Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern Menu in Maine

One customer put this dessert in his gps finder to make sure he could return back to the right place.

A new york style cheesecake lightly dusted with sea salt and a rich caramel topping.

Choose maine's creamiest chocolate or vanilla from the 5-generation gifford family business.

Gifford's vanilla ice cream swirled with brownie bits and caramel. Originated in 2012 to celebrate 100th anniversary of ll bean!

Fried dough balls dusted in cinnamon and sugar served with a warm caramel sauce.

Delightful 3-bite freeport dessert sandwich. Chocolate cake with flavored filling choices: vanilla creme, mint, raspberry, chocolate-mocha, peanut butter; or oatmeal cake with maple filling, pumpkin cake with vanilla filling, or lemon filled gingerbread.

Flaky buttery crust, filling of local maine blueberries.

A crowd pleaser.

A polished, fresh wine with lots of inviting raspberry and blackberry in the bouquet. Medium-bodied with velvety ripe plum flavored fruit; this wine has a nice hint of vanilla on the finish

Dominated by fresh blueberry, boysenberry fruit and layered with vanilla oak, this tasty merlot finishes with a lingering hint of cherry and spice

This wine exhibits medium body and mid-palate weight. The nose is dominated by bright red fruit and notes of blackberry. It finishes with notes of brown spice and vanilla.

A full-bodied wine with outstanding notes of cherries and forest berries and subtle notes of caramel, spice and toast

Bright cherries and strawberries with hints of violet pastille and cola are an inviting entry to this pinot noir. The fruit is layered with fresh soil notes of earth and spice. Silky tannins stretch through the finish creating beautiful length and richness.

This wine exhibits intense aromas of plum, black cherry and exotic spices, with notes of coffee and vanilla from the oak barrels. The flavors on the palate are fresh, with good structure and soft tannins, and the finish is full and concentrated, with spice notes

Pale, straw-yellow in color with flowery fragrances. Mid-palate balance with a short, clean finish

Aromas of pear and apple with a hint of blossoms and nuts. Soft and round on the palate with a touch of spice, finishes dry with a refreshing citrus zip.

This straw colored wine offers pear, vanilla and fresh apple aromas. Smooth and refreshing

Aged in oak barrels for 6 months, notes of spiced pear, honeysuckle and vanilla. Texture is smooth and rich.

Light-bodied and refreshing with flavors of passion fruit, gooseberry, and grapefrui

Appealing citrus notes, pink grapefruit and lemon grass. This wine is bright and crisp

Fresh and fragrant featuring signature notes of orange blossom and honeyed peach

Bubbly prosecco with your choice of fruits and sweetened syrup.

Fruity crisp effervescents.

Slightly sweet, crisp green apple, pear and peach

Freeport, me • 7% abv. Orange, grapefruit and lemon with pine/herbal undertones, subtle caramel and malt sweetness.

Portland, me⚫ 4.75% abv. Wheat ale combined with the delightful aromatics and subtle fruit flavor contributed by maine wild blueberries.

Portland, me 7.5% abv. Belgian style stout.

Portland, me 5.2% abv. Light bodied

Belfast, me.5% abv. Medium ale, sweet nuttiness, mild earthy hops.

Portland, me

Boothbay harbor, me 5.6% abv. Smooth, american brown ale.

Bubbly prosecco with your choice of fruits and sweetened syrup

Cold river blueberry vodka and lemonade, finished with a sugar rim and fresh blueberries

Tequila, cranberry juice, triple sec and lime

Vanilla vodka, chambord and pineapple juice with a lemon twist.

Bourbon and maine root ginger brew

1 lb bag

Decaf 1 lb bag

Large chunks of succulent maine lobster meat tossed with a creamy three-cheese sauce, tossed with pasta and finished with crisp crumb topping

Salmon filet pan-seared and glazed with fresh lavender-lemon butter, served with steamed asparagus.

Char-grilled, blackened salmon filet topped with a maine blueberry chutney. Served with rice pilaf and sautéed green beans

Local pineland farms ground beef with chopped red peppers and sweet onion topped with a home style brown sugar tomato glaze. Served with whipped kennebec potatoes and zesty roasted brussel sprouts with a touch of garlic.

9oz. New york sirloin cooked to temperature and topped with blue cheese butter. Served with roasted maine fingerling potatoes and honey-bourbon glazed carrots.

Gfx all fried items are served with aroostook (maine) fries, , and our own maine farm and shore kelpislaw. Fried vinalhaven scallops, maine haddock and whole belly clams

Hand-pressed lobster raviolis topped with creamy lobster sherry cream sauce. Served with a side of sauteed green beans

Succulent chunks of maine lobster in a sherry butter sauce, baked m with onions, sweet corn and a crumb topping. Or in its traditional manner with just butter and crumbs. Served with maine whipped potatoes.

Cf linda shares her grandfather's recipe, very popular here. Baked succulently and simply over a moist onion bed. With ll's camp potatoes and fresh maine vegetables.

Gf tender and flavorful center-cut beef tenderloin served with whipped maine potatoes and seasonal vegetables

P chicken breast grilled to perfection, served with roasted fingerling potatoes and steamed seasonal vegetables

Gfx remember the days of the maine broiler festival in belfast when chicken was #1? Our tender breast strips are golden fried and served with raye's maine stone ground mustard and linda bean's blueberry bbq sauce for dipping.

