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Monday 11am - 7:30pm Tuesday 11am - 7:30pm Wednesday 11am - 7:30pm Thursday 11am - 7:30pm Friday 11am - 7:30pm Saturday 11am - 7:30pm Sunday 11am - 7:30pm

Polar Treat

The best ice cream and specialty treats you can find in Down East Maine, along with a full food menu that includes fresh seafood! We are CASH ONLY.

We are a take out with outdoor seating, operating daily from April through October. The Polar Treat is a Down East icon, also known as the Dairy Joy or the A-Frame. A stopping place for locals and tourists, the establishment has been here 75 years! 2024 marks the 75th Anniversary of Polar Treat, Perry, Maine! John & Mary MacDonald began the business and kept it running for 50 years, sold it to Jac

k and Bernadette Maloney in 2001, and only the third owners - Michelle and Judson Curtis - have owned and operated the establishment since 2019. The Polar Treat offers soft serve chocolate, vanilla, twist, and a special flavor of the week, a variety of hard serve flavors, shakes, flurries, sundaes, floats, dips, and so much more! The Polar Treat also sells food, expanding its menu each year. In 2024, we added a huge selection of the freshest seafood you can get Down East, cooked to perfection! Other food items include burgers, hot dogs, fries, onion rings, chicken, and many appetizer options. Check our page for our weekly specials in addition to our regular menu. Call in orders are always welcome! We have added a screened in, indoor eating area and have several picnic tables are available for outdoor seating, shaded with umbrellas. Feel free to bring a blanket to enjoy your treats on, too! Hours adjust each year and the business operates from April to October or November, depending on weather, closed annually during the Maine winter. For questions, comments, or anything else, we'd love for you to stop by and see us, message us, or give us a call. Thanks for the support of our business - we appreciate each and every one of the Polar Treat customers!

06/17/2026

Happy sunny ☀️ Wednesday! We’ve got a whole new special lineup starting TODAY! ⬇️

🔹Special soft serve flavor is coffee ☕️ available with a vanilla twist!
🔹Milkshake Mania: the mocha heath! A mocha shake (or any flavor you’d like), a heath rim, a scoop of Maine Deer Tracks ice cream, whipped cream with chocolate drizzle and a heath candy bar, and topped off with a Heath Klondike bar! 😍
🔹Frozen lemonades, chocolate dipped waffle cones, birthday cake dip available, over 45 flavors of hard serve including dairy free, low fat yogurts, and no sugar added, and all the classic favorites on the menu!
🔹Need an ice cream cake? Sweet Swirls by Londyn is taking orders for Father’s Day weekend so get yours in NOW!

New food specials running today through next Tuesday, June 23:
🔹Hand cut prime rib sandwiches are back! Sandwich only served with a side of au jus and horseradish $11.50, with fries $15.95, or with onion rings $17.50
🔹NEW: Chicken Marsala over angel hair pasta: grilled chicken and mushrooms in an amazing sauce served with bread $13.50
🔹Coconut shrimp 🍤 with orange sauce are back! $10.95, basket with slaw and fries $16.95, with onion rings $18.50
🔹NEW: fried guacamole 🥑 bites! Served with ranch or choice of dipping sauce $8.50
🔹Red skinned potato 🥔 salad: small $3.50, large $6.50
🔹Cheese curds with marinara: $7.95
🔹Crab-ster roll: 1/4lb fresh crabmeat and 1/4lb fresh lobster together on a sub roll: $35.95
🔹Colossal lobster 🦞 roll: 1/2lb fresh lobster tossed in mayo or butter $39.95
*Everything available until sold out*

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm - kitchen closes at 7:15 sharp!
☎️Call in food orders welcome: 207.853.2627
💵Cash only: 🏧 on site!
🔥Dine in eating area always open
📍816 US Route 1, Perry, ME
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/16/2026

Some days are crazy 🤪 but some times we laugh hysterically, too! 😂😂😂 Thanks to Natalie and Bailey for this one 🤣

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm
📍816 US Route 1, Perry, ME
🍦See you at the Polar Treat

06/15/2026

🎶 School’s out for the summer🎶

As we head in to summer vacation time, we want to take a quick minute to thank so many local schools for bringing your kiddos to the Polar Treat for their end of year fun! 🍦

We have amazing support from many local clubs, groups, and local businesses who choose the Polar Treat, and we truly appreciate you all! Thank you ❤️

Have a group outing, camp kids, residents, team building activity, or any other gathering? We always welcome you here! Want to host a meeting in our eating area? It’s yours to use!

