After hearing some less-than stellar reviews on opening day of the The Bowdoinham Country Store, we decided to check it out for ourselves.
The new Country Store is awesome! At times the line was out the door! The room was well lit, airy, and freshly painted. The selection of product includes common grocery items as well as lots of local products such as elderberry syrup and flowers. They have a large selection of craft beer which is hard to find in a small town. The deli had a delicious array of meats, sausage, pasta salad, potato salad, and hot dogs. The pizza we ordered was hot and delicious. The menu is still under development and we look forward to what they add to it. Currently, it is just pizza and subs.
The Carrabasset hot coffee was robust and priced fairly. I believe a small was only $1.35.
2021
Came here last year when the new owner bought it out - it was real nice! They renovated the place and it looks fantastic. Love the new ice cream place.
2022
Another person now owns this - not impressed. Place looks great still but when getting Ice cream you buy it outside and then have to go inside to pay. Huge inconvenience!
The owner before this new one took ice cream orders and payments outside, why did the new owner change this? If the new owner is looking to get people in the store so they can buy stuff... not a good marketing strategy. It's frustrating especially those who have kids or dogs and a turn off. Please change this tactic.
I give them 3 stars for looks alone. The interior was redone and looks amazing and clean. However the meat case is now smaller and they offer a lot of pre-made gas station type sandwiches. You can still get an Italian however they are not as full as they used to be. Also my wife and I got a pizza. Don’t quote me on this but I am sure they changed the dough and sauce. Not what I was expecting. I had super high hopes for this new improvement but it was short lived. I used to enjoy the “cheers” everyone knows you atmosphere with friendly banter and jokes. Now it’s all business with fake niceness. I don’t know. I haven’t given up yet but with all the hype I expected more of the small town country feeling not the Cumberland farms with a deli feeling. AND the prices on stuff is sky high. The groceries they have are outrageously priced. I’m not saying don’t go because you should make up your own mind and have your own experience. I’m just saying if you knew how it used to be and was expecting something wonderful be aware.
The renovated store is incredible. Like, absolutely amazing. Instead of driving to Brunswick for groceries and food, I can head here for non-dairy milk, eggs, meats, cheeses, flowers, cereal, and so much more. And everyone inside is so nice. It has quickly become a favorite spot of mine. Highly recommend.
Love the new BCS! So glad we have a reliable little store we can run to buy groceries and drinks instead of having to go all the way into town. Plus the pizza is delicious and the biscuit breakfast sandwich is *muah*🤌 Really nice employees too 😁
Recently moved to the area and absolutely love the Bowdoinham County Store! Everyone who works there is a delight and their pizza is amazing. We love the breakfast sandwiches too! Great place
Store has gone down the deep end store are usually is fully loaded with chips drinks snacks candy anything you can think of another life and may have on the shelves is six bottles of wine, three cans of food and one cooler of drinks. The only food they have now is Italians and pizza. Dave is not taking care of the place. Grew up here in bowdoinham and it’s a shame to see it like it is now.
Love everything about this place.... Beautifully refreshed space, lovely food and a seriously good cup of coffee. Well done!!! Everyone needs to come out and support the new owners....
We were visiting family and decided last minute to stop for gas and snacks.. bad idea on our part. This store is filthy and has a really poor selection to choose from. The place honestly looks like it hasn't been cleaned in months and we saw flies buzzing around. While my husband desperately tried to find snacks, I asked the girl at the counter to put $20 on pump 2... only to be told they don't do that? Apparently it's debit or credit only, weird but okay. You're better off making the 10 minute drive over to exit 43 in Richmond, much better!!
