Category Archives: Food and Drink

The Top 5 Kennebunkport Maine Lobster Pounds as Recommended by the Captain Lord Mansion.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by captainlord

This is the fourth installment of my recommendations for the best Kennebunkport restaurants. This posting is for the Top 5 Kennebunkport Maine Lobster Pounds as recommended by the Captain Lord Mansion. The most famous of Kennebunkport’s lobster pounds is Nunan’s Lobster Hut, founded in 1932. This is the ultimate lobster pound-type place; it has long [...]

Top 5 Boutique Kennebunkport Maine Restaurants as Recommended by The Captain Lord Mansion

Posted on April 17, 2012 by captainlord

In previous posts, I have recommended Kennebunkport’s Top 5 Romantic Restaurants, the area’s Top 5 Casual Restaurants and with this post I am recommending our Top 5 Boutique Kennebunkport, Maine Restaurants. These 5 are all casual, but each of them has a really unique atmosphere combined with unusual menu choices. I’ll begin with 50 Local [...]

Top 5 Casual Kennebunkport Maine Restaurants as Recommended by The Captain Lord Mansion

Posted on April 10, 2012 by captainlord

Maine is know for lobsters and lighthouses, so I’ll start my recommendations of the Top 5 casual Kennebunkport Maine restaurants with Mabel’s Lobster Claw. President George H. W. Bush was known to frequent this restaurant for their lobster, as well as its other seafood offerings. One dish for which Mabel’s is famous is a shrimp [...]

Where Can You Enjoy Maple Sunday Near The Captain Lord Mansion?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by captainlord

From the “Get Real Maine” website “Join Maine’s maple producers to celebrate Maine Maple Sunday on March 25, 2012. It’s the day when sugar makers around the state open the doors of their sugarhouses for the public to to join them in their rites of spring-making maple syrup. Most sugarhouses offer free tasting and live [...]

The Captain Lord Mansion Announces Maine Restaurant Week!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by captainlord

From the Maine Restaurant Week website, “Maine Restaurant Week™ is more than a celebration of Maine’s incredible food scene, it gives restaurants a much-needed boost during a time when business often slows. Its economic impact is felt by the many businesses that provide goods and services to Maine’s vital restaurant industry; customers love it because [...]

Do You Know When The Kennebunkport Festival Is?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by captainlord

Here is the answer; plus, additional information! The 2011 Kennebunkport Festival, with guidance from its founders, was proudly produced and presented by Maine Magazine. Working with the Festival board for 2012, they remain committed to promoting good living in Kennebunkport: food, wine and works of art, and the experience of enjoying them, seaside, in the Kennebunks. Their hope is [...]

Introducing The Captain Lord Mansion “First Saturday Winter Wine Tastings”

Posted on December 27, 2011 by captainlord

Bev and I are pleased to announce our annual “First Saturday Winter Wine Tastings”. Beginning on Saturday, February 4 we will be having a wine tasting the first Saturday of each month through May. I met with one of our suppliers today and selected a group of excellent Spanish Wines that we’ll taste in February. [...]

What Was The Menu at Kennebunkport’s Captain Lord Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn Last New Year’s Eve?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by captainlord

CAPTAIN LORD MANSION A Kennebunkport Bed and Breakfast Inn NEW YEARS 2010 Menu PASSED TAPAS PORTIONS Lobster Bisque in Demi Tasse cups Hand Crafted Caesar Salad Port flavored Thai Spring Rolls in Rice Paper Tenderloin of Beef with Wild Mushrooms Broiled New Zeeland Rack of Lamb Broiled Scallop on a bed of [...]

October Food Festivals are Near Kennebunkport, Maine!

Posted on October 17, 2010 by captainlord

October is Maine Lobster Month: Maine lobster (is any other kind half as good?) is the starring item on menus at sophisticated restaurants throughout the state, as well as at rough-hewn shanties with picnic tables set along the coast. To many people, it just isn’t summer without a trip to a lobster shack and a [...]

Do You Remember Bev’s Zucchini Bread Being Served at Captain Lord Mansion Breakfasts?

Posted on September 19, 2010 by captainlord

Here is another of Bev's original recipes from the days when she prepared breakfast for the guests at the Captain Lord Mansion each morning. We used to keep a garden beside the "Carriage House"; it is now part of our parking lot/driveway. Bev grew lots of zucchini and developed this recipe in order that [...]