Hand-battered chicken breast fried crisp, topped with white gravy, and served with maine whipped potatoes, peas, and a biscuit.

Gfx featuring the famed maine red: two hot dogs, baked beans, brown bread and kelpislaw. A freeport memory from frank's restaurant located decades ago on this site.

Gf there's no such thing as a maine lobster from away. A whole 14 pound lobster in its shell with a pound of steamed clams, melted butter, corn bread, a cup of linda's award-winning clam chowder, our signature kelpislaw and a slice of pie with ice cream!

Gf in a class by itself. Sweet 14 pounder steamed to perfection. Served with melted butter and our corn bread and kelpislaw.

Gfx linda's specialty, tender maine lobster meat combined with an all american grilled cheese sandwich. Made with cheddar, lobster meat, fresh tomato slices and her secret herb dressing.

Gfx fried, broiled or spicy pan seared haddock with your cheese choice: american, cheddar, swiss, blue, smoked gouda or pepper jack. Served with kelpislaw and tartar.

Three flour tortillas with fried haddock, fresh salsa, pickled onion, lettuce and cilantro. Served with avocado-lime sauce, creamy chili pepper sauce and chips.

Thinly sliced corned beef, sauerkraut, melted swiss cheese and thousand island dressing on toasted rye bread. Served with our house potato chips.

Gfx grilled breast of chicken with bacon, lettuce, i tomato and sweet & spicy mayo

Gfx two red maine hotdogs in butter-toasted rolls. Served with delicious fries made with maine potatoes.

Gfx thin beef patty with grilled onions, mayo and piccalilli on a soft burger roll as prepared in the 1950s at simpson's on the back road to portland. They only cost a quarter back then (so you could order four, and would always want to)! 9 each or two for

Back by popular demand! Roasted turkey piled on homemade stuffing and hand-cut bread topped with pan gravy, maine whipped potatoes and homemade cranberry sauce. Also available in folded flatbread.

Wine-toasted sourdough bread filled with fresh apple slices, melted brie, and a cranberry spread, served with house-made chips and pickle rounds.

Chunks of maine lobster meat, applewood smoked bacon, leaf lettuce, sliced, vine-ripened tomato, and herbed aioli on a grilled brioche bun. Served with house- made potato chips and a side of coleslaw.

16 oz. Thick, sumptuous and smooth.

16 oz. A maine blend of haddock, scallops, clams and shrimp in a mouth-watering creamy chowder.

16 oz. Buttery milk and cream unite in the way you remember it, with lots of lobster meat and flavor.

16 oz. Freeport chowdah champion, thick, flavorful, lots of clams!

16 oz. Sprinkled with old-time salt pork and served with a biscuit and honey.

Right off the boat and cooked perfectly. Maine lobster claws are balanced in a complete salad meal with hard-boiled egg, bacon, avocado, tomato wedges and garlic croutons over fresh local greens. Your choice of dressings. Choose to add to any of the salads below

Thick slices of roasted turkey, deli ham and swiss cheese atop a bed of mixed greens with avocado, hard-boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded carrots and red onion. Served with your choice of dressing.

Grilled sirloin steak with roasted red peppers, caramelized red onions, cherry tomatoes, gorgonzola cheese, and a honey vinaigrette dressing served over mixed greens.

Mixed greens and spinach with sliced apple, roasted butternut squash, dried cranberries and candied walnuts tossed in our apple vinaigrette.

New deep-fried dough balls with fresh strawberries. Served with chocolate caramel sauce.

Tender chicken breast strips golden fried and served with two sauces: maine maple mustard and linda bean's blueberry barbecue.

Smoked salmon and herbed cream cheese rolled in a seaweed wrap, served with lemon and capers.

Whole maine lobster tail, split, skewered and oven-roasted with white wine, butter and a sprinkle of our secret herbs.

Two slices of multigrain toast with a spread of cream cheese, sliced tomato, capers, avocado, smoked salmon and red onion.

New! An oven-baked flatbread topped with maine blueberries, toasted pecans, sliced mint leaves, blackberry jam, and goat cheese finished with a honey vinaigrette dressing.

Deep-fried thin wraps filled with succulent lobster, cream cheese and cilantro. Served with sweet pepper dipping sauce.

Locally dug and lightly fried make these a maine "must order!"

1½ pounds of freeport-dug soft shell clams. Served shore style with broth and melted butter.

Cooked in white wine with cream, shallots, garlic and thyme. Served with toasted flatbread to help you savor every drop!

Pan-seared sea scallops served over bacon, parmesan and chive cream sauce.

Crispy jumbo wings and drumsticks glazed with our signature maine blueberry bbq sauce. Very popular! Also available with "buffalo" sauce or linda's maple bbq.

Fresh maine lobster meat and rich buttery cracker stuffing. Stuffed into plump mushrooms, drizzled with butter and baked to a bubbly golden brown.

Easy to eat but still connected to the shell is what we mean by our lobster for the 21st century. Butterflied and broiled to a perfect succulence. Served with our own kelpislaw.

Tender pieces of maine lobster meat, wrapped in a creamy three-cheese sauce with macaroni fried in herbed bread crumbs.

Thin sliced squid rings and tentacles, pepperoncini and lemon, coated with gingered rice flour and deliciously fried. Paired with sweet and spicy pepper sauce.

Two cakes of pan-seared fresh-picked local crabmeat on a bed of baby greens with creamy sweet pepper sauce and lemon-lime zest.