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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Looking for Mother's Day brunch? Here's the best spot on the Seacoast, according to Yelp
A spot in Wells has been named Yelp's best brunch restaurant in Maine for 2025. Congdon's Doughnuts Family Restaurant and Bakery earned a place on the online rating and review platform's 2025 list of the Best Brunch Spots in Each State, which was updated on April 14. Yelp compiled the list by ranking breakfast and brunch businesses a based on the volume and ratings of reviews given by Yelp Elite Squad members ― local users who have been selected for their well-written reviews, high-quality photos and helpful behavior on the platform. More: USA TODAY named its Restaurants of the Year. This Worcester favorite made the list Located in Wells, Congdon's delicious doughnuts and other sweet treats helped it land the top spot in Maine and on the Seacoast. Congdon's Doughnuts is located at 1090 Post Rd in Wells, Maine. You can find "Maine's Favorite Doughnut" at Congdon's, the website says. The restaurant has been serving fresh, homemade doughnuts in Wells since 1955. They offer over two dozen flavors of donuts in raised, filled, chocolate and plain categories, as well as apple, blueberry, and maple bacon fritters. They also serve eggs, breakfast bowls, burritos, sandwiches and a variety of beverages. Congdon's Doughnuts is currently open 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. In the summer, they are generally open 7 days a week. It offers counter/cafe style service, and you can order online or pre-order doughnuts. They also have a food truck park that will open on Memorial Day weekend. The restaurant and bakery has 4.5 stars out of 828 reviews. "Tried their St Patrick's Day burrito. Pastrami with sourkraut and cheese! Was great, huge. I couldn't eat it all at one sitting," said Yelp user Kauaikuuipo C. "Went back recently for a batch of donuts for the grand kids. They thought they died and went to heaven." "We love Congdon's!!" said Dianne A. "The donuts are the best around. The cinnamon roll was huge and sweet." "The best fritters around New England area hands down!!!" said Travis C. "I ordered the blueberry, apple and maple bacon. All were amazing but Apple is the best and second was Blueberry and third was Maple Bacon. They're also not overly sweet and to me they're just right. Very soft and great texture on the fritters." Looking for something a little different? Yelp also named a top brunch restaurant in New Hampshire: Polly's Pancake Parlor, located near the White Mountains in Sugar Hill, NH. Contributing: Claire Reid This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Check out this top ranked brunch spot on the Seacoast: It's in Maine
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Here's a guide to more than dozen Maine doughnut shops
May 8—Mainers make some darn good doughnuts. Whether you're looking for plain old plain to dip in your coffee, a maple bacon doughnut meal or just a two-bite red velvet doughnut hole snack, there's something on the menu of local shops for everyone. Visit one (or two, or three) places on our list this weekend and treat yourself to your favorite flavor. You deserve it. Congdon's Doughnuts What to expect: Congdon's offers up homemade doughnuts and basic breakfast items. Doughnut flavors range from honey dip, chocolate twist, plain with chocolate frosting, lemon cream and chocolate jimmy, along with classic flavors like cinnamon and sugar. Location: 1090 Post Road, Wells Hours: 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday through Sunday The Cookie Jar What to expect: The Cookie Jar offers an array of homemade flavors like apple, blueberry, chocolate coconut, molasses and honey dip. It also serves doughnut holes in similar flavors, along with other favorites like jelly-filled and chocolate frosted. Location: 554 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth Hours: 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday Donut Grove What to expect: Donut Grove serves vegan items, using mostly almond milk and no animal products in its doughnuts. Flavors include country potato with cinnamon sugar, Maine blueberry glaze, molasses sugared and chocolate toasted coconut. Location: 153 Park St. Suite B, Orono Hours: 8 a.m. to noon Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Dough Boy Donuts What to expect: Dough Boy offers flavors like strawberry frosted, blueberry, chocolate frosted, honey dip and maple. Location: 174 Washington St., Limerick Hours: 6 a.m. to noon Wednesday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Eighty 8 Donuts What to expect: Eighty 8 offers hand-dipped doughnuts in flavors like lemon, Maine maple and chocolate, along with cookies and cream, 007 (Maple dipped, topped with bourbon cream and candied bacon) and Bam Bam (topped with Fruity Pebbles). Locations: 225 Federal St., Portland; 5092 Access Road, Carrabassett Valley; and by traveling truck Hours: Portland — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday; Sugarloaf (during ski season) — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m Thursday through Sunday. Check website for truck location and dates. Frosty's Donuts What to expect: Frosty's has three cake doughnut types — vanilla, chocolate and blueberry — that come with various toppings like cinnamon, sugar and glazed. It also serves raised doughnuts in flavors like Boston cream and chocolate frosted and with various jellies. Location: 54 Main St., Brunswick Hours: 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday through Sunday Enzo Benzo Specialty Donuts What to expect: Enzo's offers Italian-style doughnuts in flavors like maple glaze with dark chocolate, florentina, Spanish churro, honey glazed and Sicilian crema with pistachio. Location: 987 Harold L Dow Highway, Eliot Hours: 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday Holy Donut What to expect: These potato-based doughnuts come in flavors like dark chocolate sea salt, lemon, toasted coconut, bacon cheddar and numerous gluten-free options. Locations: 145 Pleasant St., Brunswick; 177 Commercial St. and 194 Park Ave., Portland; 398 Route 1, Scarborough; 1197 Portland Road, Arundel Hours: Brunswick — 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Commercial Street, Portland — 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Park Avenue, Portland — 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily; Scarborough — 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily; Arundel — hours TBD Italian Deli & Bakery What to expect: You'll find plenty of classics like lemon-filled, chocolate-glazed, honey dip, blueberry crumb and cinnamon-powdered. Location: 225 Bartlett St., Lewiston Hours: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Lovebirds Donuts What to expect: Lovebirds offers classic flavors like jelly-filled, chocolate glaze and Boston cream, as well as chocolate ganache-topped, the Azalea (a vanilla cake with a pineapple-lemon glaze and a grenadine stripe), and tuxedo (a brioche ring, creamy oat milk glaze, Oreos and ganache). Location: 450 Route 1, Kittery Hours: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday through Monday Old Time Donuts What to expect: The family-run shop features homemade old-fashioned cake doughnuts with flavors including coconut, molasses, chocolate and classic. There are often specials like maple walnut, butter crunch or holiday themes. Location: 748 Main St., Damariscotta Hours: 6 a.m. to noonTuesday through Saturday The Only Donut What to expect: Serving flavors like cookies and cream, maple bacon, Maine wild blueberry cheesecake, lemon lavender honey, as well as classics like Boston cream and toasted coconut. Location: 225 Northport Ave., Belfast Hours: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon Sunday Ruckus Donuts What to expect: These brioche-style doughnuts are made from scratch every morning in flavors like choc o'mint, espresso creme and lemon poppyseed. Location: 377 Main St., Rockland Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday through Sunday Tony's Donut Shop What to expect: Tony's makes flavors like honey-glazed, molasses-glazed, plain molasses and Bavarian. The popular shop has been operated for more than 60 years by the Fournier family but was recently put up for sale. Location: 9 Bolton St., Portland Hours: 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday The Village Donut Shop & Bakery What to expect: Village Donut serves classic flavors like chocolate cake, glazed, Boston cream and Bavarian cream, along with apple-filled, raspberry-filled and marble. Location: 1246 Roosevelt Trail, Raymond Hours: 5 a.m. to noon daily Copy the Story Link
