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Oxford Hills and
Lakes The Oxford House Inn Opened in 1985, this 1913 in-town country inn is run
quite personally by John and Phyllis Morris, formerly of Seventy-five people can be seated on white chairs (their tops hand-stenciled by Phyllis) on the rear porch with a stunning view of Mount Kearsarge North, in the former living room called the Parlor, and along the screened front piazza. Tables are set with delicate pink crystal, heavy silver and Sango Mystique peach china, with candles in clay pots and napkins tied like neckties. Green floral wallpaper, Phyllis's handmade curtains and draperies, and handsome paneling enhance the parlor. The menu, which changes seasonally, comes inside
sheet music from the 1920s. Dinner begins with complimentary homemade
crackers and a cream cheese spread, a salad of fresh greens and fruits
(blueberries and watermelon), perhaps with a tomato-tarragon dressing or
a cranberry vinaigrette, and fresh nut and fruit breads. Starters might
be escargots, hot buttered brie, a house pâté and The eight entrées include champagne-poached salmon, scallops à l’orange in puff pastry, grilled pork tenderloin with plum-cinnamon port sauce, veal madeira, rack of lamb with mint-apple chutney, and pan-fried venison flamed with sherry and port and finished with currant and guava jelly, dried cherries, cloves and cinnamon. John does most of the cooking, but the desserts are Phyllis's: fruit trifles, cheesecake terrine, praline truffle, chocolate mousse, spumoni and frozen peach yogurt at one visit. Her bread pudding with peaches and blueberries is highly acclaimed. (207) 935-3442 or (800) 261-7206. Entrées, $25
to $29. Dinner by reservation, 6 to 9, nightly in summer and fall,
Thursday-Sunday rest of year.
Almost since it reopened in 1984, the restaurant at Each dining room is pretty as a picture. The small front room has burgundy patterned wallpaper above pale green woodwork, burgundy carpeting, shelves of glass and china, a collection of bird paintings and a picture of puffins over the fireplace. The larger rear pine-paneled dining room has a remarkable corkscrew collection, linen-clad tables set with two large wine glasses at each setting and oriental rugs on the floor. Patrons enjoy the antics of birds at window feeders behind a couple of one-way mirrors. On a mild summer night, we chose to eat outside on
the screened front porch. The A dollop of kiwi sorbet preceded the entrées, a
generous portion of sliced lamb sauced with curry and vodka and
Michael’s signature roast duckling in a sauce of peppered blackberries
and red wine. Sliced potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes and pickled corn
accompanied. Lobster For dessert, we succumbed to a parfait pie and a light chocolate-espresso mousse served on a grand marnier sauce. Bananas foster and cherries jubilee are flamed tableside for two. (207) 583-4182 or (800) 223-4182. Entrées, $19
to $26. Dinner nightly,
New management reopened the restaurant at this lakefront inn to popular acclaim in 2003 after it had been closed for several years in favor of weddings and functions. Jeff and Nancy Lamarche won plaudits for dinners, now served in the inn’s former lodge-style living room with a fieldstone fireplace and a pine-paneled banquet room used for overflow. Their chef prepares a continental/American menu
ranging from lobster and scallop newburg to steak au poivre. Baked
stuffed haddock, seafood fra diavolo, chicken Starters are as traditional as fruit cup and shrimp cocktail and as contemporary as a lobster-stuffed portobello mushroom, and asparagus, provolone and prosciutto in puff pastry. (207) 925-3008 or (877) 698-4667. Entrées, $18
to $24. Dinner, Tuesday-Saturday 5 to 9 Memorial Day to Columbus Day,
Saturday in winter.
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