Review of The Loft

The Portland Phoenix has published a review of The Loft, as well as Five Guys and Elevation.

There is also a lot of beef — 30ish varieties of burger. That’s probably too many, but there are things to like about them. The burgers are big, but patted hard enough to prevent that burger-as-ball effect that makes many upscale versions hard to eat. Not that these burgers are upscale, exactly. At $10 including fries, they are around the same price as burgers at the Five Guys and Elevation chains…

Thanksgiving Dinners at Harraseeket & Five Fifty-Five

The Press Herald interviewed chefs Steve Corry at Five Fifty-Five and Eric Flynn at the Harraseeket about the Thanksgiving dinners they’ll be serving at their restaurants.

On this Thanksgiving Eve, be thankful you’re not Eric Flynn, the head chef at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, who will be cooking for a record 900 people today.

That’s equivalent to the entire population of Ogunquit.

Baker’s Notes #4

Scratch Baking has published issue No. 4 of their in-house magazine,Baker’s Notes.

Our fourth issue, all about cookies, includes a whopping 23 recipes (the most of any Baker’s Notes issue). We are excited to share all of our favorite cookie recipes with you from chocolate chip to shortbread and macaroon to peanut butter. Bakery favorites, sweet memories and big cookies are all within these pages. Who doesn’t love a cookie, right?

5 Best Breakfast Sandwiches

Dispatch has published their list of the 5 Best Breakfast Sandwiches in Portland.

I love a good sit down brunch with the rest of ‘em. But let’s great real: this is Amurrrica. And in Amurrrica, we can’t always spend three hours slurping down mimosas when there’s a list of important Monday morning things we’ve got to do at the office. You know, like write about the best breakfast sandwiches in Portland. So here are my top five favorite places to pop in on my way to work for a bacon, egg, and cheese on the go.

Personally, I’d add the breakfast sandwiches at Aurora Provisions to their list.

What are your favorite spots for a breakfast sandwich in Portland?