Chebeague Island Inn
The restaurant in this grand summer hotel is well worth the voyage.
By Michael Sanders
When you stand on the dock at Cousins Island waiting for the ferry that will take you to dinner, it is hard not to feel that the elements are already conspiring to make it a unique experience. Across Casco Bay, the Chebeague Island Inn beckons, an impressive yellow-painted nineteenth-century structure set in a sea of green lawn and rolling golf links, the whole burnished by the setting sun. The sea breeze, the fifteen-minute ride on the Islander ferry, the easy conversation with the locals returning from work - as the boat pulls in, you feel the outside world begin to slip away.
