River Café
by Elizabeth Moulton
Established on May 10, 2013, by a team with a vision While the historical ambiance of the River Café
to share Christ’s love and see a small declining
is enough to draw guests in, the cuisine is the
town grow, the River Café in Island Falls
main attraction. The Café serves a wide
provides customers not only with a
variety of dishes. From breakfast
satisfying meal, but an opportunity
standards,
“home
cooked”
to step into the history of Island
lunches like Shepherd’s Pie and
Falls. Sitting on the banks of the
Spaghetti with Meatballs, to
Mattawamkeag River, the café
more inventive dinner offerings
is housed in the first machine
including Sirloin with Bleu
repair shop built in Island
Cheese and Mushrooms or
Falls (1914). Owners Pete and
Pan Seared Chicken Breast with
Cheryl (Sewall) Connelly are
Spinach and Feta, there truly is
connected to the original settlers of
something for everyone.
the town, and the café displays photos
Making up the culinary team are Zachary
telling portions of the story of how the