BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 12, 2022
The way owners Morey Highbarger and Ian Miller describe him, Ralph “Pepper” Martin, Highbarger’s grandfather and the namesake of their new restaurant in Old Town, was like a cross between L.L. Bean and the Most Interesting Man in the World, from the Dos Equis beer commercials. Pepper’s Landing opened this week at 170 Main St. in Old Town, the third of three locations in Maine and New Hampshire. Martin, a lifelong Old Town resident, is the inspiration for the entire Pepper’s Landing business. Martin was born on French Island in 1914. He was a registered Maine Guide, avid hunter and fisherman, carpenter, boxer, brewer and champion water skier.