Bring a fishing pole, not a shopping list Try doing Freeport, Maine, with no shopping list - Travel

Outdoor fire pits flicker at the busy corner of Bow and Main streets. Settle at one of these sidewalk campfires, and you will find yourself a customer at Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen and Topside Tavern. The restaurant opened last July in a former Bath and Body Works. From here you can sip a local beer and scrutinize visitors as they navigate Maine’s foremost retail mecca.