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Midcoast Insomniacs Rejoice: Breakfast at Café Grazie As "munchies"—and arguably some of the worst sleepers in Midcoast Maine—being wide awake in the pre-dawn hours eventually leads to one thing: a serious craving for breakfast. Fortunately, Rockland’s newest gem, Café Grazie, is making the early bird life a lot more delicious. The Backstory Café Grazie is the brick-and-mortar evolution of Double Grazie, a beloved bakery project that started in 2021. After building a loyal fo

Bill Does Bath (and beyond): Old Friends, New Trucks, and Maine Spirit When you haven’t seen some of your best friends of 30 years for a few months, you don’t just send a text—you fix the situation with a road trip. On a recent Thursday night, I hopped in my new pickup (huge shoutout to Chuck Christie  for the new Munchies Mobile!) to play chauffeur and head north to collect my "passenger princess" in Bath before meeting up with life-long friends Sean and Sarah Cronin in Free

A Winter Oasis at Pepper’s Landing We trekked it and hour and 30 minutes to Old Town on a bitterly cold January day for a basketball tournament. As we were looking for a place to thaw out before the tourney, we stubbled upon Pepper’s Landing. SO. GLAD. WE. DID. The Atmosphere & Decor The first thing you notice is how much thought and love went into the "bones" of this place. The decor is clean, nautical, and hyper-specialized. It’s not just generic sea-shack kitsch; every det

A Coastal Gem with Southern Soul and Harbor Views One of the highlights of Munchies, in our opinion, is our ability to introduce you to unique places, dishes, or experiences that inspire you to explore for yourself. We believe we’ve discovered a spot that deserves your attention: Buttermilk Kitchen at Marriners . Located at 35 Main Street, this establishment perfectly blends a warm, traditional Maine greeting with a contemporary, upscale Southern breakfast experience. They pr

Bringing a taste of Boston’s North Shore to Maine Attending college in Beverly, MA, I lived on roast beef sandwiches for many years. Bill & Bob's Famous Roast Beef , Jimbos Famous Roast Beef Reading, MA , Kelly's Roast Beef  - Pretty much (Enter any name here )’s Famous Roast Beef, and I’m there. After returning to Maine, I so missed those BBQ-drenched beefs on a fresh onion roll. Enter Roasty's . We were lucky enough to have Roasty’s run a pop-up shop right in downtown Rockl