Dining in Cape Elizabeth, ME: A Real, Named Restaurant Guide
Cape Elizabeth has no working harbor and no tourist strip — its dining scene is genuinely small, spread thin along Ocean House Road, Shore Road, and the seasonal food-truck cluster inside Fort Williams Park, rather than concentrated in one walkable village center the way Kennebunkport's Dock Square or Ogunquit's Perkins Cove are. This page pulled its roster directly from the Town of Cape Elizabeth's own current restaurants-and-markets page (capeelizabeth.gov) and cross-checked each name against its own site, Yelp, and Tripadvisor this session, rather than relying on a single search-radius list. It also flags one recent closure so a visit does not get planned around a restaurant that is no longer there.
The Lobster Shack at Two Lights: The Landmark
The Lobster Shack at Two Lights, at 225 Two Lights Road, is the closest thing Cape Elizabeth has to a must-visit restaurant. Its own site describes it as an award-winning restaurant that has been a local landmark since the 1920s, and a 2020 NewsCenter Maine story on its COVID-era operating changes independently corroborates decades of continuous, family-run operation, quoting then-owner Katie Porch. The exact founding year and full ownership succession beyond that reference are not pinned down anywhere we could verify, so treat since the 1920s as the honest claim rather than a precise date. It sits directly on the rocky shore near the Cape Elizabeth Light fog horn, with oceanside picnic-table seating alongside an interior dining room with harbor views of ships entering Portland Harbor and local fishermen at work. Carries roughly 900 reviews on Yelp. Confirmed this session via its own site: open daily April 4 through October 25, 2026, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in spring and fall, extending to 8:30 p.m. in July and August. It is seasonal — closed the rest of the year.
The Well at Jordan's Farm: A Genuine Cape Elizabeth Original
The Well at Jordan's Farm, at 21 Wells Road, is worth stating plainly: this is Cape Elizabeth's own restaurant, not Scarborough's, even though it turns up in Tripadvisor's Higgins Beach search radius because the two towns share a border nearby. Chef Jason Williams partnered with the Jordan family in 2010 to turn part of their working farm into a dining venue, and the restaurant is marking its 16th season in 2026, with its own site confirming the season begins June 10, 2026 and reservations opened January 1, 2026. Ingredients come straight from Jordan's Farm and surrounding Cape Elizabeth farms, with protein partners Browne Trading Company and SoPo Seafood. Chef Williams's background spans Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, and Hawaii under chefs Peter Merriman and Roy Yamaguchi, then Portland's own Back Bay Grill; he was a 2013 Best Chef America nominee. It runs Wednesday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m., June through September, reservations-only through its Tock booking system: a $95-per-person chef's tasting menu, or a $75-per-person family-style menu for groups of six or more, seating on the Chef's Porch or in the outdoor gazebos.
Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea and The Good Table: A Resort Dining Room and a Neighborhood Pizza Spot
Sea Glass, the restaurant at the Inn by the Sea resort, sits at 40 Bowery Beach Road and is another name that shows up in Tripadvisor's Higgins Beach searches but is genuinely Cape Elizabeth's own. It is a year-round, contemporary American dining room built around local Maine ingredients, serving breakfast and lunch daily plus dinner from 5 to 9 p.m., with a Sunday brunch service from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. — a different kind of dining experience than the seasonal, cash-and-picnic-table feel of the Lobster Shack. The Good Table Restaurant, at 527 Ocean House Road, has rebranded around a pizza-and-pastry concept: its own site now describes it as a neighborhood spot for handcrafted pizza, fresh pastries, and local beer and wine, open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 8 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday.
