Ever searched for “wine-tasting dinners near me?” Well, how about “near ME”—Spruce Head, ME, to be exact!
Here at The Craignair Inn by the Sea, our exceptional on-site restaurant, The Causeway, is presenting some thrilling monthly pairing dinners via our Winter Passport Series. It simply doesn’t get any better than cozying up at our Inn eatery amid the wintry splendor of the Maine MidCoast and tasting your way through cuisines from near and far—enhanced by local wines, beers, and spirits, to boot!
What Restaurants Are Open This Time of Year?
Quite a few restaurants in Rockland, Camden, Spruce Head, and elsewhere on Maine’s MidCoast go into hibernation mode for the winter. Not The Causeway Restaurant and Clark Bar here at The Craignair Inn by the Sea, though! We’re open—and not just for our themed pairing meals, but also for regular dinners as well as Sunday brunches and lunches.
We’re here to wine and dine you all through the wintertime, which happens to be a magical window to escape to this seductive span of seashore and our warm-hearted Inn.
The Causeway Winter Passport Series at The Craignair Inn by the Sea
Seamless collaboration between Executive Chef Gil Plaster and local winemakers, brewers, distillers, and beverage purveyors define the Causeway Winter Passport Series. So do—as the travel-inspired name suggests—the globe-spanning inspirations for each themed meal.
We’re only partway through this season’s Winter Passport Series, which means you’ve definitely still got time to come to partake of these inspired, beautifully curated feasts, on offer the third Thursday of each month through April.
Coming up on February 15th, it’ll be Mardi Gras in Maine, with some Vacationland-made craft spirits featuring in the festive cocktails. On March 21st, the Winter Passport Series brings you Tastes of the French Riviera, with impeccably prepared dishes served alongside impeccably paired French wines. We’ll wager it’s going to be one of the best wine-pairing dinners you’ve ever experienced!
This edition of the Causeway Winter Passport Series closes out with a bang on April 18th, when the Winter Backyard Barbecue will spotlight a variety of different BBQ styles and tag-team the finger-licking eats with Buffalo Trace.
And don’t fret: These special pairing dinners will return next winter, with a whole new lineup of culinary odysseys.
(You can also explore last winter’s pairings at The Causeway if you’re curious.)
Holiday Dinner Events & Brunches at The Causeway Restaurant
We also love hosting holiday dinners and other smorgasbords at The Causeway Restaurant. Our multiple Christmas and New Year’s meals may be in the rear-view mirror now, but there are other special dining events to come, including holiday dinners for both Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day and an Easter brunch.
Come for a Meal—and a Stay—at The Craignair Inn by the Sea This Winter
This “off-season” stretch of the year on the Maine MidCoast has so much to recommend it. The calm, the tranquility, the deep quiet: There’s a bewitching vibe to the MidCoast winter and a whole lot of beauty—from the sunrises over heaving gray surf to woods swirled with snowflakes.
Our Causeway Restaurant is always an extra-cozy haven this season, inviting you to savor thoughtfully made dishes, cheery beverages (including an impressive whiskey list), and conviviality, even when the weather outside’s leaning toward frightful.
Reserve a table at our Causeway Restaurant this winter—and, hey, why not make a whole MidCoast getaway out of it too by booking a Craignair Inn guest room as well?