The Providence Journal has published an article about dining in Portland that features Izakaya Minato and Scales. Minato and Dana Street’s family of restaurants (including Scales) are both nominees for this years James Beard Awards.
It’s fair to say, Portland would not be the restaurant city it is today without the groundwork laid by Street and Hayward. They have inspired a generation of chefs to open restaurants in Maine. They preached sustainability from the day they opened Fore Street in 1996. They staff their restaurants well. They are good neighbors.