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After our visit to the fair, we tried a place I’d been hearing good things about for dinner….the Old Mill Pub in Skowhegan.
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It didn’t look like much and since the inside dining room was packed, we headed outside.
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Where the view from our table wasn’t half bad.
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Things started well with a fabulous blueberry mule.
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And an amazing French Onion soup for the husband.
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This is his go to appetizer so when you’ve tried hundreds, you always appreciate when it’s done right.
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Dinner for me was yummy maple bourbon glazed steak tips with garlic mashed red potatoes and sautéed broccoli (not pictured) …. and a light and lovely lemon butter haddock and mashed for the spouse.
We’re not often in this part of Maine, but I’m putting the Old Mill Pub on my list of places to revisit if we are.
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Weird sign in the parking et al.
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River's world..... 
That is a nice view!
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Much better than being crowded inside.
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French onion soup is hard to mess up, but unbelievably some restaurants manage. If the chef knows how to season things, and knows that you can’t put too much cheese on it, he’s good to go.
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I like a rich broth that’s been simmering for a while . A lot of places don’t caramelize the onions long enough and the flavor is weak. Or they put in too much bread so there’s too little broth at all.
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Solo Cream…that’s a little disappointing.
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Sunburn and toe fungus is not a good combination.
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I am guessing that “Pop’s” is related to the restaurant owner. 😏
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There were apartments in neighboring buildings. I’m guessing they wanted some free advertising.
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I’m glad your hubs is a connoisseur of French Onion soup. That’s my go-to appetizer when eating out, if they have it on the menu. That view is breathtaking, how lovely and so glad you had a great meal to blog about, lol.
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For me it’s all about the quality of broth. For him it’s bread to broth ratio. This place nailed them both.
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“See spot on Lulu”… uhhmmm, okay. LOL.
That “stream” is bigger than the LA River! And now I have an earworm of “down by the old mill stream…”
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And now I do as well…
Thanks for that.
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Good food with a view. Perfect!
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Pretty close.
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Hmmm…I wonder if Solo Cream work better than Alo Vera
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I have no idea.
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I love having a go-to appetizer so you always have something to compare and contrast. I guess nowadays it’s cheese curds for us.
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The Old Mill Pub is our go to place whenever we are in that area. Always has great food.
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We’d definitely go back.
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I hear that, if you read ever word on that weird sign, in one week a girl crawls out of the television and kills you.
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I wouldn’t doubt it.
Good thing I just took a picture instead…
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