Top 10 Best of Southern Maine Restaurants - For Groups!

  Finding the perfect Maine restaurant for your group or tour theme should never be a challenge... so to make this step as easy as 1-2-3, we've put together a list of the Top 10 Best of Southern Maine Restaurants - for large groups just like yours!  Hope you enjoy, and remember you can always e-mail us with any added questions.

1.    Foster's Downeast Clambake - "No tour of the Maine coast is complete  without experiencing a genuine Maine Clambake" - Foster's is the only way to go fora clambake.

2.    Jonathan's Restaurant - Located adjacent to the Meadowmere Resort, Jonathan's offers your group a perfect location paired with innovated and deep-rooted Maine cuisine.

3.    Wild Blueberry Cafe - Specializing in group breakfast and lunch, the Wild Blueberry Cafe offers a bright and cheerful dining room.

4.    Mike's Clam Shack - Where the Maine focus is Maine Seafood!  The ideal stop for you fried favorites!

5.    The Old Village Inn - Set in the heart of the village, the Old Village Inn brings fine food and easy comfort to Ogunquit!

6.    West Meadow Pub - Bringing you on-site continental breakfast served with warm hospitality and homemade treats. (Available weekday year round)

7.    Amore Cafe - Ogunquit's most famous breakfast location where your group will enjoy home cooking just like mom used to make!

8.    Cape Neddick Inn -  Conveniently located on Route One enjoy American Gill cuisine in a historic setting.

9.    Stonewall Kitchen - Looking for a fresh idea? For the group that loves to eat and wants to have a great time Stonewall Kitchen's Cooking School is just the thing.  Where you can learn, eat and shop - all in one spot! Culinary tours are heating up as a popular way to experience the local flavor!

10.    Jackie's Too - There's nothing like the rock coast of Maine... your group is bound to enjoy a casual lunch at the start of Marginal Way!

For bookings at the Meadowmere Resort (Ogunquit's Finest in Motorcoach Accommodations) please contact us by phone at 1-800-633-8718 or e-mail.  The resort is open year round - "Bringing you Maine, one season at a time." - so we can always accommodate every Ogunquit festival, Southern Maine event or season!

Top 10 Ogunquit Maine Destinations and Group Activities

So what do you do in Maine with a Motor Coach filled with around 50 people?  If you've never been to Southern Maine - you may be pleasantly surprised!  Lobsters and Lighthouse’s may be the first to pop in head - but Maine's not called Vacationland for nothing... here are the Meadowmere Resort's Top 5 Day Trip Destinations followed by Top 5 Activities that are sure to fill any itinerary!

Top 5 Ogunquit Day Trip Destinations

1. Perkins Cove/Marginal Way - Enjoy a visual translation of the village named "Beautiful Place by the Sea".  Stroll along the 1 1/4 mile foot-path winding along the rocky coast of Maine and connecting the Ogunquit Beach with Perkins Cove.
2. Kennebunkport - A picturesque seacoast village including Walker's Point, the Wedding Cake House, Dock Square and the Kennebunkport Historial Society.
3. Portsmouth, New Hampshire - A stimulating mix of historic buildings, great restaurants, art galleries with distinctive artisans' and boutique shops.  Points of interest include Strawbery Banke and the Isle of Shoals.
4. Portland - Discover the beauty and excitement of Maine's largest city.  Points of interest include Portland Art Museum, Old Port with its cobble stone streets and Downeast Duck Adventures allowing your group to enjoy Portland by land and by sea.
5. Freeport - Visit a village rich with history, much of which is preserved today.  Points of interest include Wolfe's Neck State Park, Mast Landing Sanctuary and Desert Dunes.

Top 5 Fun Maine Group Activities         

1. Scenic Cruise - FinestKind departs from Perkins Cove and combines the scenic beauty of the village shoreline with a first hand lobstering experience!  They offer a wide array of themed cruises including breakfast, lighthouse and cocktail cruises.
2. Cooking Class - Experience culinary expertise prior to diving into a divine meal!  The location offers a Company Store and a viewing room of the production lines for their most popular products.
3. Freeport Shopping  - Home to the favorite L.L. Bean enjoy a leisurely stroll along sidewalks lined with Brand Name Outlets in the quaint and charming village of Freeport, Maine!
4. Whale Watch Cruise - Deborah Ann departs from Perkins Cove.  Explore the vast Atlantic with a 4 1/2 hour adventure.  Journey twenty miles out to sea to view whales, dolphins and marine life of the gulf of Maine.
5. Kittery Outlet Shopping  - Experience the fun of shopping 120 Famous Designer and Brand Name Outlets as well as the ever so popular Kittery Trading Post.  As an extra bonus the Kittery Outlets off VIP Savings Booklets to Group Tours!

