After a dour springtime in Maine, June is coming on strong. Time to hit the deck! Standbys like The Porthole in Portland and Portland Lobster Company are always a good time, but not all decks are created equal. Some are crowed with bad beer and bad tattoos, while others have James Beard winning chefs and […]
Adam Powers and Jeremy Rush know a thing or twelve about barbecuing. As owners of Elsmere BBQ and Wood Grill in South Portland, they smoke, grill and sear meat, chicken and oysters to perfection in what’s become known as “Maine style barbecue.” On Coffee with Cooks this week, the pair broke down the process. “Barbecue is […]
They weren’t exactly crying in their beers, but they were sulking. Wednesday afternoon, hours before the last bottle of beer will be poured at The Griffin Club on Ocean Avenue in South Portland, regulars gathered to toast the end of an era at the tavern, which has been a Knightville neighborhood fixture since 1968. “Eddie Griffin […]
It’s called Rocket Fuel for a reason. A few slugs of Carson Lynch’s potion, made with dark roast coffee, caramelized sugar and Maine dairy, delivers lift off. Since hitting the market nine years ago, Rocket Fuel has steadily powered its way across New England. “Coffee milk is a New England tradition, but it had fallen off […]
Can she do for Saco what she did for Knightville? “There is nobody like us around here. We want to become a destination,” says Jeannie Dunnigan, the rollerskating owner of Cia in South Portland who is opening a second cafe in downtown Saco in June. The energetic entrepreneur and her husband Bill purchased a house […]
Pizza, soft serve ice cream and espresso. The hat trick anchoring Lazzari at 618 Congress Street should not be confused with an artisan atelier. Is this craft pizza? “Absolutely not,” said chef Rich Maggi, who will crank out up to 10 different kinds of pies, from margarita to pepperoni and mushrooms in Portland’s new wood-fired venue […]
Rhubarb, it’s not just for pie. Two Mainers say the crimson plant that grows prolifically in the spring makes the perfect elixir. In the former Rockingham Electric Supply Co. in Portland’s East Bayside, Pete Dubuc and Amanda O’Brien are making rhubarb wine in small batches using simple ingredients from Maine. “It’s the new Moxie,” said […]
Day camp is for sissies. Right? Not when the organizers are Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and the main activity is drinking beer. For the second time since 2014, Beer Camp, billed as America’s largest craft beer festival, comes to Portland on June 3 and it could very well rock your summer. Held in eight cities across the […]
What’s in a name? More than the owners of The Danforth Inn bargained for. Shortly after the Portland hoteliers announced plans for the rebrand of their soon-to-open bar called Opium, comments streamed in. Some media cried foul over the perceived brazen swipe at Maine’s crippling heroin epidemic. Others, according to the owner, called to say […]
It was bound to happen. Both cities have award-winning oyster bars, cobblestone streets, vintage buildings and Parker House rolls. So when Bostonians look for homes outside the Bay State, their top search? You guessed it: Portland, Maine. According to a recent migration report by real estate site Redfin, Portland was the top search by […]
