Monhegan Brewing Company
Mary and Matt Weber are year round residents of Monhegan Island, which lies just 34 miles east of the suspected center of the universe. Matt is a lobsterman and Mary is the school teacher. About a year ago, Matt took a semi-informal course in business planning and as his example he used a brewery. With Mary's father being a master brewer it seemed reasonable.
The end of the course coincided with the end of a slow summer harpooning tuna fish, and it dawned on Matt that a brewery on Monhegan might be a viable entity.
After plenty of mature, serious consideration by pretty much everyone i...
The Barnacle Cafe at the Island Inn
The Barnacle opened in 1997, in the Rockcrest building by the wharf, and is situated at the point where all visitors arrive and depart the island. The Barnacle is a name associated with the history of the island, as a tea room that quenched the thirst of many visitors and locals back in the early part of this century. The building that the Barnacle is situated in has overlooked the wharf since the early part of the 1900’s and the huge wooden beams that are the strength of the building are evident inside and provide a backdrop for the original lobster buoys which decorate them.
The Barnacle h...