Captain's Galley

About us and our place

Suzanne Beal Madeira is part of a third generation to work in the family seafood business in Southwest Harbor. Following completion of studies at Mount Holyoke College in 1969, she and a sister-in-law started what is now known as "The Captains Galley" by selling a few lobster rolls on the dock at Beal's Lobster Pier.

Her husband, Pete Madeira, was Business Manager of Beal's Lobster Pier for sixteen years. They have leased and operated the retail food service operation at Beal's since 2005. Suzanne and Pete hire a crew of young men and women to provide the great service our customers expect. Today the crew is mostly made up of high school and college students from the local community along with a number of foreign students working under the J-1 Visa program of the US State Department.