Green Tourism & Group Tours

Going green is more than just a fad – thousands of businesses around the country are taking responsibility for the effect each of us have on the environment.  As the Meadowmere team takes in advice and makes the steps to ensure that our Ogunquit and ourselves are doing our part both at work and at home, consider traveling green. 

Staying with the Meadowmere, an Environmentally Friendly Resort is one way to achieve an eco-friendly vacation.  Enjoying a Motor Coach Tour at the Meadowmere Resort is another.  A few facts on how Motor Coach Tours are earth friendly brought to you by www.buses.org:

           

1.      Motorcoaches achieve 206.6 passenger miles per gallon (MPG) in comparison to commuter rail which gets 92 .4 passenger MPG, transit buses achieve 31.4 passenger MPG, domestic airplane achieve 44 passenger MPG, personal automobiles average 27.2 passenger MPG and hybrid cars 46 passenger MPG.  Talk about reducing gas consumption.

2.      Each full motorcoach has the potential of removing 55 autos from the highway, reducing congestion, cutting energy use, and reducing emissions.

3.      Motorcoaches emit the least carbon dioxide per passenger mile when compared to other forms of transportation

Combine green transportation with green accommodations and green Ogunquit Attractions and you’ve got a vacation empowering you to make a difference.

Bus Tour Season Fast Approaching in Ogunquit, Maine!

June starts off summer adventures in Maine as the first Motor Coach Tour arrives at the Meadowmere.  With 26 years of experience, an eager staff and countless activities in and around the resort the Southern Maine Coast is an ideal destination for any group.

Tours always enjoy the Meadowmere (regardless of the season), our central location and seasonal trolley stop places the quaint seaside village of Ogunquit at your group's fingertips.  Direct access to Route 1 enables your group to quickly head out for the day's activities and return conveniently.  Our complimentary amenities allow for an economical and leisurely day for guests to enjoy the Indoor-Heated Pool, Outdoor Hot Tub, Outdoor Pool, Roman Tub, Evening Tv Room Showings, Business Center, Fitness Center, Steam room/Sauna and Free Wireless Hi-Speed Access.

At the Meadowmere our hospitable staff greets every Motor Coach with a step-on introduction to Ogunquit Village and the Meadowmere Resort.  Guests are then invited to enjoy a complimentary welcome reception in our West Meadow Pub while luggage is delivered to their rooms.  Breakfast is also available weekdays on-site and complimentary Coach Parking allows simplicity for all.

For more information about booking a group, feel free to give us a call. We'll help you find the best fit (we are a little Maine-iac about being helpful - hee hee) and make the outing a success!

Classic Car Clubs - Tips to Enjoying Ogunquit

We're pretty big fans of the car clubs here are the Meadowmere. With special parking, room locations, packages and more than a few staff compliments waiting for your vehicle, we've seen quite a few engines roar. From custom ordered corvettes to the classics - we even have an in house beauty affectionately known as Bessie. She makes her appearances in the Spring and Fall when the sun is shining and our fearless Stu treats her for a drive.

So in dedication to Bessie, here are a few tips to enjoy Ogunquit Maine and the Meadowmere as a car club:

• Be sure to book your group early for the West Meadow or, if you are a large party, the Country Squire locations. This way, you'll have reserved parking to welcome the club upon arrival.
  

• Check out CruiseMaine.net to find spots to stop and routes to drive state wide. Also feel free to ask us about local routes if you have something special in mind. The best and most scenic dirving routes in Southern Maine are all easy to reach from Ogunquit. We've help many a corvette club explore the back roads - all paved of course!

• Let us know if you need hoses, buckets or rags - gotta make her shine! It's also important to know the car washes in the area and we are happy to make recommendations on who knows how to take good care of your car.

• Remember that parking for a large car club can be a challenge at restaurants and around Ogunquit. We can help find restaurants open to car clubs in Southern Maine and advise you on local parking rates and accessibility.

• Of course, car clubs are about hanging out with all your friends (and the drive). So after exploring a road with a few great corners and feeling the sea breeze (open windows, top down - gotta love the smell of the ocean), we can help arrange some fun at the West Meadow Pub or at Jonathan's. There's even a package option for your car group.

• Finally, there's nothing like a little friendly competition among car enthusiasts! From finding a drive in or local car show to organizing a staff favorite vote - our hotel is happy to find a way to help show off your beauty and have a little fun in Ogunquit!

So now that the weather is good, remember to look for Bessie and start those engines!