New2Maine.com has reviewed Hot Suppa!
The waitress was cheery and attentive . . . The check was a touch high for a regular lunch spot (~$24, including a soda and a hot chocolate and tax, but not the tip), but I would not be surprised if Amber and I end up there a couple or three times a month.
Local Foodie is working on a project this year to create “an interactive map that represents all aspects of the food system and can be used by consumers, producers, distributors, and everyone in between to make connections with local food.” It sounds like a great idea. I look forward to seeing it come together.
As you’ve probably noticed Portland Food Map looks a little different today. The old homepage, which served the site well when it first launched, has been redesigned to provide more space for the news updates and better access to site features.
Along with the new homepage design comes a few additional capabilities for you including an RSS feed and the ability to comment on the posts, as well as making it easier for me to post news items. Also you can now search 400+ Portland food websites right from the homepage.
Here’s a brief PFM feature history:
August 7, 2007 – PFM Launched
September 3/4, 2007 – The Unreviewed and Under Construction lists
October 9, 2007 – Category Street Maps
November 28, 2007 – Portland Food Search
February 2, 2008 – Sunday Brunch List
April 7, 2008 – Event Calendar
January 1, 2009 – the new homepage blog
I hope you like the new homepage design. Have a Happy New Year!
The 10 restaurants looked up most often during the month of December were:
The numbers in parentheses indicates their rank last month.
The Portland Phoenix has reviewed Arabica.
“Coffee preferences are profoundly idiosyncratic, but I find their dark roast a bit light and a hair under-brewed. It’s more nutty and smooth than rich and full. The espresso drinks, where technique is more important, are consistently excellent in the hands of the experienced staff.”
There’s an interview published in today’s newspaper with Paula Pelczar from Make Thyme for Dinner for the ShopTalk column. Pelczar’s business is a “meal assembly business” in South Portland which provides the raw materials, kitchen equipment and recipes for people to cook family meals in advance.
Port City Life interviewed Rob Evon, the administrator of Port City Music Hall, for the January/February edition of the magazine (article not available online). Port City Music Hall is scheduled to open in mid-January.
Today’s Press Herald published a profile of Maine Mead Works.
“Wait, don’t go anywhere. Yes, the topic is mead today. But no, you are not trapped in a time warp or at a Renaissance Fair. There will be no words with an ‘e’ randomly stuck on the end, no cheesy costumes, no faux lords and ladies who talk as if they just stepped out of the Middle Ages.
That’s not what Eli Cayer and Ben Alexander had in mind when they opened their new meadery in Portland.”
Portland in a Snap has published a profile of the PeRx-U-Up Cafe and the associate drug store, Apothecary by Design.
New Year’s Eve dinners for both Bresca and Evangeline have been added to the event calendar.