Month: February 2014

The Portland Phoenix has published set of burger reviews from 8 different restaurants with tasting notes, and details on what they felt like during and after the meal.

Restaurants have such distinctive styles around here that it’s usually apples-to-oranges to compare them — how do you measure risotto against fish tacos or pad thai? But a majority of menus still have a burger option, which allows us compare the city’s styles in a quasi-scientific way. We subjected a handful of Portland’s signature burgers to our own test, factoring taste, style, source, and the feelings we experienced eating them.

For more Portland burger reviews see the Burger Meister Meister blog and the o-rama burger collaboration.

The Golden Dish has posted his initial impressions of Central Provisions based a visit on opening night.

I could wax poetically about the food, the drink and the ambiance with its nightly asylum of epicurean pretense.  But instead I’ll not litter this forum with the loquacious totems of purple prose and get right to the point.  This is a great place.  The food is amazing, the vibes are everything an Old Port establishment should be in the best sense, and kudos to Chris Gould, proprietor and chef, for giving Portland this fine dining establishment—the ultimate pub with international flavors.

Drink Up and Get Happy has published a bar review of Spread.

All in all we enjoyed our time at Spread.  The cocktails were delicious and potent and the spreads were very tasty! The prices, even at happy hour, may not put it in the running for an every week place but it’s a great place for splurging or a special night. Taking advantage of the happy hour specials also helps in the budget department and makes these artfully made cocktails even more of a treat!

The Press Herald has reviewed the Top of the East.

The Top of the East has had a major makeover and it’s worth riding the elevator to the 15th floor to check it out. If you sit down and order a drink, you’ll get free popcorn made with duck confit. The staff is very attentive and for a brief moment in time, you’ll feel like a king on cloud nine.

Travel + Leisure has named Piccolo one of America’s Best New Romantic Restaurants.

Husband-and-wife team—and Daniel Boulud alumni—Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez uprooted their illustrious Manhattan careers to move to Maine, bringing their love of central Italian fare to a 20-seat sprite of a spot nestled in the city’s charming Old Port neighborhood.