Arrows Restaurant

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Tags: maine, restaurant, sustainable food

According to the Daily Green.com, “Chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier are stalwart forerunners of the sustainable movement”.  In 1992, long before “green” was a hot topic, the Arrows garden was founded.  Today it provides up to 90% of Arrows Restaurant produce needs.  Its three full time gardeners, under the direction of Master Gardener Rae Avery, tend this highly cultivated organic farm in Ogunquit, Maine. Arrows is the flagship restaurant of award winning chefs Mark and Clark and has been chosen as “One of America’s 10 Most Romantic Restaurants” by Bon Appetit.

Awarded “Best Chef’s in the Northeast” in 2010 by the James Beard Foundation, Mark and Clark have also created restaurants, MC Perkins Cove and Summer Winter, where they continue their tradition of innovation and excellence.  Arrows is a true country restaurant in the tradition of the French Michelin 3 Star destinations.  At Arrows the old world traditions are celebrated:  proscuittos and charcuterie are created on premise, fish of all types are prepared in the onsite smoke house, breads and pastries are created by a master pastry chef.  Cheeses are taken from curd to finished product in the kitchen and mushrooms, cranberries and fiddleheads are foraged from the surrounding woodlands. It’s worth the trip, no matter where you hail from.

What makes this woodsy destination special is that every Friday throughout the year, the chefs will create a robust three course dinner for only $39. December is an especially popular month for celebrating holidays and holiday treats. Reservations urged. Whenever we go, we book a local room because we so enjoy lounging in Arrows after dinner that we’re well past our bedtime and prefer not to drive the 90 minutes home. It’s always a night to remember.

When you go

For reservations:
dinner@arrowsrestaurant.com
207-361-1100

From the North: Take I-95 South to the Wells exit. From there, take Route 1 South into the center of Ogunquit. Once you are in the center you will see Key Bank on your right. That is the corner of Berwick Road. Make a right onto Berwick, and continue for 1.8 miles. Arrows is an old gray farmhouse on the right.

From the South: Take I-95 North to the York exit. At the light, make left onto Route 1 North. Go about 7 miles to the center of Ogunquit. Once in the center, you will see Key Bank on your left. That is the corner of Berwick Road. Make a left onto Berwick and continue for 1.8 miles. Arrows is an old gray farmhouse on the right.