I grew up in this area but have since moved to Boston and this is a place that I get excited about going home to! The atmosphere is casual and comfortable but also fun. A lot of people come in and out and it's a great spot to meet up. First of all, I dream about their baked goods. If you haven't tried their pear almond muffin or lemon raspberry muffin, you haven't lived. Hands down best muffins I have ever had. Their breads are delicious as well, but you have to get in early before they sell out. The vegetarian fare is delicious and the menu has a little something for everyone. Although I am not vegetarian, I have enjoyed every dish I have tried and especially love their seasonal salads and creative pizzas. Sunday brunch has a nice array from spicy soft tacos to oatmeal and breakfast burritos and their soups are quite excellent as well. All around warm atmosphere, friendly staff, amazing bakery goods (grab a strawberry tart after lunch!) and delicious fare. And the market place in the back has some of the most exquisite produce I have ever seen. Absolutely beautiful and always the freshest. Such a delightful spot! read more

I'm so glad we took the advice of a local who recommended chase's daily. Our brunch was outstanding! There are many choices from giant omlets to pancakes to shakshuka (at least on the day we were there). Anything was very tasty. Service was attentive even if the kitchen was a bit slow. They kept drinks full and were very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. Pastries looked outstanding and the cafe sells local items. It's a gorgeous space! I highly recommend chase's anytime you're in Belfast!! read more

This place is just incredible. The food is delicious, fresh and creative yet simple. The farm fresh veggies are beautiful! The staff is incredibly friendly and the vibe is great. I've only been in the days of Covid, there is an outdoor area under cover out back and they are mindful of space and capacity. Can not wait to come back! read more

The staff was exceedingly kind and considerate. We have a 13 week old and they put us somewhere warm and were sure to make us feel welcome with a baby. Their bread is tasty and fresh. The espresso was well made. Full and smokey without too much acidity. read more

Chase's Daily is an outstanding find in a charming town - and has the best breakfast sandwich I've ever eaten.

This farm to table restaurant was so quaint and cute. The food was delicious and the service was great. All of the breads were amazing as well as their homemade goods in the back. read more

Chase's Daily is a mandatory Belfast stop for great vegetarian fare. Their focus is breakfast and lunch, but on Friday nights they serve dinner and this is, in my opinion, where they really shine. Last night was no exception. Dinner is by reservation, so the long wait times for a table that can be an issue in the mornings aren't on Friday night. Our service was prompt and our waitress was very knowledgable in answering our menu questions. I am also impressed that year after year I recognize staff from previous stops. The caliber of food, already high, just explodes at dinner. I enjoyed a super fresh salad, delicious empenadas, and a very tasty rhubarb dessert last night. The menu changes regularly, and I've always left happy. read more

If I only I could give this place a zero, I would. I heard great things about Chase's but also heard to beware of the attitude. I was not worried though because as a resident of Los Angeles, I deal with attitude on a regular basis. But at Chase's I didn't just meet mere attitude, I met RUDE ASSHOLES. Let me walk through my experience @ Chase's to give you a taste of what is in store for you there: My husband and I walk in and found out that they are not serving lunch until 11 a.m. We decide to take a table and wait. 15 minutes go by and the tables around us begin to be served. They are provided silverware, water, menus, and even orders are taken. We still wait...and nothing. At this point, I think it is a mistake and I ask the woman at the cashier for some lunch menus. She says, "we only begin serving lunch @ 11". We both look @ the clock and it is 10:59. She realizes the stupidity of her response and hands me the menus. I return to my seat and we continue to wait as literally every single person around us is being served but us. I try to get the attention of the waitress who will not even look at us and another 15 minutes pass. They simply would not acknowledge our existence but only turned their backs. Is it racism???? Were you in a bad mood??? We begin to see that they simply do not want to serve us. It even gets to the point that the tables next to us notice we are not being served and joke that "we could join their table!". After Chase's taking a total of 45 minutes of my life without water; I proceed to the cashier again and this time let her know what happened and make sure everyone in the line hears me. She attempts to defend the waitresses but stops as my husband points out that the avoidance of us was comepletely "blatant". We leave shocked and dissapointed and hungry. I am not sure what was going on that day or why the waitresses decided to victimize us as eager customers but I know I am not the only one with this experience. That said, I know that the attitude at this place was something I had not experienced in Maine before and I was dissapointed. As a restaurant that obviously tries to present itself as a place of local community; it was anything but. You may have local produce but you lack the hospitality and welcoming attitude that is so vital for a vibrant local food community to exist. I won't be back and won't recommend this place to anyone I know. read more

