A beloved Bar Harbor institution on Cottage Street, the Thirsty Whale Tavern has been a warm, community-anchored neighborhood bar in one of Maine’s most visited and most beautiful towns for decades: cold Maine craft beers, classic pub food, and the kind of welcoming, no-pretense tavern energy that Bar Harbor’s mix of sailors, hikers, and summer visitors generates naturally. Acadia National Park is minutes away; the Thirsty Whale is where everyone ends up afterward.
