Blyth & Burrows Steps Into the Daylight — New brunch menu in tow, the nautically themed cocktail bar is no longer an evenings-only affair

Eight months into its tenure at 26 Exchange St., Blyth & Burrows shows the resolve of a thick-skinned sea captain in what has proven to be one of the coldest Maine winters in many years. The establishment’s name suggests as much — an homage to two commanders killed during the war of 1812 in a battle off the coast of Monhegan Island, canonized by Longfellow in his 1858 poem, My Lost Youth. Despite tying-up in a part of town that typically relies upon the warm summer sun and accompanying tourists for survival, the maritime-centric cocktail bar (and its “bar within a bar,” the Broken Dram) remains steady-as-she-goes thanks to a growing local following. 

Perhaps in hopes of fast-tracking the arrival of warmer weather and lackadaisical spring Sunday afternoons, Blyth & Burrows unveiled a new brunch menu last week (designed by husband-and-wife chef/sous duo Darci and Nicholas Pacewicz), and it’s very much worth taking a look at.