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Havana and Balance Rock Receive Wine Spectator Awards.
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Havana and Balance Rock Receive Wine Spectator Awards.

Carrie Jones Jun 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—Two local restaurants received awards from Wine Spectator. With the announcement, Havana Restaurant in Bar Harbor continues to rack up the awards. Havana was once again named to Wine Spectator’s 2025 Restaurant Awards list. It had received the award last year as well. Havana received the Best of Award of Excellence … Continue reading Havana and Balance Rock Receive Wine Spectator Awards.

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James Beard's Outstanding Restaurant Award Names Havana as a Semi-Finalist Award singles out best restaurants in the U.S.A.
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James Beard’s Outstanding Restaurant Award Names Havana as a Semi-Finalist

Award singles out best restaurants in the U.S.A. Carrie Jones Jan 22, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—For Michael Boland, the news arrived via text after text from friend after friend. One of his restaurants, they said, congratulating him, was up for one of the country’s biggest honors in the restaurant world: The James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant. Finalists will be declared publicly on April 2. According … Continue reading James Beard’s Outstanding Restaurant Award Names Havana as a Semi-Finalist

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Design Review Board Yearns for Independence

Havana and Alpenglow Changes Approved CARRIE JONES JAN 16, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Havana and Alpenglow are one step closer to getting a new look and Bar Harbor’s Design Review Board is hoping to eventually get a new look, too. The board spent the end of its January 11 meeting discussing how it could potentially get out from under the auspices of the Bar Harbor Planning … Continue reading Design Review Board Yearns for Independence

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Sparkly Charm and Bebopping Fingers:

Storyteller and Musician Bob Lombardi Enchants Bar Harbor for Decades CARRIE JONE AND  SHAUN FARRAR JAN 15, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Imagine fingers picking out fast notes on a standing bass that’s scratched and loved and about the same height as the debonair man who is playing it. The notes sizzle into a beat spawned by fingers moving so quickly that they’re hard to photograph in dim … Continue reading Sparkly Charm and Bebopping Fingers:

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Havana and 77 Cottage Street Bed and Breakfast Look for Appropriateness Certificates

Design Review Board Continues Discussion To Get Out From the Planning Board’s Purview and the Land Use Ordinance CARRIE JONES DEC 15, 2023 BAR HARBOR—The Design Review Board discussed two smaller potential changes to local buildings and one large potential change to town process at its in-person December 14 meeting at the Bar Harbor Municipal Building. Chair Barbara Sassaman said that she had made potential … Continue reading Havana and 77 Cottage Street Bed and Breakfast Look for Appropriateness Certificates

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