A unique restaurant experience in the town of Freedom <\/p>\n
Rob Caldwell and Krister Rollins, WCSH 7:17 PM. EDT June 15, 2017 <\/p>\n
A renovated grist mill that's been in the town of Freedom since 1834 is home to Maine's buzziest restaurant: The Lost Kitchen. <\/p>\n
Over the years, 207 has done a lot of stories on restaurants in Maine. The range is extraordinary - from donut shops to elegant inns where wine and dinner for two can run a thousand dollars. <\/p>\n
So we have some authority when we say there is no other restaurant in Maine like The Lost Kitchen in the town of Freedom. <\/p>\n
Its set in a renovated grist mill an hour and a half from Portland. And this April, they booked every reservation for the 2017 season in a matter of hours. <\/p>\n
Erin French is the owner and chef. Her first job was in her parents' diner. She tried to get away from food but always found herself coming back to it. <\/p>\n
She created a pop-up restaurant in her apartment and lost that in a nasty divorce. She moved back home with her parents, found an Airstream trailer and gutted that and started her pop-up again. <\/p>\n
Then the old grist mill - which she had walked by on her way to Girl Scout meetings as a kid - was renovated. And now in the town of Freedom, with a population of 700, under the direction of an owner and chef who has always cooked but has no formal training, you can find The Lost Kitchen. <\/p>\n
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