Our Favorites

This is our list of things to remember from the East Coast Greenway besides the route. These are locations we would visit again for sure if we‘re again in this area – or beers that we definitively would like to drink again.

Coffees, Bars & Restaurants:
Sunset Pier, Key West – of course at sunset
Dockside Boot, Marathon – live music at the marina
Italian Food Company, Key Largo – nice Italian food “alla mamma“
Yard House, Miami Beach – cool food and lots of craft beer
Ocean Republic Brewing, Stuart – nice craft beer and food
Copperhead Tavern, Melbourne Beach – nice beer and astonishing food
Anastasia Kitchen, St. Augustine – for breakfast
REVE Brewing, Atlantic Beach – specialized in hazy IPA, sour and imperial stout
Shellring Aleworks Brewing, Port Royal – nice beer and food at the harbor
Main Street Tap House, North Myrtle Beach – nice beer, good food and live music
Tobacco Wood Brewing, Oxford – cool beer, good food and live music
Trapezium Brewing, Petersburg – nice beer, cool ambience and good pizzas
Triple Crossing Brewing, Richmond – with very nice beer and a good athmosphere
Red Dragon Brewery, Fredericksburg – for their English-style beer
Thai X-ing, Washington DC – for home-made Thai food
Calm Waters Coffee Roasters, Bristol (PA) – for great coffee and pastries
Evil Twin Brewing, New York – fantastic sour and imperial stout
White Noise Coffee, New York – nice coffee and the best croissant we had in the US
Wild East Brewing, New York – super sour beer (Kriek)
Skappo, New Haven – fabulous Italian cuisine
Willibrew, Willimantic – for that special atmosphere in the old post office
Trinity Brewhouse, Providence – good beer, food, atmosphere and very friendly
Finn‘s Craft Beer Tap House, Hyannis – very nice selection of local craft beer
PB Boulangerie Bistro, Wellfleet – for the real french boulangerie & bistro
Provincetown Brewing, Provincetown – nice little brewery with very good crafts
Trillium Brewing, Boston – for the multitude of nice IPAs, sours and stouts.
La Mulita Coffee, Rye – for their super cappucino
Sebago Brewing, Kennebunk – for their friendly welcome and the nice beer
Boulangerie, Kennebunk – for the “real french“ croissants & pain au chocolat
Brickyard Hollow, Portland – what a pizza together with that beer
Rising Tide Brewing Company, Portland – for that relaxed brewery feeling
Batson River Brewing, Portland – for the very nice food and the fireplace
Odd Alewives Farm Brewery, Waldoboro – for very nice beer and a cool ambience
Marshall Wharf Brewing, Belfast – for the ice seafood together with the different beers
Fogtown Brewing, Ellsworth – for the nice location, the good beer and the live music
Bad Little Brewing, Machias – for the superb food, the cool atmosphere and hopefully soon their beer

Hotels & Motels:
Bleu Beach Resort, Melbourne Beach – super-friendly welcome & super-cool beach
Wayward Traveler‘s Inn, Mims – super-friendly B&B with a nice ambience
Open Gates Bed & Breakfast, Darien – what an athmospere and super-friendly host
Bed & Breakfast Inn, Savannah – beautiful rooms in historic buildings
The Elizabethtown Inn, Elizabethtown – a warm welcome in a historic house
The Kennebunk Inn, Kennebunk – staying in a historic house with a friendly welcome
The Jeweled Turret Inn, Belfast – for the warm welcome the the super nice breakfast

Services:
Eaton Bikes, Key West – fast & friendly
Kennedy Space Center Rocket Launch Schedule – not to miss a launch when being there
SuperCorsa Cycles, Amelia Island – besides the service: what an espresso 🙂
Trek Shop, Georgetown Washington DC – perfect service of our bikes within one day
Norrøna Flagship Store, New York – for a friendly welcome with fresh coffee

Beer:
Tourbus – fantastic IPA from Destihl
Florida Heat – what a taste from American Icons
„Joe‘s Garage“, „Don‘t go breaking my tart“ and „On the grind“ – from Ocean Republic
„Magnificent desolation“, „Bend towards the light“ and „Not myself“ – from REVE Brewing
Haze of Hope – from New Realm Brewing
Savagely Delicious – from Crooked Hammock
Bluebird – from New Anthem Brewing
Big Bad Baptist Double Jam – from Epic Brewing
Spotted Dick – from Fortnight Brewing
„The Original False Motivation“, Weapon of Mash Destruction“ and “Hazed and Pepper Infused“ from Tobacco Wood Brewing
„Lucky 47 – White Ale“ & “But First, Coffee“ – from Trapezium Brewing
– „Dawn Chorus“, „Social Jetlag Barelywine“ and „8th year anniversary blend“ – from Triple Crossing Brewing
– Uber Hipster 2xIPA, Saturday Morningz Peach Ringz, INKredibly Juicy IPA – from Iron Hill Brewery
Greenhouse Fruited Pilsner, Dumb Fruit 19, The Great Northern Barrel-Aged Series 29 – from Evil Twin Brewing
Eros – from River Styx
Aloha from New England – from Lord Hobo Brewing
Ecstasy of Gold – from Widowmaker Brewing
Spiked Smoothie Lemonade – from Connecticut Valley Brewing
Qya‘s Revenge – from Provincetown Brewing
Twice the daily serving – from Trillium Brewing
Landed in Brussels – from Sebago Brewing
2022 Maine Brewers Guild Collaboration IPA and Sea Dog Blood Orange – from Shipyard Brewing
Odd Union and Odd Imp – from Odd Alewives Farm Brewing


In the following section a few more discoveries from our trip in Canada – they are not related to the East Coast Greenway route anymore.
– The Coach House – B&B in Saint Stephen: for their super-friendly welcome and good breakfast
Happy Craft Brewing in Moncton: for very nice beer
Maison McKenzie – B&B in Campbellton: for the nice conversations with Michel
Aux Fous Brassant in Riviére-du-Loup: nice beer and good french platters
Brewsky in Montreal: very nice beer (esp. the hazy ones)