Ristorante Lombardi

Signature Soups at the Ristorante Lombardi

If circumstances find you in the town of Freeport, Maine, there are a few things that you must not leave without seeing or experiencing. Without a doubt, the Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park,  Winslow Park, Casco Bay, and the Desert Dunes of Maine. You will miss something special if you don't go shopping at the flagship store of L.L.Bean at 2am since it's open 24 hrs.

But if you never do anything else, you have to stop by a small mom and pop's restaurant tucked  behind (west of) the I-295 a couple of miles in a comfortable and homey restaurant that serves the finest food this side of home. Prepared with the kindness and sincerity that only comes with a home-cooked meal, the head chef is wonderful and creative, and her assistant chefs and all the staff are so much fun and laugh so easily, conversation flows with such loose frivolity and enjoyment that it almost feels like being in a home with some of your good friends. Everyone visiting Freeport needs to visit this food joint.

The soup that has recently been added to the menu is fast becoming signature is pictured above and the name is currently under review by the current staff. What may give the appearance of an every day chowder, is the most addicting non-narcotic substance approved by the FDA for daily  consumption for symptoms of hyperphagia.

Do not leave Freeport, Maine, without having a sample of this marvelous soup with all the charm of eating on the deck beside the main dining room. The only down side to having some of this soup is that you'll want 2-3 servings at a time, and then you'll go back for more. And wish it was always in your own refrigerator just to have whenever you please. And you'll wonder if Ristorante Lombardi sells them commercially, and find yourself disappointed that they don't. (This is my last serving, so don't come steal mine, I have to make my own trip back out there ... and it won't be soon enough.)

Be sure to tip the servers :-) ... big.