First, from Shep Brown's, I'd go around the north end of Bear Island directly across the way, likely the way you went to the Long Island Bridge. If you go that way, you can follow the charts to take you around the north end of Dow Island and a few others to Moultonborough Bay, coming out to the north end of the "Graveyard" (inspiring name for boaters, eh?). Or you could continue SE, through the "six pack" of markers by the east point of Long Island and around to the lower end of the Graveyard.
Or, having gone around the north end of Bear Island, you could go SE across the upper broads to the passage between the lower end of Long Island and Sandy Island, through the "Hole in the Wall" between Little Bear Island and Devon Island, and straight ENE over to the lower end of the Graveyard. Or from there go around that, passing to the west of Chase Island and back over to the north into the rest of Moultonborough Bay.
As for lunch along the way, your best (and maybe only) bet, for a truly satisfying spread, made to order, and at rock-bottom price, is the one you pack and bring with you. Maybe you can get a decent ice cream dessert at the store at 19 Mile Bay, assuming they do that this year.
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