You’re reading this because you’re not sure about your options for fending off emaciation during your time in Boothbay Harbor. If you have Celiac’s Disease, or even just a sensitivity, you already know your options are limited — that’s how it is everywhere.
As a carnivore with no known allergies to any foods, it has always been difficult reconciling my vegetarian wife’s need for a gluten-free meal. I can’t even count the number of times she has ended up with a salad, basket of fries, or a gluten-free pizza rolled in wheat flour after we’ve roamed around trying to get a good sense of where we could possibly eat.
Businesses are slowly becoming more receptive to offering gluten-free menu options, including many that are quite tasty.
So, here is a list of restaurants and available gluten-free food in the immediate harbor area of Boothbay Harbor:
McSeagull’s Restaurant
http://mcseagullsonline.com/menu/web.pdf
Haddock or chicken Francaise dishes are battered with gluten-free flour. The restaurant’s pizza also can be made with a gluten-free crust.
Ports of Italy
http://portsofitaly.com/boothbay/
As advertised on the website, everything on the menu can be made gluten-free.
Blue Moon Café
http://www.bluemoonboothbayharbor.com/
Sandwich bread.
Mama D’s Café Mercantile
Gluten-free options prepared in a non-gluten-free setting. Notable foods are omelettes and gluten-free crustless veggie pie.
Bridge Street Café
http://bridgestreetcafebbh.com/
Homemade gluten-free breads available as well as gluten-free New England clam chowder.
Fisherman’s Wharf Inn and Restaurant
http://fishermanswharfinn.com/
Sandwich rolls.
The Lobster Dock
http://www.thelobsterdock.com/
Rolls and buns.
Pier One Pizza
Gluten-free crust available.
Downeast Ice Cream
Gluten-free ice cream cones.
Regional locations for gluten-free food
Smugglers Cove Inn Restaurant
727 Ocean Point Road
East Boothbay
Prepared by a gluten-free chef, Smuggler’s Cove can make just about everything on its menu gluten-free. Some notable foods are sandwich breads, pasta, English muffins (gluten-free eggs Benedict), clam chowder, haddock and homemade hummus.
Kitchen Garden Café at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
132 Botanical Gardens Drive, Boothbay
http://www.mainegardens.org/visit/kitchen-garden-cafe/
Wraps, bagels and select desserts (ask your server).
Watershed Tavern
301 Adams Pond Road, Boothbay
https://www.boothbaycraftbrewery.com/watershed-tavern
Gluten-free bread available.