"JJ apple pie is sweet and spicy, its crumbly crust ribboned with caramel. The balance of elements here is so right that ala mode would be wrong."
Michael Stern
"Dark gravy mixes with melting cheese atop just-fried, hand-cut potatoes. Known at Doris's by its French name, 'poutine,' it is listed on many local menus simply as 'mix' or 'fry mix.'"
Michael Stern
"At $5.15, Doris's special cafe omelet is the most expensive breakfast in the house. It contains breakfast meats, vegetables and home fries."
Michael Stern
"The differences between toast made from blah store-bought bread and toast made from Doris's sturdy homemade loaves are dramatic. These thick, buttered tiles are deeply satisfying in and of themselves. "
Michael Stern
"Here in potato country, it is rare to find bad spuds. Doris's home fries are full-flavored and run the texture gamut from melting soft to crunchy. Here they are shown peeping out from the inside of a special cafe omelet."
Michael Stern
"When Doris's opens at 5am, the first thing Linda Daigle does after making sure the coffee's on is to heat the griddle and cook potatoes."
Michael Stern
"We love cafes that have pegboards to hold a miscellaneous collection of coffee mugs. The custom is to grab one when you walk in and pour your own."
Michael Stern
"Fort Kent Mills gents get together for a chat 'n' chew over morning coffee."
Michael Stern
"Linda Daigle, the late Doris's sister, takes care of a regular."
Michael Stern
"Doris's good ployes might seem a bit redundant considering the goodness of the cafe's toast and potatoes, but ordering them easily can be justified if you remember that they are made from buckwheat, and buckwheat is botanically closer to rhubarb than to wheat. Nothing sops up butter quite so well."
Michael Stern
"Cafe humor decorates Doris's walls."
Michael Stern
"At the far left of the photo is the Fort Kent Mills post office, with which Doris's Cafe shares the building."
Michael Stern
"Finding Doris's is what makes Roadfood fun."
Michael Stern