Fort Williams Park's Food Trucks: Bite Into Maine, Luke's Lobster, and More
Fort Williams Park itself — home to Portland Head Light — hosts a small cluster of seasonal food vendors right at 1000 Shore Road, a genuinely different dining format than a sit-down restaurant. Bite Into Maine, one of Maine's best-known lobster-roll trucks, operates there with a large, active Yelp following (over 1,000 reviews). Luke's Lobster also runs a Fort Williams truck at the same 1000 Shore Road address, open daily 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather dependent, walk-up window service only. The Town of Cape Elizabeth's own restaurants-and-markets page also lists Crepe Elizabeth and Gorgeous Gelato as seasonal Fort Williams Park food vendors. None of these take reservations; they are grab-and-go stops built around visiting the lighthouse and the park's trails and lawns.
Cafés and Bakeries: Tostones Café and The Cookie Jar Pastry Shop
Tostones Café, at 337 Ocean House Road, is a genuinely current Latin American café with active 2026 reviews on Yelp and Tripadvisor — notable enough that it is reportedly opening a second location in Old Orchard Beach, with the Cape Elizabeth spot as the original. The Cookie Jar Pastry Shop, at 554 Shore Road, is a long-running local bakery with over 150 Yelp reviews as of a May 2026 update. Kettle Cove Ice Cream and Shack, at 2 Bowery Beach Road, is a seasonal ice-cream stand near Crescent Beach State Park, per the town's own listing. For grab-and-go groceries and prepared food rather than sit-down dining, the town's own page also names Jordan's Farmstand (21 Wells Road, the same working farm as The Well), Pond Cove IGA Market and C-Salt Gourmet Market (both on Ocean House Road), and Rosemont Market & Bakery (537 Shore Road) — real, currently listed businesses, though this page treats them as markets rather than restaurants.
One Closure to Know About: Tacos Y Tequila
Tacos Y Tequila, formerly at 517 Ocean House Road, closed permanently, according to a Portland Press Herald story published January 20, 2026. Its Yelp listing is now marked closed. It still turns up in older roundups and delivery-app search results, so it is flagged here directly rather than left off silently: do not plan a visit around this address.
Why the Roster Is Short, and How This Page Verified It
Cape Elizabeth is a small, residential, headland town of roughly 9,800 people with no working harbor and no beachfront tourist strip comparable to Wells, Kennebunkport, Ogunquit, or Old Orchard Beach — so its dining roster is genuinely thin by design, not by incomplete research. This page cross-checked the Town of Cape Elizabeth's own current restaurants-and-markets listing against Yelp, Tripadvisor, and each business's own site this session, rather than relying on a single generic search radius. Two of the names here, Sea Glass and The Well at Jordan's Farm — plus The Good Table — also surface in Tripadvisor's Higgins Beach, Scarborough search results because the two towns share a border; all three are genuinely Cape Elizabeth businesses, confirmed by their own addresses, and belong on this page rather than Scarborough's. Restaurant status changes quickly for small seasonal Maine businesses, as the Tacos Y Tequila closure above shows directly — confirm current hours before planning a visit around any single name.
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Get a Free Agent Referral →This page's roster was built from the Town of Cape Elizabeth's own current restaurants-and-markets page (capeelizabeth.gov/our_community/restaurants_markets.php), fetched this session, then cross-checked one by one against each business's own site, Yelp, and Tripadvisor for current 2026 operating status: The Lobster Shack at Two Lights (lobstershacktwolights.com; NewsCenter Maine's 2020 Katie Porch story), The Well at Jordan's Farm (thewellatjordansfarm.com), Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea (opentable.com listing), The Good Table Restaurant (thegoodtablerestaurant.com), Bite Into Maine and Luke's Lobster Fort Williams (lukeslobster.com/pages/fort-williams), Tostones Café and The Cookie Jar Pastry Shop (Yelp, current 2026 review activity). The Tacos Y Tequila closure is sourced to the Portland Press Herald, "Tacos Y Tequila in Cape Elizabeth closes permanently," published January 20, 2026. Ratings, hours, and operating status for small seasonal Maine restaurants can change quickly — confirm directly with the business before planning a visit.