Beware out-of-towners - this place is a VEGETARIAN restaurant. This is not clear at all, there are no signs saying this and when we checked Yelp beforehand it had great reviews, but nobody (that we read) mentioned the lack of meat. How are out-of-towners like us supposed to know this? We were with a group of friends when we stopped in here. There was a wait so we were brought in the back to wait and were given menus to look at. The guys we were with immediately noticed a lot strange menu options like tofu & grilled chard (what!?) and the lack of any meat-related foods. We quickly realized the mistake we had made and ended up leaving and walking down the street to Darbys, which had no wait and was quick & delicious. We are not against people being vegetarian but perhaps that should be advertised a little more clearly? Although the atmosphere seemed fun (earthy-crunchy) we wouldn't give it another chance. read more

One of best meals I've had in Maine! Got the special pizza and special soup and both were amazing! Worth the wait! Also had a rhubarb strawberry shrub that was delicious. Service was fast and friendly. We ended up talking to the guy who makes the hot sauce and he was great. We went home with a bottle. Will definitely add this to our rotation along with Primo for our yearly trip to Maine! read more

Great place if you love organic food or are looking for a gluten alternative meal. Great atmosphere and service. cafe part of the restaurant is separate from the dining area but has great flow from one area to the other. read more

Worst meal of our lives. Chase's is a bustling restaurant and has a great atmosphere so we decided to have lunch here. After we were sat, we were ignored for 15 minutes while 4 tables that were sat after us were served and their orders taken. Finally I got up to ask if we had a waitress. It then took another 5 mins. for someone to come over. We then order and then the waitress comes back to tell us everything we ordered was out and the kitchen was closing soon so there's nothing they can do about it. So we order other items on the menu (we're 30 mins. into our "meal" at this point and all we have are 2 glasses of water). 40 minutes later, we get 2 cold sandwiches. By this time, all the tables that were sat after us had already eaten, paid their checks, and left! I couldn't believe we were there for an hour and 15 mins. and our waitress never came over once after giving us 2 glasses of water. The food unfortunately was cold and unappetizing and the service, if you can believe it, was the worse I've ever experienced in my life. This was the worst meal I've ever had. Is it like this all the time? We have no idea, we were just visiting. I'm so disappointed. I'll never return and would never recommend anyone eat here. read more

We come up to Belfast every summer visiting from VT and are always looking for good bread (unabashed foodie!). Chase's always runs out of bread early, as a good bakery would, but the service makes the entire experience so much worse. Staff is unhelpful and unapologetic. Nobody asks if they can help you, even though they see you standing right there. Will not speak unless spoken to. After years of being frustrated and unhappy with this place (I never knew of a place to find good bread), I found the Coastal Cafe and Bakery in Searsport!!! Finally a bakery that has great service AND great bread, pastries, and coffee! Thank God. Now I never have to go to Chase's again. read more

Very fresh food. Excellent farm to table place. Probably the best organic restaurant I have been to other than California. Friendly staff, rocking busy kitchen, wonderful high paced energy. The lentil soup... the best I ever had. Nice salads. Will not miss a chance to have a meal there whenever I am back in Belfast, ME. read more

Eschewing largely the tired Maine standards in seafood, this essentially vegetarian restaurant is such an unexpected treat amidst so much cutesy dross aimed at bland vacationing families. You'll miss most of the crying kids here and sample some inventive cuisine - all plated beautifully and dripping with freshness. Chase's is a real ingredients-first kind of place. Speaking of . . . BEST FEATURE: in Summer, on Weds ( I think - call to check first) at noon they bring in loads of artisinal produce and sell dirt cheap. We freaked out at the glorious array of veggies and flowers and small-batch honeys. read more

We stopped here last summer on our way up the coast, and there were so many good things on the menu, I barely noticed that it, unlike me, was vegetarian. Housed in a high ceilinged great room with cool moldings and old wood floors reminiscent of a glorious Soho artspace, the restaurant's in front by the street, bakery and kitchen in the middle and an interesting farmer's market in the rear. It's really a delightful space on a steeply inclined street in the center of this old fishing town. Textured soups, creative sandwiches, everything farm fresh or made from scratch. Classy, unpretentious service. Someone here has a sense of style and is a stickler for detail. Would succeed in any city in the country. read more

