Cafe This Way in Bar Harbor, Maine

Cafe This Way is a colorful, cottage-style spot in downtown Bar Harbor where breakfast (and dinner) leans global. Tyler, Brenna, and the rest of the crew make you feel at home immediately. Expect lines during peak season, especially for the Maine blueberry pancakes that keep people coming back.

• Blueberry pancakes are crispy-edged, stuffed with berries, genuinely singular.
• Tyler and Brenna remember your name by day two of a visit.
• Vegan tofu scramble and goat cheese omelet hit equally hard.
• Real maple syrup comes as a generous flask, no upcharge.

Get the Maine blueberry pancake (thin, crispy, loaded with fruit). The white bean shakshuka arrives with perfectly poached eggs. The vegan tofu scramble is hearty with fresh veggies and crispy home fries. If you eat meat, the lobster Benedict is worth the price. Ricotta toast, avocado toast, bagels with herbed cream cheese all deliver. Coffee is strong and fresh.

Small, lively, packed with color and personality. It gets busy, especially mornings, but the crew works fast and the energy is warm rather than frantic.

Guests rave about returning multiple times in a single trip. One recent visitor called the blueberry pancake the best she's ever had. People praise the staff by name, the portion of real maple syrup, and the fact that everything tastes intentional, from the house strawberry jam to the goat cheese in an omelet.