The 10 eateries looked up most often in February were:
The numbers in parentheses indicates their rank last month.
Press Herald columnist Justin Ellis takes a look at what attracts younger workers to the restaurant industry,
The thing with restaurant work is that it stuck, and it suited a need for in-between work or, on-the-verge-of-making-new-plans work. It offers prime conditions for young workers.
”I see people of all ages,” she said. ”But I do see a lot of young people coming in.”
Today’s paper also includes a report on Sunday’s CSA Fair, “Think of it as speed dating for vegetables.”
Press Herald columnist Justin Ellis takes a look at what attracts younger workers to the restaurant industry,
The thing with restaurant work is that it stuck, and it suited a need for in-between work or, on-the-verge-of-making-new-plans work. It offers prime conditions for young workers.
”I see people of all ages,” she said. ”But I do see a lot of young people coming in.”
Today’s paper also includes a report on Sunday’s CSA Fair, “Think of it as speed dating for vegetables.”
PortlandTown has published a set of photos illustrating the nominees from the Best Dessert Place category in the Portland Phoenix readership poll.
Photo Credit: Michael Barriault
Monday — Maine Restaurant Week starts today and to kick it off right the Bartenders Bash cocktail competition is taking place at the Portland Museum of Art. Also on Monday, Stephen Lanzalotta is teaching a Piatto per Tutti cooking class.
Wednesday — Black Tie Bistro is holding a cooking class.
Friday — Maine Restaurant Week’s Breakfast Cook-off is taking place, West End Deli is holding a wine tasting, and Rabelais is having an opening for an exhibit of food industry mug shots (1899-1954).
Saturday — Wolf Neck Farm is holding a workshop on advanced canning techniques, the indoor Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place, there’s a wine tasting at Leroux Kitchen and Port Clyde Fresh Catch is dropping off shares of their Maine shrimp CSF.
Sunday — Bar Lola’s Guy Hernandez is the featured chef at the Food Film Series screening of the movie Delicatessen.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.
Monday — Maine Restaurant Week starts today and to kick it off right the Bartenders Bash cocktail competition is taking place at the Portland Museum of Art. Also on Monday, Stephen Lanzalotta is teaching a Piatto per Tutti cooking class.
Wednesday — Black Tie Bistro is holding a cooking class.
Friday — Maine Restaurant Week’s Breakfast Cook-off is taking place, West End Deli is holding a wine tasting, and Rabelais is having an opening for an exhibit of food industry mug shots (1899-1954).
Saturday — Wolf Neck Farm is holding a workshop on advanced canning techniques, the indoor Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place, there’s a wine tasting at Leroux Kitchen and Port Clyde Fresh Catch is dropping off shares of their Maine shrimp CSF.
Sunday — Bar Lola’s Guy Hernandez is the featured chef at the Food Film Series screening of the movie Delicatessen.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.
The annual CSA Fair is taking place today at locations across the state. The fair gives you a chance to meet farmers and compare various CSA options to find the one that’s right for you.
The Portland CSA Fair is taking place 1-4 pm, at Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St.
The start of Maine Restaurant Week just a couple days and news coverage continues to be strong. Today there were a pair of articles in the Portland Daily Sun on the Bartenders Bash cocktail competition, and about the origins of MRW,
…the event is owned and operated by a private public relations company with deep connections into the high-profile eateries that made the promotion almost instantly credible when it launched last year.
and a piece in the Examiner which sets a list of 10 recommendations in verse. Here’s the first of 2 stanzas,
Bar Lola, Blue Spoon, or Brian Boru
That’s no Bull Feeney, we’re telling you true
Three courses of food – a bargain at that…
Five Fifty Five or the oddly named, Duckfat.
Brews and Books blogger Josh Christie has published another article in his series about beer in Portland on the Hop Press website. In this new installment he writes about RSVP, Maine Brewing Supply and The Great Lost Bear.
The Portland-based blog Stephen Cooks has received some national recognition with the inclusion its Rosemary Rutabaga Fries recipe on Saveur.com.