Bagaduce Lunch seafood restaurant is located in
Penobscot, Maine
Penobscot is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The Bagaduce River flows through the town. The population was 1,136 at the 2020 census.
Geography
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. It is a
James Beard Foundation Award
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winning restaurant (2008).
History
Bagaduce Lunch was opened as a roadside fish shack in 1946 by Sidney and Bernice Snow, their granddaughter, Judy Astbury and her husband Mike have run the restaurant since 1996. Judy's mother and father, Vangie and James Peasely, took over in 1967 and ran it for thirty years in between.
Menu
The owners pride themselves on serving only fresh and locally sourced fish. It is a seasonal operation, generally open
Memorial Day
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through
Labor Day. The seafood menu has not changed since 1946.
Awards and honors
*2008 James Beard Foundation Award
America's Classic
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*The Today Show
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named it one of the top ten lobster shacks in Maine
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See also
* List of seafood restaurants
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Seafood restaurants
Australia
* Doyles on the Beach
Canada
* Joey ...
References
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Seafood restaurants in Maine
America's Classics winners
1946 establishments in Maine
Restaurants established in 1946
Buildings and structures in Hancock County, Maine