I love the idea of this place, and it is always at the top of my list of eateries when I'm back home for a visit. I'm not a vegetarian, but there are plenty of items on the menu to satisfy vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. As an added bonus the market in the back is a great place to pick up fresh produce, grown on the family's farm for reasonable prices. I like going for Sunday brunch and getting the breakfast burritos with tofu. They are absolutely delicious and an order comes with 2, so great for sharing for those of us with smaller appetites. As much as I love it, a couple of big issues keep me from getting there more. It is super busy and they don't take reservations for Sunday brunch, so on my most recent visit our party of 5 waited over an hour for a table. From the time we walked in the door to the time we left was a total of 3 hours. Fortunately I knew to expect this ahead of time, so we were prepared to wait. The second major issue is the noise level when it is busy and full. The acoustics are terrible in the high ceilinged old building and you have to yell to carry on a conversation and its particularly tough for a couple of my family members who are hard of hearing. Lastly, they do not give free refills in ice tea. I was glad they told me, and didn't just let me order it unknowingly and surprise me on the bill. I get it that even their ice tea is pretty special, but after 3 hours I'm going to want more than one and not pay $3 per glass. I still plan to go back again next year, but will probably steer clear of the Sunday brunch. read more

We had heard such good things about this restaurant. So, we were shocked when we went there for breakfast and found not only very little for someone eating a healthy plant-based diet.....but, what we could get was the worst. We ordered the only choice for us on the menu (potatoes) and they were not even edible. The waitress told us that the cook was new, but the plate we got was full of what looked like something that was scraped off the grill while cleaning it. Burned little itsy bitsy pieces of greasy potato. We have since had friends offer to take us there and treat us, but have declined after that experience. read more

Whenever we travel the coast of Maine we make a point of stopping at Chase's Daily. The restaurant-bakery-fresh veggie market, occupies an old store front and is usually jammed with diners and shoppers. The food is vegetarian, top notch, and tasty. The owners grow (all?) or most of the organic produce. Honestly, I'd go to this restaurant just to browse through the gorgeous offerings of vegetables and herbs, sometimes bagged beans, that are all displayed in antique tin buckets and bins. The bakery is well known for its great goods. We've bought bread, muffins, etc. and have never been disappointed. Sadly, we've often waited up to 45 minutes to be seated. They will have tables available, but not enough staff to bus them. If only a waitperson would stop by and let us know that they realize we're waiting. Belfast is such a great town and Chase's is one of its jewels. It is unique, quirky, of-the-earth, and FUN. read more

The Fawlty Towers of the restaurant business! A stressful restaurant experience. The worst experience ever in a restaurant. Yes, the food is usually good but I am fed up with the lack of respect they have for their customers. Waited about 1 1/2 hours at the counter and then were told they ran out of pizza, which is what we ordered. The owner made up a story about the cook messing up and having to throw out the pizza that was supposed to be ours. My counter mate and I think they lost our order. So after almost 2 hours we still had not gotten our food and were told they were sold out of what we wanted! It seems like they would rather be farming or making art than running a restaurant. The staff are never nice or polite, everyone working there always seems miserable. Notice I said "try to eat" because this is not the first time they have made my young daughter and me wait because they gave our order to someone else. It is not worth the wait or being treated so badly. I wish more people would get a clue about this place. read more

Chase's made converts out of us. Their all vegetarian fare is amazing! Not fond of the format change to counter service and limited menu but they are still top notch. The farmer's market in the back is very cool as well. Great spot! read more

A pleasant surprise on the drive up to Acadia. These people are the definition of FRESH. Fresh produce and fresh atmosphere. Arrived at just in time to see the beautiful chaos that was the market side opening. The layout of the fresh produce is the stuff pinterest/instagram orgasms are made of. Provocative art on the walls. Airy natural lighting. Portlandia worthy people watching both as patrons the people running the joint (i mean that with love). AND THE MADE TO ORDER FOOD. Often times i roll my eyes at vegetarian menus because im like GREAT i can chop vegetables into a pile too... But this place takes care in creating balance and texture with their flavors with the seasoning and cook-ed-ness of each plant. Also, the bread. Good god. So good and home made as well. I steered clear of the pastrys but I will be back, to replenish both the hot sauce and granola I also purchased. (does anywhere in Maine make bad granola)? read more

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Holy crap. What a pleasure of a meal. I live in LA and this spot makes the farm to table restaurants out there look like amateur hour. The Mexican torta sandwich was quite possibly the best sandwich I've ever had. It doesn't matter whether or not you're a vegetarian. You will be happy with whatever you eat here. read more