Small businesses support small businesses, and if we can help accommodate a special event, group outing, or activity you want to plan, let us know how we can work together to make it happen! 🙌🏼

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/11/2026

The new milkshake mania is….bubblegum! 😍

A bubblegum shake with a bubblegum rim, a scoop of cotton candy ice cream, a Charms blow pop, and whipped cream topped with more bubblegum pieces and drizzled marshmallow! 🙌🏼

Remember when the Polar Treat had bubblegum flurries way back in the day?! It’s back after all those years! Bubblegum everything tastes like nostalgia, and we love it!

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/10/2026

☀️☀️☀️New specials start TODAY! ☀️☀️☀️

Special soft serve is now bubblegum! We haven’t had this soft serve flavor in years, and it’ll be the only time this season for it!
Plus, don’t forget:
🔹Frozen lemonades
🔹Waffle tacos 🌮
🔹Chocolate dipped waffle cones
🔹Hard serve: over 45 flavors including yogurts, dairy free, and no sugar added!
🔹Milkshake Mania: it’ll drop later today, stay tuned! 😍

Food specials for the week:
🔹NEW: Nachos! We’ve got the classic beef or chicken nachos - tortilla chips, cheese, jalapeños, black olives, tomatoes, and sour cream/salsa optional! Don’t want a topping? No problem! Want to make them BBQ Chicken style? We got you! 🙌🏼 $12.95
🔹Maple bacon cheddar chicken sandwich is back! Topped with lettuce and tomato $8.95, with fries $13.50, with onion ring $15.00
🔹Corn nuggets $7.95
🔹Tater kegs are back! This time we’ve got buffalo chicken style chicken with ranch or blue cheese dipping sauce $8.50
🔹Meat lasagna with bread: $12.95
🔹Colossal lobster roll: a 1/2lb of fresh lobster meat with mayo or butter! $39.95
🔹Crab-ster roll: a 1/4lb of each lobster and crabmeat on the same roll! $35.95
Plus, regular menu always available: burgers, sandwiches, appetizers, poutines 🔥, and all the fresh seafood!

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm
☎️Call in food orders welcome: 207.853.2627
💵Cash only: 🏧 on site!
📍816 US Route 1, Perry, ME
🔥Eat in dining area always open
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/09/2026

☀️☀️☀️Sunshine and warmth: an extra perfect Polar Treat day!☀️☀️☀️

🔹Last day for the Down East Dole Whip soft serve: orange or pineapple or twist them together!

🕰️Open Daily: 11am-7:30pm
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/07/2026

It’s not the sunny weekend we want, but we’ve got the good stuff no matter what the weather 🙌🏼

🔹The Down East Dole whips are here! Dairy free and super refreshing soft serve in pineapple 🍍 or orange 🍊 or twisted together for orange pineapple!
🔹DOT everything weekend: dot cake sundaes, dot tacos, dot flurries, and the dot milkshake mania!
🔹Limited waffle tacos available: the dot and strawberry cake crunch
🔹Chocolate dipped waffle cones
🔹Frozen lemonades
🔹Freshly made Whoopi pies for sundaes and flurries!
🔹Sweet Swirls by Londyn has a limited grab and go ice cream cake selection: perfect for your graduation party or to binge eat on the couch while Netflixing and chilling today

Weekly food specials:
🔹Chicken parm over linguine, chicken parm sandwich, and chicken parm poutine
🔹Spicy shrimp 🍤 wontons
🔹Jalapeño Mac and cheese bites
🔹Caramelized onion and bacon burger with crunchy onion strings
🔹Cheese curds, fresh colossal lobster rolls, crabster rolls, and of course, all the good seafood!

