McKay’s Public House

August 25, 2007
Thsi place is a must. The fiirst time was just at the bar, the bartender was just great, he suggested some beers according to what we liked, and he was one the nose. The second time was for supper. the service was great as was the meal and beer. Looking forward to going back.

July 12, 2007
Ma mêre et moi avions été deux fois, la première pour boire seulement et la deuxième pour souper. Le resto est très chaleureux, assez confortable et le service est #1, preuve: après avoir bu une Burton Bridge Empire IPA, je voulais boire quelque chose d’autre et le serveur derrière le bar m’a suggèré quelque chose qui n’était pas sur le menu, une Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA, MERCI! Donc si vous allez à Bar Harbor, buvez et mangez là, c’est le choix #1!

August 7, 2006
A very comfortable public house with warm decoration and carefully designed recipes. Our ahi tuna was especially nice. They have around 10 taps, half of which are local seasonals (Bar Harbor Summer Ale, Gritty McDuff’s Vacationland, Atlantic Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale, etc. when we visited), other half being the usual imports that are Guinness, Harp, Smithwick’s, and Stella Artois. And don’t forget PBR. What is really interesting here is that the person who designed the bottled beer menu has an obvious leaning for high quality. Ask for the Reserve Ale list when you are handed the menu. This time around, this menu offered us Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock, Arthur Le Coq Imperial Stout, Sinebrychoff Porter, McChouffe, J.W.Lee’s Harvest Ale, J.W.Lee’s Moonraker, Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Stout, Bar Harbor Thunder Hole, Burton Bridge Empire IPA, and Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted. In Maine, folks!! Such a highly impressive selection has to be praised. Beers were served very cold though, which is a downfall, but you really can’t complain too much in the heat of summer.