Jordan’s Farm

All’s well at The Well in the fields at Jordans Farm in Cape Elizabeth.  Opening day was June 1 and it signals the start of summer as chef and owner Jason Williams works his culinary magic.  It’s still one of the smallest kitchens in our dining world.  But it easily feeds up to 75 diners who disperse among tables in the meadows and gazebos.

As summer progresses the fields of flowers will surround the gazebos in a canvas of summer color

As the growing season progresses the fields of flowers will surround the gazebos in a canvas of summer color

New this year is the smoke house set off from the kitchen and it’s where dishes such as smoked pork set over beans makes for a hearty dish on a cool night.

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While the Portland restaurant scene verges on being a dead ringer for Brooklyn’s finest, Cape Betty across the bridge has few contenders unless you consider the new and very popular Rudy’s.  But then go a little west of the ocean, to the verdant farm fields in this tony Cape Elizabeth neighborhood and you’ll be smack dab at Jordan’s Farm, with its most revered tenant, like the star sharecropper, Chef Jason Williams and The Well.

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