Polar Treat

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!

06/05/2026

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! 🙌🏼

Happy first Wednesday of June! ☀️ A new special lineup is here ⬇️🔹Soft serve special is the Down East Doles (AKA Dole Wh...
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!

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 ...
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!

Some days go completely as planned and others….don’t. 😂 Sometimes, like tonight, even a quick power outage causes us a l...
06/01/2026

Some days go completely as planned and others….don’t. 😂

Sometimes, like tonight, even a quick power outage causes us a little chaos. Food orders get delayed because we have to stop and regroup. When things resume, a printer doesn’t work or the screen says orders are headed toward the 20 minute mark - and if we can assure you of anything, it’s sheer panic in the kitchen when the Polar Treat times are anywhere north of 12-15 minutes, tops. 😅

Sometimes we forget the sauces, there’s a shell in the lobster roll, the fries aren’t as crispy as you’d prefer. You got the wrong kind of sprinkles or the waffle cone had a crack in it. And, behind the scenes, it looks like a bomb went off in the entire place and there’s probably something leaking somewhere and we are out of the exact thing the customer in front of us really wanted. But, this team smiles through the chaos, hustles hard, and will work endlessly to make sure they go above and beyond for every customer.

At the end of the day, we reflect. We realize we forgot something on a burger or a sundae, and we wake up at 2am making our to do lists for the next day, and we quietly put the entire place back together after hours, ready for another day tomorrow.

This post is simply to say thank you - for your patience as amazing customers during the chaos, for realizing we won’t ever be perfect but will try our hardest, for the team who doesn’t ever waver during the busiest times.

Despite the chaos, we don’t stop. And, if you don’t have a team like the Polar Treat team, you need one. You can’t do it without them. You can’t do it without the amazing customers who understand it’s not always going to be flawless. Thank you to every single one of you for your continued support of a down east legacy. We love and appreciate you ALL! ❤️

Who turned the heat off?! 🥶🥶🥶Don’t worry, we’ve got all the goods to brighten your spirits! ⬇️🔹Special soft serve flavor...
05/30/2026

Who turned the heat off?! 🥶🥶🥶

Don’t worry, we’ve got all the goods to brighten your spirits! ⬇️

🔹Special soft serve flavor: mint available with a chocolate twist
🔹Milkshake Mania: the mint edition!
🔹Waffle tacos 🌮 freshly made and available! 🔹Over 40 flavors of hard serve including non dairy, yogurts, and no sugar added!
🔹Frozen lemonades 🍋 are back

Weekly food specials:
🔹Orange chicken bowls (limited remaining)
🔹Hand breaded fried pickles 🥒
🔹Fried pickle poutine
🔹Freshly made scallop stew! 🤤
🔹Fried ravioli with marinara
🔹Mac and cheese, bacon, bbq, cheddar burger
🔹Colossal lobster 🦞 and 🦀 crab-ster rolls available with freshly picked lobster and crab meat (regular rolls always available, too)
Plus, all your fresh seafood: haddock, scallops, whole belly clams, shrimp, and clam strips!

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

🔥The ice cream taco 🌮 lineup for the weekend is here!🔹Mint chocolate twist with Oreo 🔹Vanilla with cotton candy crunch 🔹...
05/29/2026

🔥The ice cream taco 🌮 lineup for the weekend is here!

🔹Mint chocolate twist with Oreo
🔹Vanilla with cotton candy crunch
🔹Vanilla with strawberry cake crunch
🔹Twist with peanut butter cups
🔹Twist with nuts
🔹Chocolate with M&Ms

And, it’s back - a fan favorite you’ve been waiting for: Coffee Heath Yogurt! 🙌🏼

🍦Soft serve special is mint available with a chocolate twist!

