If you like food full of wonderful flavor and variety, you need to explore beyond the strip mall canyon of High Street and venture to the beautiful old downtown of Ellsworth to Cleonice -- a truly fantastic dining experience.
A tribute to Chef Rich Hanson's late mother Cleonice Renzetti, Cleonice offers exotic and traditional Mediterranean fare from the entire region. Rich's mother, first generation Italian, was a brilliant cook and loved to experiment with cuisines from around the world. Her influence inspired Rich to pursue a career in cooking and this, the culmination of his work, bears her name and spirit.
A Mediterranean restaurant serving lunch and dinner, Cleonice features the theatre of an open kitchen serving tapas and meze (appetizers from the Mediterranean) in addition to drinks from the thirty-two-foot bar that dates from 1938. The casual setting offers simple and spectacular foods from Italy and Greece to Turkey and Spain. Cleonice serves the region's best using the freshest local ingredients. Cleonice's connection to the farm and farmer makes it a unique dining experience with a deep connection to the community.
Housed in a stunning vintage building, the restaurant caters to adult's tastes and there is no children's menu but older kids will probably find something they like in the tapas menu or if you have a well behaved younger child who can be entertained with a garden salad it is possible to bring children.
As a fine dinning experience Cleonice receives Fishboy's highest recommendation.
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