Jordan Pond House, Acadia National Park

Jordan Pond House is located in Bar Harbor, Maine, in Acadia National Park. It is a prize winning restaurant that has been tantalizing taste buds of locals and visitors from across the world since the end of the 1800’s. It combines enticing menus for young and old alike with a rich history dating back to some of the area’s earliest European settlers.

Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine, is home to the renowned Jordan Pond House, a historic building and restaurant that offers a unique selection of tasty food with stunning local scenery.  It began its culinary history back in the 1870’s, but its general settler history dates back as far as 1847.

Jordan Pond House was built in 1847 by the Jordans, a farming homestead situated near the pond that now bears its name.  In the 1870’s, Melvan Tibbetts turned the house into a unique restaurant with large fireplaces and dining rooms made of birch bark.  It was later purchased by John Rockefeller, Jr., who passed it to the US National Park Service to preserve its heritage.  Since the 1940’s, the Jordan House has been part of the famed Acadia National Park, continuing to entrance visitors with all sorts of culinary delights.  However, fire destroyed the original building in 1979, encouraging private funders to contribute to the construction of a replica.

The restaurant and house are open from the middle of May to the end of October, from 11:45am until 9pm.  Guests are rewarded with luncheons, afternoon teas and fine dinners.  There is even a children’s menu.

Guests can enjoy Jordan House’s luncheon entrees, desserts and drinks at very reasonable prices.  Entree options include crab cakes, scallops, quiches, pastas, chicken, shrimp, lobster, in-house made ice creams, sweet popovers, brownies, cheesecake, cake, teas, coffees, juices and fine wines and spirits.  Afternoon teas at Jordan’s are another treat.  Varied teas are offered with tasty sweet popovers and homemade strawberry jam.  Dinners are equally as inviting with local fresh crab, Angus beef, varied fish dishes, lobster, chicken and pasta, or a choice dinner special including an entree, soup of the day/chowder and/or salad, dessert and vegetables, though drinks cost extra.  Of course, children are not left out with such choices as full meals including sandwiches or soup with a popover and drink, followed by Jordan’s mouth watering ice cream. 

Jordan Pond House Restaurant is just 20-minutes from Bar Harbor.  It is easily accessed via Park Loop Road, on Acadia National Park’s picturesque Mount Desert Island.

Jordan’s takes reservations, but booking in advance is recommended.  Guests usually are seated in about ten minutes, even without reservations, and can manage up to 10 people per table.  Luncheons and teas are offered from opening till 5:30pm daily on the back lawn and in the main dining room.  Dinners are served from 5:30pm until closing, daily, either on the extensive porch or in the main dining room.