Brooklin General Store
The rebuilt heart of a village that's had a general store since 1872. Alissa Wagner left twenty years running a Manhattan restaurant to open this — and you can taste that background in the breakfast sandwiches and the pastry case. It's a gas station and a grocery and a pizza oven and a coffee counter, all under one roof that smells like fresh bread.
Brooklin has had a general store on this spot since 1872. The original structure eventually fell apart and had to be demolished. The rebuilt store, opened June 1, follows the same footprint but with a higher ceiling, better light, and a kitchen that reflects its owners' ambitions.
Alissa Wagner spent twenty years as chef and co-owner of Dimes — the restaurant, deli, and market in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Graham Macbeth, her partner, came with her. They relocated from New York to build something rooted in a small Maine village. The resulting store sits somewhere between a proper general store and a serious café.
The food program: breakfast and lunch sandwiches, pastries, sticky buns, muffins, coffee, and a pizza oven for evening. Weekend brunch. An ever-rotating grab-and-go case. Beer and wine. The sourcing leans local where possible — Bucklyn Coffee, Brooklin Candy Co., and whatever's coming from nearby farms.
It also carries gas, groceries, and the everyday things a small town needs. It's a real store. The food is just better than you'd expect.
Hours
| Daily | 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
Pizza Fri/Sat, Taco Tue, Brunch Sat/Sun — check website for current specials
Local Tips
- Breakfast sandwiches are the move. Come early before the pastries walk out the door.
- Weekend brunch draws a crowd — plan accordingly.
- Good stop before heading out to the Reach or anywhere else on the peninsula.
- Check their social for the week's rotating grab-and-go specials.
Connected To
- Tinder Hearth — nearby wood-fired bakery on the Blue Hill Peninsula; similar ethos
- El El Frijoles — another non-obvious food destination on the peninsula