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

The new food and ice cream specials start TODAY!🙌🏼⬇️🔹Special soft serve is now mint available with a chocolate twist! 🔹M...
05/27/2026

The new food and ice cream specials start TODAY!🙌🏼⬇️

🔹Special soft serve is now mint available with a chocolate twist!
🔹Milkshake Mania: the mint edition! A mint shake (or any flavor you’d like), a chocolate sprinkled rim, a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream, a Girl Scout thin mint cookie, a mint Milano cookie, and a dove dark chocolate mint cream candy, all drizzled with chocolate!
🔹Frozen lemonade 🍋 is back! Regular or pink/strawberry available!

Food specials that start TODAY:
🔹Hand made fried pickles! 🥒 served with ranch $8.95
🔹The fried pickle poutine: fries drizzled with dill pickle aioli sauce, mozzarella cheese, and a pile of fried pickles $12.95
🔹The Mac BBQ bacon burger: a cheddar cheese burger topped with bacon, Mac and cheese, and drizzled in BBQ $8.95, with fries $13.50, with onion rings $14.95
🔹Freshly made scallop stew 😍 This will be limited availability! Nothing but fresh scallops, extra heavy cream, real butter, and a hint of seasoning served with bread SM $9.95, LG $18.95
🔹Fried ravioli served with marinara $7.95
🔹It’s back: the orange chicken bowl! Popcorn chicken, broccoli, and rice in our orange sauce $11.95; looking for an even healthier or GF option? Sub grilled chicken!
🔹Colossal lobster 🦞 roll (1/2lb) of fresh lobster meat on a toasted sub roll $39.95
🔹Crab-ster 1/2lb roll with half fresh lobster and half fresh crabmeat $35.95

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm (kitchen closes at 7:15 daily)
☎️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!

✨Manifesting summer and endless sunshine ☀️It’s BACK: frozen lemonade 🍋🍋🍋Regular or pink lemonade available, blended wit...
05/26/2026

✨Manifesting summer and endless sunshine ☀️

It’s BACK: frozen lemonade 🍋🍋🍋

Regular or pink lemonade available, blended with soft serve for the perfect frozen treat! 😍 $5.25 each, available ALL summer!

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

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Memorial Day 2026🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸We are OPEN regular hours on the holiday (even with the rain 🌧️) 11am-7:30pm! Monday ONLY s...
05/25/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Memorial Day 2026🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

We are OPEN regular hours on the holiday (even with the rain 🌧️) 11am-7:30pm!

Monday ONLY specials:
🔹The red, white, and blue pie by the slice with ice cream - freshly made from our friends at the Pie Ladies Bakery! 😍 Limited quantities available
🔹Bubble waffle day: they are back for Memorial Day and perfect for the chillier weather! Homemade waffle with choice of ice cream, sauce, and any two toppings!

🕰️Open daily: 11am-7:30pm
☎️Call in food orders welcome: 207.853.2627
🇺🇸See you at the Polar Treat🍦

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Memorial Day Weekend🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔹Soft serve special: peanut butter, available with a chocolate twist! 🔹Ice cream tacos 🌮...
05/23/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Memorial Day Weekend🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

🔹Soft serve special: peanut butter, available with a chocolate twist!
🔹Ice cream tacos 🌮: strawberry cake crunch, chocolate chip cookie dough, the red white and blue edition, and peanut butter cup available
🔹Milkshake Mania: the Girl Scout cookie 🍪 edition! Support your local troop!
🔹Over 40 flavors of hard serve including all
the classics plus no sugar added, dairy free, and yogurts!
🔹Waffle nachos are restocked!
🔹Sweet Swirls by Londyn: she’s got lots of pre orders for pickup, but don’t worry, she’s got grab and go cakes ready for your weekend bbq dessert needs! 🍰

Weekly food specials:
🔹Stuffed shells with marinara and bread
🔹Chicken bacon ranch panini
🔹Philly cheesesteak eggrolls
🔹Spinach and artichoke dip with tortilla chips
🔹Fried calamari
🔹Cheese curds, Crab-ster rolls, and colossal lobster rolls with fresh crab and lobster available! 🦞🦀
🔹Gluten Free and vegetarian options - we’ve got so many to choose from! 👍
🔹Plus, all the fresh seafood, burgers, poutines, appetizers, and more from the regular menu!

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

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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

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