagship store of LL Bean as well as many other retail outlets and restaurants
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Freeport
Be sure to visit Freeport, Maine. 20 minute drive south. Home to the flagship store of LL Bean as well as many other retail outlets and restaurants
Referred to as the City of Ships....restaurants, waterfront, antiquing, big ships. 15 minute drive North of Brunswick.
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Bath
Referred to as the City of Ships....restaurants, waterfront, antiquing, big ships. 15 minute drive North of Brunswick.
By car, traveling 45 minutes North, you can get to Boothbay Harbor. In the harbor you can purchase tickets to go on boats that can take you to view whales and seals or maybe even a clambake on an island. Very touristy location with restaurants and shops.
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Boothbay Harbor
By car, traveling 45 minutes North, you can get to Boothbay Harbor. In the harbor you can purchase tickets to go on boats that can take you to view whales and seals or maybe even a clambake on an island. Very touristy location with restaurants and shops.
Food scene
Brews their own beer. No other alcoholic beverages are served. Purchase food from the Cooks Lobster House food truck. Enjoy outdoor and indoor seating.
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Flight Deck Brewing
11 Atlantic AveBrews their own beer. No other alcoholic beverages are served. Purchase food from the Cooks Lobster House food truck. Enjoy outdoor and indoor seating.
Local brews and an extensive menu. Seating inside and out. Serving Sunday Brunch, as well as Trivia nights on Tuesdays. Located across the bridge in Topsham.
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Sea Dog Brewing Company
1 Bowdoin Mill IslandLocal brews and an extensive menu. Seating inside and out. Serving Sunday Brunch, as well as Trivia nights on Tuesdays. Located across the bridge in Topsham.
Little Tokyo Restaurant
72 Maine StLike Sushi? Located downtown Brunswick.
Local bar serving seafood, burgers and pizza. Inside and outside dining. Downtown Brunswick.
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Joshua's
123 Maine StLocal bar serving seafood, burgers and pizza. Inside and outside dining. Downtown Brunswick.
Incredible Italian food. A great place to eat before the theater. Just let them know you are going to the theater so they can get you in and out quickly. Reservations recommended. Downtown Brunswick.
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The Great Impasta
42 Maine StIncredible Italian food. A great place to eat before the theater. Just let them know you are going to the theater so they can get you in and out quickly. Reservations recommended. Downtown Brunswick.
Pizza anyone...beer and hot and cold sandwiches. Located Downtown Brunswick
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Portland Pie Co.
92 Maine StPizza anyone...beer and hot and cold sandwiches. Located Downtown Brunswick
Famous for their food as well as their view on Potts Point in Harpswell, Maine. Treat yourself to this wonderful dining experience!!
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Dolphin Marina & Restaurant
515 Basin Point RdFamous for their food as well as their view on Potts Point in Harpswell, Maine. Treat yourself to this wonderful dining experience!!
Located on Bailey Island across from the famous Crib Stone Bridge. A must see tourist attraction for seafood and steaks.
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Cook's Lobster & Ale House
68 Garrison Cove RoadLocated on Bailey Island across from the famous Crib Stone Bridge. A must see tourist attraction for seafood and steaks.
Whether by car while shopping in Freeport or by boat. Don't miss lunch at the Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Company. Known for their seafood to their burgers, onion rings and home made desserts. Bring cash because they do not accept credit cards.
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Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Company
36 Main StWhether by car while shopping in Freeport or by boat. Don't miss lunch at the Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Company. Known for their seafood to their burgers, onion rings and home made desserts. Bring cash because they do not accept credit cards.
Sightseeing
Be sure to visit Judys General Store for home made sandwiches, baked good, coffee and ice cream. By car, .5 mile up the road or by boat, just around the corner from the airbnb.
Paul's Marina
36 Eastern Shore RdBe sure to visit Judys General Store for home made sandwiches, baked good, coffee and ice cream. By car, .5 mile up the road or by boat, just around the corner from the airbnb.
Drive all the way to the end of the Peninsula on Bailey Island, 30 minutes from Brunswick and visit Lands End. Gift shop, small beach, "giant staircase" and beautiful views of the open ocean as local boaters and fisherman cruise on by this point of land.
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Land's End Gift Shop
2391 Harpswell Islands RdDrive all the way to the end of the Peninsula on Bailey Island, 30 minutes from Brunswick and visit Lands End. Gift shop, small beach, "giant staircase" and beautiful views of the open ocean as local boaters and fisherman cruise on by this point of land.