Thurston's Lobster Pound is a seafood restaurant in Bernard, Maine, United States. Situated on Thurston Road, a cul-de-sac off Steamboat Wharf Road,[2] overlooking Bass Harbor from the west, it has been in business since 1993. Its most popular dish is lobster.[2][3]
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 The kitchen (left) and main entrance in 2014 | |
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| Established | 1993 |
| Owner(s) | Radcliffe family |
| Street address | 9 Thurston Road |
| City | Bernard |
| County | Hancock County |
| State | Maine |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 04612 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 44°14′21″N 68°21′09″W / 44.23918215°N 68.35249619°W |
| Website | www |
History edit
Established in 1993 and owned by the Radcliffe family, it was a progression of the original F. W. Thurston Company,[4] started in 1946 by Fred Webster Thurston. Thurston's daughter, Audrey, and her husband, Harvey Moore, became partners in the business two years later.[5]
Thurston died in 1959, and left his half of the business to his grandson, Lester Radcliffe.[5]
Harvey died in 1971, at which point Lester purchased the remaining half of the business from his mother. He remained the sole proprietor for the following two decades.[5]
Michael Radcliffe, Lester's son, and his wife, Elizabeth, purchased F. W. Thurston in 1991. They expanded the business two years later with Thurston's Lobster Pound.[5]
After thirteen summer seasons, the Radcliffes leased the business to an employee between 2006 and 2012, at which point, with the help of their daughter, Elizabeth, they took control again.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Best bets for Bar Harbor" - Times Union, September 3, 2021
- ^ a b Fabrikant, Geraldine (2011-07-14). "36 Hours in Bar Harbor, Me". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Taylor, David; Smith, Lisa (2014-05-01). "Catch a fresh dining scene on Mt. Desert Island". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Rein, Ninah (2022-04-15). "Board approves changes to Thurston's Lobster Pound pier". Mount Desert Islander. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ a b c d e "Our Story | Thurston's Lobster Pound". 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-23.