The Captains Galley and Beals Lobster Pier are located at 182 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Once on Mount Desert Island, follow State Route 102 to the village of Southwest Harbor. Clark Point Road runs east from the center of town (flashing yellow light) and we are near the end of the road next to the Coast Guard Station. Its about 3/4 of a mile from the center of town. During the height of the season, the Island Explorer stops nearby www.exploreacadia.com and there is a public parking lot next door.

Address:  182 Clark Point Road  Southwest Harbor, ME
Website:   www.bealslobster.com
Telephone Number:  207/244-7178

Welcome to The Captain's Galley!

Southwest Harbor's oldest lobster pound

Southwest Harbor
The Captains Galley is located on Southwest Harbor's busy waterfront used year-round for commercial fishing, including lobstering, scalloping and shrimping. In the summer it becomes filled with graceful power and sail boats, many of which are built in the area. Thus, the town integrates the best of the commercial and recreational worlds of many Maine seafaring towns. Visit us on the dock at the Captains Galley and get a sense of this unique atmosphere...

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Our place
The Captains Galley offers a take-out menu with an emphasis on fresh, locally caught seafood delicacies. All of our seating is at picnic tables outdoors on the dock with about half the seating protected from the weather..

Beals is open (hours generally 7 AM to 4 PM) year round to sell fresh products including lobsters, clams, scallops, shrimp and fish when in season. Any of these can be shipped next day. Contact (207) 244-3202 for availability, pricing and shipping information.

Suzanne Beal Madeira is part of a third generation to work in the family seafood business in Southwest Harbor. Following completion of studies at Mount Holyoke College in 1969, she and a sister-in-law started what is now known as "The Captains Galley" by selling a few lobster rolls on the dock at Beal's Lobster Pier.

Her husband, Pete Madeira, was Business Manager of Beal's Lobster Pier for sixteen years. They have leased and operated the retail food service operation at Beal's since 2005. Suzanne and Pete hire a crew of young men and women to provide the great service our customers expect. Today the crew is mostly made up of high school and college students from the local community along with a number of foreign students working under the J-1 Visa program of the US State Department.

We have visited Beals a couple times during our trips back East and the lobster is absolutely delicious.  First heard about this place when President Bush (lived in Kennebunkport, ME) ordered lobsters from here and had them flown in.  We live in California and have ordered lobsters from here several times and are flown overnight and are fresh and alive in a container and you cook them yourself.  Very fresh and delicious.  You can call them at 207/244-7178. A bit pricey, but great for special occasions.  Imagine Maine lobsters being delivered straight to your door!!!!