I don’t know about you, but I LOVE a good bakery! And a seasonal bakery {only open in the summer/early fall} that’s open 4 days a week, and only offers pies on Fridays, and since everything is made fresh daily, if you don’t get there early enough then it’s TO BAD FOR YOU because the doors close when they’ve sold out for the day?
Well sign me up! Because seriously, it takes a pretty spectacular bake shop {and quirky customers who love guidelines like that} to keep it’s doors open year after year.
All you really got to do to keep them coming back? Make one freakin’ fantastic product.
The HH and I were actually in town to check out a lobster shack {big surprise} and it was only as we were driving out of town that I noticed a sign on the side of a small building that read Pie today that I made him {rather quickly} pull over so I could take a look inside.
Well, it was 1 hour and 10 minutes before closing…. And the shop was all sold out of bread for the day. And the pies?
There was only one left!!!!
I was so excited to see there was ONE PIE LEFT I yelled “I’ll take it!” before I even knew what kind of pie it was. 😉 The pie was lemon thyme custard. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Clearly, it was meant to be because lemon {custard type} pies are my absolute favorite pies in the world.
Also available for those last minute {no bread/pie for you!} customers… Biscotti, 6 lemon bars and 11 chocolate brownies.
I also decided to buy a lemon bar for the road. And I wasn’t disappointed. It may in fact have been the best lemon bar of my life and the crust was ah-mazing.
So seriously, if you are anywhere near Damariscotta, Maine in the summertime on a Friday morning, make the trip to Head Tide Oven for probably the best made from scratch pie you’ve ever tasted. But remember, get there early because if you snooze, you loose.
Have a great day everyone,
~Mavis
Got a sweet tooth? You can check out all the bakeries we’ve visited so far this year HERE.
Head Tide Oven
456 Main Street
Damariscotta, ME 04543
Robin says
What a cool bakery! I love local shops with good products and some quirky sass. 🙂
Kristina says
Looks awesome. Also, doesn’t it say “Head Tide Oven” on the side of their building in your picture? I checked the website you linked to, and yeah, it’s “Head” not “High”.
Melinda W says
Yup, I noticed the same thing. It’s “head” on all their signage, even though “high” seems to make more sense to me. 🙂
Carolina says
Melinda—head tides are like head winds, basically it means “coming right at you.” My cousin had a bakery in her home near there years ago. The sign out front said, “open by appointment or by chance.” She made the best German chocolate cake in the universe!!!!
Elise in the SF Bay Area says
LOL – She just fixed it 🙂 What a find!!! If only I weren’t a continent away… We have a really prolific lemon tree (even though it’s only 4 ft high, but it’s about a cubic yard of tree-bush). Lemon curd and pies are my FAVORITES
Carolina says
It is interesting that when the bakery is closed for the winter, that the owner is a chef in Patagonia, Chile!!!
Mavis Butterfield says
I know, right? How cool would that be?
Christa H. says
Oh that pie sounds like heaven- lemon is my fav too! Her insta is beautiful. Would love to try her babka.
Ramona says
Well now, my mouth is watering for something lemony!
Lisa says
Everyone is talking food but I’m loving the cash register!
DebbieB says
Drove through Damariscotta last summer after visiting Pemaquid lighthouse back to Boothbay Harbor. Just another reason to go back. The lemon bar looks heavenly.
Love Maine so much!
Stephanie says
That lemon bar looks fabulous. I may need to whip up a batch of my own after seeing that!