Bird Dog Roadhouse - CAPE ELIZABETH

Bob and I decided to go in the middle of the day for drinks and desserts. We wanted to go somewhere else, so decided to go where my beautiful office niece, Lacey works Rudy's of the Cape. I had the pumpkin cheesecake mousse. Bob had the Lemon Sunshine Cake. The mousse was made with goat cheese I love. I know not everyone likes goat cheese, but PLEASE don't let you stop trying this dessert. It's dying. Seriously. It is served with a walnut granola crumb, which there is only enough crunch. It is a large part served in a small can mason jar. The Lemon Sunshine Cake was a surprise. The pound cake was not heavy and the lemon was perfect the first (and only) bite I had made my eyes cross and my lips pucker. In my opinion, this is exactly what a lemon has to do. If not, what is the point? The presentation of this dessert was beautiful at least two slices of pound cake cut on the diagonal served on a slate floor with only enough whipped cream to anchor the pound of cake on the tray. I will say the desserts were a little pricier than other area restaurants, but the quality of dessert (not to mention the portion size) guaranteed the price (ok, a little less would have been beautiful). We stayed there during the social hour and enjoyed very cheap wines. While we enjoyed our drinks and desserts, we looked at the lunch and dinner menus. Both menus offer very interesting options, of which we have not seen in area restaurants. A table near us got the eggs 3 halves, the whites were deep fried. Again the presentation was beautiful. Prices seemed very reasonable for this kind of restaurant. If you can't say it, I'm big on the presentation. A beautiful presentation can help to increase the level of the entire meal in my mind. That is, the qualification of Rudy's food does not need the help, but it is certainly a nice note. The restaurant itself is very clean, a kind of rustic with many natural wood and cement floors. The chefs are in sight of the guests, and they have an oven for pizza. Bob and I went there with certain plans to return. Anybody want to join us?

What a great place!! Almost not visited because we thought it was just a pizza place, far from it!! Fantastic small place with amazing food, service and prices. We have a wood-fired pizza, gourmet burgers and chicken bites - all great and unique! Also loved the sound system and played large albums (real vinyl) on a very nice sound system. Great food variety and everything was great!!

The first time there, waitress was a good work, food was great, cozy rustic atmosphere, Vogelg Burger and Pommes cooked for perfection, definitely will be back

I can't believe how gorgeous this place is. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. I had lunch there last week and the Margherita pizza was the best I have had in the Portland area. I love that they have wine on tap and good selection of sour beers. I will definitely be heading back soon!

I came in Tuesday evening and had a great dinner with my son! We each had wings to start. Each had burgers and ended the meal with the strawberry rhubarb cobbler!! It was all delicious. Great atmosphere something I didn't expect! Well done, Bird Dog! Well done!