The front page of Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes a feature article on the relaunch of The Porthole.
As for the food, the restaurant will be serving breakfast and lunch year-round, and will be open seven months out of the year for dinner, serving mostly seafood.
[Chef Jesse] Poirier said the menu will retain “the staples that made the Porthole famous in the first place.” That includes the fish fry, the Florentine, the lobsterman’s breakfast and the lobster Benedict.
The Blueberry Files and Vrai-lean-uh collaborated on writing reviews of the lunch service at Bresca.
It’s the best burger I’ve had in a long, long time. It has bacon and cheddar cheese and mayo and mustard and ketchup and the juices run down your hand and it’s just really, really fantastic.[Vrai-lean-uh]
Lunch at Bresca is more than a mid-day obligation to refuel oneself for the rest of the day. Rather, it made me a lady who lunches, one who orders white wine and a salad, who doesn’t have to go back to the office, and can then stroll about the Old Port, window shopping. It made me feel like I was on vacation. [The Blueberry Files]
The Beer Babe went on a Brew Bus tour of Allagash and got to sample some FV13.
The result? A sour beer lover’s dream. Tart, funky and fruity, this orange and copper colored beer had one of those aromas that just draws you in and turns you away at the same time because of its oddity. A mix of apple and vinegar and oak flavors (in a good way, I swear) dance around your tongue when you taste it and keep it interesting at every turn. As a lover of sour beers, this one hits all the marks for me.
Map & Menu has published a review Bonobo.
There is no shortage of tasty looking pizzas on the standard menu at Bonobo, but Meredith and I couldn’t take our eyes off of that Saturday’s special – the Peruvian with blue potatoes, ricotta, and bacon.
Photo Credit: Map & Menu
Portland Daily Sun columnist Natalie Ladd has written about her “love/hate relationship” with Maine Restaurant Week.
No matter if they care to or not, most people have heard the down and dirty, sordid details of my love/hate relationship with Maine Restaurant Week. Like all my love/hate relationships, I like to recant the events, the play-by-plays and the lessons learned, and see how I can approach things differently next time.
The Press Herald has followed up on last week’s story on the closing of Oriental Table on Exchange Street.
Lam, meanwhile, said customers have been understanding, but sad, about his situation.
“Everybody feels so bad,” Lam said. “Everybody feels so sorry. Other people have given me their name and phone number. If I do re-open, they ask me to contact them.”
The Forecaster interviewed Portland coffee drinkers and coffee shop workers about the potential impact of a new Starbucks on Commercial Street.
Steven Karan, an East End resident who stopped by Crema last week, said the independents shouldn’t feel threatened by another Starbucks.
“I wouldn’t worry about a Starbucks affecting places like this. They’re apples and oranges,” he said. “Starbucks will always have their customers, I guess. But I don’t see how a chain like that will make that much difference.”
Tickets for the craft beer event taking place in Portland this summer, The Festival, are now on sale.
According to organizers, the event will be bringing “70 of the best beer, cider and mead makers” serving “200 of the best beers, ciders, and meads from all over the world” with producers on-hand to talk about their product.
The Festival is organized by Shelton Brothers and 12 Percent Imports. It will be taking place at the Portland Yacht Services Building on Fore Street.
Serious Eats has published a profile of Tandem Coffee Roasters.
Owners Will and Kathleen Pratt opened their roastery-cafe in an off-the-beaten-path Portland neighborhood last year, and since then they’ve been quietly caffeinating this Notheastern coastal city the right way: Fresh cup by fresh cup.
If you’ve been missing Natural Foodie columnist Avery Yale Kamila while she’s been on maternity leave then listen to the latest Dr. Lisa Radio Hour. Avery talks about growing “up on an organic farm in Maine and became a vegetarian while working at a fast food restaurant as a teenager.”