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(Downeast) MAINE PROUDLY PRESENTS
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At ACADIA HIGHWAY DOLLHOUSE TREASURES in Orland, Mary Soper stocks a wide variety of dollhouses, miniatures, and tiny furnitures. More than 20 vendors show their wares at the ACADIA INDOOR FLEA MARKET, situated next to The Dream Catcher Shop in the Holden Plaza. Open year round, this large air conditioned space is packed with thousands of interesting and unusual items for people of all persuasions. ALL SMALL ANTIQUES provides a nice selection of, as the name suggests, small antiques—reasonably sized treasures you can carry home easily. If you wish, owners Roger and Deanie Brownell will help you sell items on eBay. Sharing space with Sierra Signs and Designs in Hancock, ARTFUL INFUSIONZ creates artful jewelry—fun, one-of-a-kind and custom pieces for all tastes. Company owner Sarah Zylstra specializes in unique designs, drawings, wood burnings, paintings, commercial artwork and more. Call 207/422-3339. You can eat your lunch at an authentic Maine working wharf at BEAL'S LOBSTER PIER in Southwest Harbor. Located in Bass Harbor, on the “quiet side” of Mount Desert Island, the BEACHFRONT COTTAGES provide quality lodging at affordable prices. Captain’s Quarters, a spacious, modern cottage, sleeps up to 6, right on the ocean just 40 feet from high tide! Enjoy awesome views of the working harbor, and Swan's Island, off in the distance. BENNETT’S GEMS & JEWELRY in Belfast offers an interesting and varied assortment of gemstones, minerals, and fossils. Open year round, Bennett’s is the place to find affordable gemstone jewelry from Maine and the world. Here you’ll find Maine’s largest assortment of polished stones. The BIRD WATCHER'S STORE AND CAFE in Blue Hill, a business catering to bird enthusiasts and backyard nature watchers, offers quality supplies and gifts as well as information, discussions and factual seminars with professionals and fellow enthusiasts. It's also a Cafe providing sumptuous food, fresh ingredients, and daily specials. The CALAIS MOTOR INN has Washington County's only heated, indoor, Olympic-sized swimming pool. A bit of the Amish on coastal Maine. At the CHERRYFIELD MAINE GENERAL STORE, shopkeeper Royal, an organic egg farmer of Amish stock, believes in simplicity and delivering true value at small cost. The store, he says, is about local and affordable arts and crafts, antiques, and homegrown farm products. Come see for yourself. COASTAL CAR CARE on the Bar Harbor Road in Ellsworth offers complete general repair services, state inspections, air conditioning, oil and filter changes, brake service, battery and charging systems, expert consultation. Two decades of experience. Call 207/667-4450 The COTTAGEVILLE CRAFTS GIFT SHOP has Maine-made crafts and gifts for any and all. LeeAnne and Kristina, Kenny, a mother-daughter team, provide specialty orders and personalized gifts for weddings, anniversaries, and other special occasions. They have space available for consignment crafters. Call 207/570-4712. COUNTRY HEART ANTIQUES SHOP on Rte 182 in Franklin, one of Maine's nicest little antique shops, specializes in primitives, country pieces, and kitchen collectibles. Open seasonally, May thru October. When Maine's famous Perry's Nut House in Belfast closed its doors, its assets were auctioned off, and its fabulous nut collection went to DIMARCO REALTY in Prospect Harbor. It's the world's biggest nut collection, including examples of every known botanical nut, and on public display. Check it out in the adjoining Coastal Antiques Shop. If you’re looking for real estate Downeast, Al DiMarco is the guy to see. He has a huge selection, and he’ll treat you right. One way or another, you can deal with DOWNEAST FINDS. These guys, located at 186 High St. Ellsworth, are flexible as all get out. They buy, sell, consign, barter and trade all kinds of stuff—quality crafts, antiques, stained glass, fishing gear, Nascar, Old bottles, wildlife and nature photography, you name it. They just like to deal! After a dozen years in the furniture refinishing business, David Conary has opened a gallery at DOWNEAST REFINISHING on the Bucksport Road in Ellsworth that can only be described as a unique cross between a new furnture showroom and an antiques shop. Featured are remarkable pieces of furniture he has lovingly restored and refinished. If cars excite you, check out the possibilities at EAST COAST PERFORMANCE on the Douglas Highway in Ellsworth. Here you'll find all the add-on accessories to make your car or truck something really special. Located in the historic Archibald-Adams House (circa 1793) on Main Street in Cherryfield, the ENGLISHMAN'S B&B is situated on the banks of the beautiful Narraguagus River. Originally built in 1793, this Federal-style home was renovated and restored to museum quality in the 1990s. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. If you're among those who think art should be fun, you won't want to miss ERNIE'S. Operating from a small shop in Town Hill, Ernie Abdelnour fashions fascinating, often funny sculptures of copper and brass, odd pieces of plumbing, tools, assorted debris, and anything else that strikes his fancy. Truth be told, Ernie seems to be a bit hung up on vehicles--many of his pieces are boats, trains, cars, fire engines and wagons, although he also has done sundry buildings and much else. He does a frog series that features a piano-playing frog campaigning against gourmet food—including, of course, frog legs. Call 207-288-5337. For fine dining in an elegant atmosphere, check out FISHERMAN'S INN RESTAURANT in Winter Harbor. They promise "Real Food Done Well"! At GALERIE DUFOUR in Belfast photographer Charles Laurier Dufour brings new meaning to Natural Beauty with his stunning photos of both Nature and Nudes. Tastefully presented, his photos are something not to be missed. Located at 94 Main Street in Belfast . Call 207-338-6448. KAREN'S CAFE at Mr. Paperback in Ellsworth serves made-to-order breakfasts and lunches with quality meats, cheese, vegetables, and homemade dressings. All of Karen's baked goods are made fresh daily. Check out her homemade soups and chowders. She treats the regulars magnificently with her meal bucks and coffee club give-aways. There is free WIFI. At MDI IMPORTED CAR SERVICE in Town Hill, David White runs perhaps the world's greenest auto repair business. Among other things, he heats his place with recycled motor oil and wastes next to nothing. A certified Bosch Automotive Service Center, MDI Imported Car Service understands foreign cars like few others. The MAINE COAST SARDINE HISTORY MUSEUM in Jonesport is a fascinating place to anybody the least bit interested in Maine history. Museum director Ronnie Peabody has been associated with the sardine industry his entire life. He says that at its peak, in 1952, there were at least 50 canneries in Maine processing and packing herring. For Peabody, the museum represents a lifelong dream come true, a dream he has fulfilled all on his own. The people at MAINE'S OWN TREATS on the Bar Harbor Rod in Ellsworth offer free samples of the most popular of the 26 varieties of jams and jellies they make. This shop is billed as having the state's largest inventory of Maine-made food products. While you're there, you can pick up a free mail order brochure. Call 207-667-8888. MAIN STREET AUTO CARE on the Bar Harbor Road in Ellsworth provides a broad range of automotive services, including Transtech, a service that replaces virtually every last drop of your transmission fluid. 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