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@jpthings : That's kind of the situation, but not really. Did some checking in addition to what I've heard "word of mouth". It was the grandparents of the current owners that first opened The Cick-a-Dee Restaurant back in the early 50's. They operated it until the mid 1970's & all was well. The children took it over then & ran it until the mid 90's & all was still well. Then the grandchildren took it over. All was still well until about 5-6 years ago & then they started having some "consistency" issues. Quality of both food & service became a bit uneven.

On one of our visits about 3 years ago both the food & service was well below par for them. We chalked it up to just having a bad day. We went again a few months later & all was back up to standard & it still was the last time we went last fall. But, word is that it went downhill VERY badly during this past winter. Poor service, shortcuts & compromises on the food quality etc. Apparently there was a split between the brothers & sisters running the place too. The older brother was upset at the shortcuts & compromises in quality being undertaken by the two younger ones & a family feud developed. Issues could not be resolved, so the older brother left the business & started up his own restaurant in Lewiston, about 12-14 miles away. The aforementioned quality issues caught up with the remaining two siblings, so they called it quits & closed the place two weeks ago. Really a shame, as the place was somewhat of a "Maine Institution" for over half a century.