The seasonally driven restaurant is the sister business to Mourning Cloak next door.
Inside Sweetfern Geometer, the seasonally driven restaurant that opens Saturday on Washington Avenue. (Courtesy of Sweetfern Geometer)
Farm-to-table restaurant Sweetfern Geometer opens Saturday on Washington Avenue in the former Bake Maine space.
Chef-owner William Justice launched Sweetfern’s sister business, the bakery and café Mourning Cloak, in an adjacent space in April. “I can’t wait to see how the two operations work together, I think there’s going to be a lot of synergy,” Justice said.
Sweetfern Geometer is a casual fine dining concept. Their à la carte menu includes dishes like smoked mussel carbonara, scallop crudo with warm kielbasa and a burger with ground duck and lamb. Guests can also pick a protein like halibut, duck or tofu, and Justice will prepare a “surprise” family-style meal.
Sweetfern’s bar program features farm-to-table inspired cocktails and natural, organic and biodynamic wines.
The restaurant has 50 seats, including 10 at a wraparound bar by the open kitchen.
Mourning Cloak and Sweetfern Geometer are named for native Maine butterflies and moths. Sweetfern will be open Wednesday to Sunday from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Reservations can be made by email at [email protected].
Tim Cebula has been a food writer and editor for 23 years. A former correspondent for The Boston Globe food section, his work has appeared in Time, Health, Food & Wine, CNN.com, and Boston magazine,... More by Tim Cebula
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