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N To Tail

Opened for business on December 16, 2018

Reviews

  • N To TailPortland Press Herald (10/24/2019)
  • N To TailSweet Avieve's Food Blog (08/26/2019)
  • N To TailMaine Sunday Telegram (05/05/2019)

(207) 773-2900

29 Exchange Street, Portland, ME, USA
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A new Munjoy Hill Asian-inspired restaurant Jing Y A new Munjoy Hill Asian-inspired restaurant Jing Yan (@jingyan_portland) is slated to open for takeout on Wednesday. Jing Yan is located is located at 90 Congress Street in the space formerly occupied by Lolita. The overall layout of the restaurant has remained the same with a number of changes to the interior design to align the look with the new restaurant concept. Langford has hand-painted a panoramic mural along the banquet wall as well as a circular motif above the front table that features a Jing Yan (3rd photo), a species of Bejing swallow that the restaurant is named for. Husband and wife Leo Zhang and Britt Langford are the co-owners of the restaurant, and Chris Petrillo has joined the team as Jin Yan's chef. Langford and Zhang met in China where the couple ran the @bar4nine cocktail bar before moving to Maine. Hours are Wednesday through Monday 11 am – 11 pm. The kitchen closes at 8 pm but a limited late night menu is available 8 – 11 pm. Jing Yan will be open on Thanksgiving. See the last photo in this set for a look at the opening night takeout menu. #portlandmaine #jingyan #chinesetakeout #munjoyhill #bentobox #ricebowls #banhmi
Chefs Jordan Rubin (@mr.tuna_maine) and Cyle Reyno Chefs Jordan Rubin (@mr.tuna_maine) and Cyle Reynolds (@cylereynolds) are launching a new takeout restaurant called Crispy Gài Fried Chicken (@crispygai). The Crispy Gai menu (3rd image) will be focused on Thai cuisine included dishes influenced by culinary traditions from elsewhere is Southeast Asia. Gai is the Thai word for chicken. Crispy Gai will be doing a takeout pop-up this coming Tuesday from High Roller Lobster. The menu for that is up and you can place your order online at www.crispygai.com. The full official launch of Crispy Gai’s takeout service will be sometime in December. The business will operate out of the Public Market House. #portlandmaine #crispygai #friedchicken #thaifriedchicken #mrtuna #takeoutonly 📷 of sandwich by @peterjensenbissell
@terlinguabbq is set to officially open their new @terlinguabbq is set to officially open their new Washington Ave restaurant on Wednesday. The new location featured a large outdoor seating area and the classic Terlingua menu of barbecue, tacos, and other Southwest dishes and cocktails. Food and drinks are available for onsite outdoor seating and for takeout. Terlingua has also opened a new market onsite that offers grab and go food and cockktails from their menu as well as wine, beer and other provisions. Terlingua is open Wednesday through Sunday. The market is open 11:30 – 9, and the restaurant is open 3 – 9. #portlandmaine #terlinguabbq #washingtonave #outdoordining #barbecue #tequila #mezcal #margaritas
Big Tree Hospitality (owners of @eventideoysterco, Big Tree Hospitality (owners of @eventideoysterco, @thehoneypaw and @hugosmaine) unveiled their latest restaurant concept today. @xoburgerandwings will be a takeout and delivery restaurant serving a “menu full of crushable Americana.” XO Burgers and Wings is set to launch in early December, and will be operating out of the Hugo’s space in Portland and Eventide Fenway in Boston. The menu include options like the Good Morning Burger (shown here) with egg, red onion jam, hash brown and hot sauce, the XO Burger with XO sauce, banana peppers, and smoked cheddar, Chili Crisp Wings with house chili crisp and scallion, and a Grilled Caesar with grilled romaine, house mackerel caesar, mackerel “anchovies” and parmesan. “At a glance, XO Burger and Wings will offer a menu of delicious burgers, wings, salads and sides. Good food to fill your belly. But take a closer look and you’ll find we’ve applied the best of Big Tree Hospitality – high-end culinary technique, high-caliber creative chefs, and top of the line and house made ingredients – to our idea of the perfect neighborhood burger joint. Sure, you’ll find the familiar bacon and blue cheese burger, buffalo(ish) style wings, and fries, but you’ll also find creative takes on nearly every menu item. Our buffalo sauce is fermented with koji, made with fresh chilis and house-made yogurt. Our bacon is braised and made from humanely raised Winter Hill pork. We haven’t left Frank’s hot sauce off the menu, instead, we’ve dropped it into the fryer to create Red Hot Puffs…” Big Tree Hospitality is led by Andrew Taylor, Mike Wiley and Arlin Smith. In 2012 they bought Hugo’s from then owner Rob Evans and Nancy Pugh and in the same year launched Eventide. They went on to create The Honey Paw in 2015 and open Eventide Fenway in 2017. 📷 @zackbowen #portlandmaine #crushableamericana #xoburgersndeings #burgerjoint #wings #bigtreehospitality
Congratulations to the nine Maine food producers t Congratulations to the nine Maine food producers that are finalists in the 2021 Good Food Awards (@goodfoodfdn)in these six categories: Beer – @allagashbrewing for their Fine Acre beer, and @mainebeerco for their Prince Percy Pilsner and Wolfe’s Neck IPA beers Cheese – @crookedfacecreamery for their Pressed Herb Ricotta and Whole Milk Ricotta Confections – @raggedcoastchocolates for their Cassis de Résistance Truffle Fish – @atlanticseafarms for their Fermented Seaweed Salad and Sea-Beet Kraut, Maine Coast Sea Vegetables for their Ginger Kelp Krunch Bars and Original Kelp Krunch Bars, and @oceansbalanceinc for their Kelp Puree Grains – @mainegrains for their Pearled Black Barley and Marfax Crop Rotation Dry Beans Preserves – @turtlerockfarm for their Apple Rose preserve This year’s finalists were “[s]elected from 1,928 entries to the 11th annual Good Food Awards, these 475 products represent 45 states plus D.C. and Guam and have passed vetting for category-specific sustainability standards.” The winners will be announced at a virtual event on January 22nd. #mainefood #goodfoodawards
@quierocafemaine owners Carlos Guzman and Alejandr @quierocafemaine owners Carlos Guzman and Alejandra Herrera are launching a new Latin American restaurant in Saco called Pacifico (@pacificomaine). Located in a former mill building at 120 Main Street on Saco Island, Pacifico will “be offering Latin American cuisine in a casual fine-dining environment” that takes its “inspiration and flavor profiles from all over Central and South America”. #sacomaine #pacifico #latinamericanfood #underconstruction
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