Rio’s Road Sign called us and Russell the owner captivated us. 

A stand out random run-in on our return road trip from Prince Edward island Canada traveling through Maine .

Rio’s is a wow and deliciously different if youre ever in the area on your own road trip through Maine. Best chicken dinner ever and the cavatelli with kale etc. had me licking my plate.

Our unplanned random road trip stop at RIO's included live music, incredible ambiance inside and meeting a dynamic guy named Russell Manton.

He’s the 'R' in RIO. The "I" is for his beaituful daughter Illinca and the 'O' for his brilliant wife from Romania ( 2 masters!) Oana. We met all 3.

Russell does some awesome things besides own and run RIO with his wife, that fabulous restaurant located at 357 W. Main Street in Searsport, Maine. He owns one of only six companies in the U.S. that makes the electronic room key door locks for hotels! 

For the record those hotel room key cards do not contain your personal information as many of us including me always thought they did.   

You're gonna love meeting Russell Manton who checks in live from Nantucket where he's installing more of his electronic hotel room locks, in this podcast of our live conversation on The Debbie Nigro Show. His Scotish accent is just fabulous. So's his personality.

As new strangers go - He’s a keeper!