The Portland Phoenix has reviewed Eve’s at the Garden.
The bar snacks recreate the spirit of the courtyard itself: each is a rarefied take on a people’s favorite. New chef Earl Morse, formerly of the White Barn Inn, has created funny little variations on classic casual food like sliders, tacos, crab-cakes, wings, and lobster rolls. They are really cute to look at — maybe they are even a touch too precious — but it was hard to hold that against a bar snack.
Head on over to Portland Fodder to see some nice under construction photos of the 2nd floor space at the Public Market House. According to Fodder, “Spartan Grill will be relocating to the second floor with such possible vendors as, Maine Coffee Roasters, KamaSOUPra, It’s Only Natural…GF, and an unnamed pizza place.”
According to a May 28 article in the Press Herald, the 2nd floor retail spaces will be available by mid-summer.
Jim Keithly from ABC affiliate WMTW interviewed Harding Lee Smith about his new Italian restaurant The Corner Room (via Portland Psst!). According to the report, Smith plans on opening The Corner Room on June 25. As you can see from this photo I took today, there’s still a lot of work to do to get the space ready.
The WMTW report also includes some footage and information on Smith’s Windham farm where he’s currently raising 350 chickens. The farm to table operation is being expanded with a 48 foot green house that “will eventually produce a variety of herbs, lettuce and other vegetables”.
The vegetarian food blog Diet for a Small City has posted a review of Paciarino.
Much to my pleasure, the menu contained plenty of meatless options—and by options, I don’t mean that I chose the one vegetarian appetizer and the one vegetarian entree available—I mean, I actually had to make a decision. Fellow vegetarians know how disappointing it can be when a menu chooses your meal for you.
Rabelais Books and Out on a Limb in Palermo, Maine are teaming up to bring a rare apple CSA to Portland this fall. Shares are $120 and will bring “30-40 varieties of rare, interesting and highly flavored apples over the course of the season” and “will be accompanied by a newsletter with descriptions, history, tidbits and lore about each variety, as well as recipes and ideas for how to best use them.”
A new pizzeria, Otto Pizza, is under construction on Congress Street near the intersection with Forest Ave.
Portland Magazine has published a review of The Inn on Peaks Island.
If the grub weren’t so delicious at the Inn on Peaks Island, there’d be reason enough (beyond the rave reports of our island friends, who consider the pub here a regional treasure) to visit for the journey alone: The Casco Bay ferries dish up a refreshing 20-minute visual appetizer as you watch the Portland city skyline turn purple and pink behind lighthouses, Fort Gorges, Little Diamond and House Islands, and the twinkles of a visiting cruise liner or two.
The first half of a two-part seminar on social media use by restaurants is scheduled for both Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The weekly Food and Drink Trivia Contest is at Bull Feeney’s tonight, and on Tuesday, the next Wine Flight 5k Training run is taking place. Old Port Sea Grill is holding a beer and wine dinner Tuesday night. There are wine tastings scheduled Wednesday at Old Port Wine Merchants and Thursday at Leavitt and Sons. Also on Thursday night is the 4th Annual Taste of the Nation dinner and a Geary’s showcase at The Great Lost Bear. Farmers’ Markets are being held in Monument Square on Wednesday and at Deering Oaks Park on Saturday. For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
The first half of a two-part seminar on social media use by restaurants is scheduled for both Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The weekly Food and Drink Trivia Contest is at Bull Feeney’s tonight, and on Tuesday, the next Wine Flight 5k Training run is taking place. Old Port Sea Grill is holding a beer and wine dinner Tuesday night. There are wine tastings scheduled Wednesday at Old Port Wine Merchants and Thursday at Leavitt and Sons. Also on Thursday night is the 4th Annual Taste of the Nation dinner and a Geary’s showcase at The Great Lost Bear. Farmers’ Markets are being held in Monument Square on Wednesday and at Deering Oaks Park on Saturday. For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
This week’s article from Margo Mallar in the Portland Daily Sun mixes Budhist one-liners: “What did the Buddhist say to the Hot Dog Vendor? (Make me one with everything)” and Dali Lama references with a visit to Papaya King on Dana Street.