🕰️Open 11am-7:30pm daily
☎️Call ahead food orders welcome: 207.853.2627
💵Cash only: ATM on site!
🔥Dine in eating area open
📍816 US Route 1, Perry, ME
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/05/2026

Let’s talk about the DOT trend for a minute! 😍 These are the crunchy, round nonpareils that are colorful and different than your traditional sprinkles. Dot cakes are a huge viral sensation right now, so we are jumping on bandwagon with a weekend of DOT everything!
*These are limited time only*

🔹Dot cake sundaes: choose chocolate or vanilla cake with a scoop of frosting, soft serve ice cream, and topped with tons of dots! $4.95
🔹Dot tacos 🌮: vanilla ice cream in a homemade taco shell and covered in dots! $7.95
🔹The dot milkshake mania of the week: $9.50
🔹Dot flurry: ice cream mixed with cake, frosting, and dots! Small $4.75, medium $5.25, large $5.75

We LOVE to bring NEW and unique things to Down East Maine and hope you love a weekend of all things dot related! 🙌🏼

06/03/2026

Happy first Wednesday of June! ☀️ A new special lineup is here ⬇️

🔹Soft serve special is the Down East Doles (AKA Dole Whips): available in pineapple or orange!
🔹Milkshake Mania is the viral Dot Cake (if you haven’t seen dot cakes, check them out - we’ve got more Dot fun on the way 👀): a vanilla shake filled with “dots”, a dot sprinkled rim, a scoop of I Scream for Cake ice cream, a dot cupcake, and lots of fun colored marshmallow!
🔹Chocolate dipped waffle cones are re-stocked!
🔹Frozen lemonades 🍋 available!

On the food side….
🔹NEW: Spicy shrimp wontons: a fresh tail shrimp with a bang bang sauce wrapped in a wonton (6) $10.95
🔹NEW: Jalapeño Mac and cheese bites - a white cheddar Mac with jalapeños in bite size appetizers! $8.25
🔹Chicken parm over linguine with bread: $13.95
🔹Chicken parm poutine: $12.50
🔹Chicken parm sandwich: $7.50, with fries $12.00, with onion rings $13.50
🔹NEW: the onion burger - a burger topped with a caramelized onion and bacon sauce and thin, onion strings! $8.50, with fries $13.00, with onion rings $14.50🤤🤤
🔹Colossal Lobster 🦞 roll: a half pound of fresh lobster on a sub roll! $39.95
🔹Crab-ster roll: a 1/4lb fresh crabmeat and a 1/4lb fresh lobster meat on a sub roll $35.95

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm, kitchen closes at 7:15 sharp!
☎️Call in food orders welcome: 207.853.2627
💵Cash only: ATM on site!
🔥Dine in eating area always open
📍816 US Route 1, Perry, ME
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

06/01/2026

Hello 👋 JUNE! In the spirit of a brand new month, we have a brand new soft serve for you! (Sorry mint lovers, we had to clean the machine this morning so we opted to change the flavor, but don’t worry, it’ll be back again later in the season!)

It’s here….DOLE WHIPS! Ok, we can’t actually call it “whips” because this is Disney’s name for it, so we are naming it the Down East Dole!

What the heck is it? Our very FIRST dairy free soft serve flavors! We’ve got orange 🍊 and pineapple 🍍flavors each available or twisted together! The consistency of Dole is slightly different than regular soft serve🍦and it’s got a nice tang to these flavors! Pineapple dipped in chocolate: our pick of the week! 😍

We hope you LOVE these options, and we already have a couple other non-dairy soft serve flavors on deck later in the summer (think mango, watermelon, maybe even another surprise flavor…)

Come try a taste for yourself! These will run starting today through next Tuesday, June 9!

🕰️Open daily 11am-7:30pm
🍦See you at the Polar Treat!

Address

816 US Highway 1
Perry, ME
04667

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 7:30pm
Tuesday	11am - 7:30pm
Wednesday	11am - 7:30pm
Thursday	11am - 7:30pm
Friday	11am - 7:30pm
Saturday	11am - 7:30pm
Sunday	11am - 7:30pm

Website

http://www.polartreatperry.com/

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