This review is strictly for the dine-in portion. A boring menu with food that is definitely not worth the wait. A simple eggs and toast should not take over an hour .... So either the wait staff is incapable or the kitchen is extremely slow. Do not wasteyour time at this eatery and instead grab something pre-made to go read more

They sell garden herbs in the back. They must cook with them too, because everything tastes fresh and amazing. Their grilled cheese will blow your mind and their jam tasted like it was just made yesterday. read more

How anyone could give Chase's Daily anything less than 5 stars is criminal. Fresh farm to table food, prepared and served with the customer in mind. The food is delicious and you would only know it was vegetarian if you don't eat vegetables. One of the best things about Belfast and the farmers market in the rear is a bonus. read more

Fun place to visit for lunch, fresh vegetables or bakery items. They do not accept reservations and lunch time ends at 2:00. This time of the year it's tough to get a table so try for 1:30 seating. The vegetables do not arrive from the farm until about 11:00 and the locals scoop them up quickly so you need to get there on time. The bakery seems to run out of pastries early too this time of year. Only downside is the crowds and difficulty getting a table. Some of the staff seem overwhelmed but they are friendly. read more

Imagine the hippest restaurant in Copenhagen, and picture it in Belfast Maine. Try the house made hot sauces and legendary cheddar dill scones. read more

I love that we have this wonderful place to enjoy fresh and local food. Service was great! Nice wine list. I just wonder why there isn't a double door or curtain in the winter, it was freezing as each new group entered. read more

Yummy and friendly. Kind of seemed like Belfast's living room-- everyone had a newspaper and a cup of coffee. We got a pasta dish-- I was craving it even though I knew other menu items would have been better. It was good, not great, but it was pasta and that was my own fault. Next time we'll get the pizza or a salad. I think the 5 star reviews are still a bit over-hyped, but compared to the majority of the other meals we had in the Midcoast area, this was leaps and bounds better. read more

All New England coastal towns should have a place this good. Chase's Daily is a combination restaurant, farmer's market, and cheese/bread counter. We wandered around town and eventually came upon this place with a line of people waiting for a table. On our first trip we ate at the counter since the table wait was too long. On the second trip we had a nice table in the main eating area - there is a wait so put your name in and hold your drool. The food has great fresh vegetables and well done hot drinks and pizzas. The apple and cheese appetizer is refreshing. The pizza is satisfying. The banh mi...what..a a Vietnamese sandwich in Maine...yes, wonderful with a twist of avocado and tofu. Chase's Daily in Belfast is a great place to visit for lunch and walk around town with the street Museum bicycles. read more

We come to Maine every summer and Chase's is always on our must-visit list. It's been Foodie heaven since before I knew the term Foodie. Great lattes (important for Seattle coffee-istas that we are), great baked goods, gorgeous photo-worthy organic produce in back section store area, and delicious lunch menu items. Locals and tourists alike love this place. It can be busy, crowded and noisy / echoie, so if you're hungry and cranky and the tables are already full, move along. But if your timing is right, be prepared for a treat. The lunch items are unique, interesting, and delicious. Only just today did I happen to ask my husband, "Is this place vegetarian?" because I realized two of the items we ordered (the Bahn Mi sandwhich and the curry fried rice) both had tofu rather than chicken or pork, so duh, I guess it's vegetarian; both were delicous by the way. I happen to love vegetables (as well as meat) so am somewhat amused by the other Yelpers who seem to think this is something that warrants a big disclaimer, "Warning - Vegetarian Restaurant - Beware Lack of Meat!" over the door or across the menu. A great vegetarian restaurant serves guests like myself who only eventually notice that there is no meat on the menu, because the food is great and interesting on its own, without having to resort to "Tofurky". My favorite item today was the fantastic beet salad with mixed greens, blue cheese, walnuts and a perfectly light and delicious dressing. Sorry to hear about the LA visitor who received rude / non-existent service. Belfast is a very liberal town and I have not witnessed intentional discrimination against any groups, so I have to think that it was one of those off days that restaurants sometimes have when understaffed and over-busy. Probably one of the few downsides to Chase's is that it's so popular that it can be hectic, and being more of a cafe than a high-touch restaurant atmosphere, individual attention is the one aspect that can be lacking here. Bottom line, get here early and often for delicious local, organic and unique food. read more

Seated right away, the waiter was a little spacey, the x w stilton cheese was amazing. about a half hour wait for our food to arrive. great omelette, no complaints w the food or atmosphere. just expedite your service and turn that flustered frown upside down. read more

Delicious pear and almond muffin! My mom had a coffee and I had a black iced tea infused with mint. Very nice setting to enjoy a treat!

