If you’ve ever wondered how great restaurants actually come to life in Maine’s mountain towns, this episode is for you. April and Vanessa sit down with owner Cody Gordon and Chef Brian Weber of Mountain Social in Bethel, a team that cut their teeth in Bar Harbor before building a winter-season destination on Main Street.

They talk about what it means to grow three restaurants across two very different regions, why Cody's daughter had veto power before opening in Bethel, and how a tight-knit year-round staff changed everything. Cody and Brian also get honest about hospitality lessons the public never sees, the real story behind their menu, and what makes Bethel’s village center worth stepping off the Access Road for.

A fast, funny, deeply human conversation about food, work, and life in Maine’s mountains.