The Salt Cellar is now open for business. The Salt Cellar sells a variety of finishing salts, salt-based cosmetics and other products made of salt. The shop is located on the corner of Middle and Market Streets.
Month: October 2012
Reviews of Fresh Approach & Spread
The Press Herald has published an Eat & Run review of Fresh Approach,
The meatloaf sandwich could not have been better. It featured two hunks of seasoned meatloaf, each sliced about a half-inch thick, and served on a chewy 12-inch sub roll with melted cheese and a touch of ketchup. My intent was to eat half and save the other half for dinner. But I plowed through all 12 inches without hesitation.
and a bar review of Spread.
The brunch drink menu was nothing short of spectacular. All the cocktails were priced at $7, and even standard drinks had a special twist. Mimosas are made with fresh squeezed orange juice, and the bar uses Stoli Jalapeno Infused Vodka and a homemade mix for the Bloody Mary. And, maybe you could try Second Marriage – Double Cross Vodka, Aperol and fresh grapefruit juice – if your Saturday night shenanigans would leave you questioning your love life.
Gather
The Forecaster has published an article about Yarmouth’s new restaurant, Gather.
A new restaurant on Main Street hopes its commitment to regional farms and producers will have a lasting impact on the local food scene.
Gather, which opened in mid-September, is an 80-seat restaurant at the Route 1 Main Street exit. It has a focus on locally farmed food and community-centered, casual dining.
Portland Eats
Mister Meatball has published a list of some of his favorite spots in Portland. The list includes Eventide, Local 188, Emilitsa, Otto, Schulte & Herr and Speckled Ax.
Last year I listed a bunch of the best places to eat in Portland. A couple are no longer open (the Porthole and District), but all the others still are. This time around there are three new places that weren’t open last year, plus three others that I’d neglected to get around to.
You can’t go wrong with a single one.
LA Blogger Reviews J’s Oyster Bar and Portland Lobster Co.
Feed the Moster has published reviews of J’s Oyster Bar,
J’s is just about perfect. Warm service, classic look, honest food.
Why go? You feel like a local.
Prices here are on the steep side given lobster is at an all-time low and some may deride this as a tourist trap. It is. None of that matters right now to The Monster as he happily devours his food.
Why go? Lobster. And then some more.
Brunch Review of Local 188
Map & Menu has published a review of Local 188.
We’d always enjoyed Local for its drinks and dinners in the past, but it wasn’t until a few months ago that our good friends Darcy and Carolyn introduced us to what has quickly become one of our favorite brunch menus in town. The eclectic setting and warm natural light of Local 188 lends itself perfectly to that at-home, comfortable feel that is required of every great brunch location. Their morning cocktails and tasty menu, all at an unbeatable value, just drive the point on home that Local should be at the top of every Portlander’s brunch list.
Photo Credit: Map & Menu
Maine’s Spirited Connection to Martinique
Joe Ricchio has written a piece for Bon Appetit about the Maine connection to Rhum Clément from Matinique.
Sipping Rhum Clément 10-year old Grande Reserve Tres Vieux, a special-edition rum aged in a combination of French and American barrels, may mentally transport you to the tropical idyll of Martinique, but the man behind import, sales, distribution, and marketing of his family’s Rhum Clément does does his business from a decidedly temperate place: Brunswick, Maine.