Waited over an hour for a simple order of eggs and French toast. The food is good. This could be a great place with some attention to the customers' wait time. read more

Did not sit and eat, only bakery. Cauliflower & Gruyere Tart... good. Berry Tart... killer. PB cookie... Ok.

We were sat at our table and had chosen our breakfast quite quickly, and put our menus at the edge of the table. It took our server 20 minutes to acknowledge us, and 10 more before we could place our order. The food came out in a reasonable amount of time like 15 minutes or so and looked beautiful. I ordered the breakfast burrito. Sadly it mostly tasted like potato and was blan. I would have asked for hot sauce or something to spice it up but we had to take our food to go as by the time the food hit the table it had been almost an hour of waiting for breakfast. Thankfully the host dropped off coffee while we waited. read more

My wife and I go up to the Midcoast every August and had heard good things about this place but never had a chance to go. The stars aligned for us to go to dinner Friday night. We liked it so much we would have gone again the next night, but they only serve dinners on Friday. We did go to breakfast/brunch on Sunday and it was very good, but the five stars is for the dinner. This was one of the meals we've most enjoyed anywhere. It was simple but creative, fresh and delicious. It's top-quality food that's neither expensive nor pretentious. We are happy eating vegetarian most of the time but we do love meat; however, this is the kind of food that makes you think, "If I could eat like this all the time I would never miss meat." Highly recommended if you can get there for dinner on a Friday night. read more

The food at Chase's Daily lives up to its reputation. My semolina French toast with real maple syrup was so good I couldn't suppress my moans and the breakfast burrito with scrambled tofu and corn tortillas was a perfect protein-packed gluten-free vegetarian brunch option, something incredibly hard to come by at restaurants in these parts. My partner's huevos rancheros were...interesting...but good. We've also tried the french toast with sesame seed bread, and it's almost as incredible as the semolina. And an egg sandwich with chard on sesame seed bread. The chard didn't really work for my partner's palette, but the meal was still hearty and the bread divine. At our last visit, we also took home a loaf of rosemary polenta bread and it was scrumptious. The service at Chase's is a bit hit or miss. The first time we visited, the service was abysmal. Despite there being three waitstaff on the floor and a third of the tables empty, we stood at the Wait to be Seated sign alone for almost ten minutes, without any acknowledgment from anyone. The servers just kept averting their eyes and taking care of other things. A host or hostess would have made a big difference. When we were finally seated, we were given the worst, most bitter undrinkable coffee I've ever had in my life. It took 45 minutes for our breakfast to be served to us and in that time, our waitress never checked on us, never offered us more coffee, never apologized for or explained the delay, never asked if we needed anything. Every single other person in the restaurant, including *ten* people who ordered after us got their meals and most had finished and paid their checks by the time our food arrived--missing our side of toast (although that did appear on the bill). The waitress was nice enough, but really spacey and better suited to working in a head shop or maybe taking tickets at a movie theater. She totally reminded us of Ursula. We went back, of course, because the food is beyond belief and the location is lovely. On our second visit, we came prepared. We brought the paper to pass the time while we waited, and we bought a delicious (although sort of burnt) muffin and some of the bitter coffee to help stave off hunger while we waited for our table--and then our meal. This time, there was a host who was totally on top of things. He took our names and told us how long the wait would be, and once we were seated, we were able to order promptly. The wait for our food was long, but we were well-looked-after while we waited. (Lots of offers for the bad coffee and a friendly server.) We'll go back (and back and back) because the food is so *tremendously* good and because the atmosphere is comfortable and happy, and because we love what Chase's Daily is doing, but we will always, at least for brunch, lament the coffee, and either buy or bring a snack, and the paper. Armed with these things, Chase's becomes the perfect spot for brunch. read more

I agree with Olivia's report. The food is great, but the service stinks! One time we waited 45 minutes for a waitress to take our order, and another 30 minutes to get our food - the food is good, but not THAT good. We've visited three times, and each time it has been just as slow. I don't think they have enough waitresses, or perhaps not a fast enough cook?, or perhaps they are cruising on their good reputation and thus don't care if the customer has to wait. (This doesn't include the wait to get seated - at lunch time, that can be up to 30 minutes. I am referring to the wait AFTER we are seated.) It is unfortunate, because the food is good, but the wait too long, so we no longer go there to eat. read more