We welcome back former Pilgrim's Inn chef Max Mattes each Wednesday throughout the summer. Downeast Dinners explore traditional Maine foodways and classic shore-dinner fare. Drawing on thirty years of relationships with Peninsula farmers, fishermen and foragers, Chef Max showcases native Maine ingredients sourced from select local purveyors.
This is a 4-course, prix fixe dinner. Seats must be reserved in advance for the full meal.
The menu includes:
—Smoked Haddock Clam Chowder
—Mixed Local Greens with Goat Cheese and Toasted Almonds
—Traditional Shore Dinner (Lobster, Clams, Mussels, Corn on the Cob, Potatoes)
—Blueberry Pie
Chef Max Mattes has called the Blue Hill Peninsula home for the past three decades. He started Max in Maine Seafood on Deer Isle, supplying hand-selected lobster, crab, and scallops to some of the best restaurants in the country, including The French Laundry, The Inn at Little Washington, Blue Hill at Stone Barns. He also served as the Director of Education at Edible Island, where he worked to address food insecurity alongside the Island Food Pantry and taught cooking classes to a generation of young Islanders.
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