Elaine’s Café and Bakery: Donuts, pastries and a lot more

    Elaine’s Café and Bakery is coming off a busy winter season and anticipating an even busier summer.
    The cozy café on Main Street in Milo, owned and operated by Elaine Poulin, offers breakfast from 6-11:30 a.m. daily and the bakery is open seven days a week from 6 a.m.-5 p.m.

    She also delivers her donuts, pastries, whoopie pies, regular pies and other goodies to nearly 40 locations from Greenville to China Village.
    One of her major outlets is A.E. Robinson which carries a full line of baked goods in their stores. “We ship anywhere,” Poulin added. “Out-of-state visitors love our baked goods and often ask us to ship some to their homes.”
    The secret of her success really isn’t that complicated. “Everything is natural and made from scratch,” she explained. “We also have gluten-free products.”
    In addition to the best-selling donuts, Elaine’s bakes cream puffs, jelly and custard-filled pastries, muffins, brownies and much more.
    Elaine’s is also the place for birthday, graduation, anniversary or wedding cakes.
    Last year, she won the top prize for the healthiest whoopie pie at the Dover-Foxcroft festival celebrating the Maine tradition, and she’ll be back again this year.
    Poulin was born and raised on a potato farm in New Canada, seven miles from Fort Kent, and remembers how her parents enjoyed cooking and baking to feed a family of eight. “That’s how I treat my customers – like family,” she said.
    In addition to baked goods, Elaine’s Café and Bakery also has Hood’s ice cream, cookies, beverages and creamy-thick milk shakes.
    Elaine’s Café and Bakery also accepts EBT cards for purchases.
    Business owners who are interested in getting Elaine’s products are invited to call 943-2705 or email her at BasketsbyE@aol.com. They also package products for convenience if they’re limited on shelf space.
    For more information, visit them at www.elainesbasketcafe.com or find them on Facebook.