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The brunch quandary
In Portland, there's always one more place you haven't tried
There seems to be an endless number of places to try in Portland. So many, in fact, that I keep discovering well-established restaurants that I didn't even know served brunch. One of those places was Vignola.
By
LEISCHEN STELTER
| February 03, 2010
Don't be chicken
Dig right in at Binga's Stadium
Last year was a weird one for chicken wings.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| January 27, 2010
A winter outing
Heading indoors at the Picnic Basket
All ideals are oppressive, and the ideal picnic is no exception.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| January 20, 2010
Adventures in pot stickers
Exploring new worlds of flavor
My friend from Thailand taught me how to make real pot stickers and pad Thai.
By
LINDSAY STERLING
| January 13, 2010
Bolivian silpancho
A year-abroad-romance gets really good
The bus had been bumping over potholes through the night in the Andes mountains of Bolivia.
By
LINDSAY STERLING
| December 16, 2009
Tests of time
Don't let old standbys drop off the radar
It feels like every week I read about a new restaurant opening in Portland.
By
LEISCHEN STELTER
| December 09, 2009
Busy options
Sampling Kon Asian's broad spectrum
For a place that is largely about performative hibachi dining and Asian kitsch, Kon is very into the Buddha.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| December 02, 2009
Some strong choices
Shima melds tastes, traditions well
A pan-Asian restaurant comes in handy if you are having trouble making a decision. But thanks to several openings in the last year, Portlanders looking for a menu with several Asian cuisines will have to make a choice.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| November 25, 2009
Epic Albanian foodstory
A mother never made it to America, but her chicken pie did.
Portland resident Bill Dilios taught me how to make his favorite dish from Albania, kotopita.
By
LINDSAY STERLING
| November 18, 2009
The way it 'Otto' be
Congress Street slice shop sticks to the basics
People queued up along Congress Street during the First Friday Art Walk last week may have been in town for the art, but they were in line for the pizza.
By
LEISCHEN STELTER
| November 11, 2009
Triple shot
Visiting three new Portland cafés
As a sign of difficult economic times, a turnover in cafés is a noisy indicator but a significant one.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| November 04, 2009
Brave new world
Styxx’s management sets an oddly pleasant menu
How many marriages are born or nursed in our city’s bars?
By
BRIAN DUFF
| October 28, 2009
Seasonal sipping
Fall cocktails at local restaurants
If you’ve got special reason to drown or celebrate this fall, Portland’s mixologists offer several autumnal elixirs that take advantage of the flavors and clean-slate feeling of fall.
By
DEIRDRE FULTON
| October 14, 2009
Solid food, found
Hang on to your dosh -- visit the Lost Coin Café
The Lost Coin Café is unlike any other restaurant in Portland.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| October 07, 2009
Gustation junction
Flavors mingle at The Corner Room
Since all three of Harding Lee Smith's restaurants are on corners, one wonders why he chose to name his newest one The Corner Room.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| September 30, 2009
The queen of Cambodian cooking
Her friends call her 'So Peep'
Makara Meng, co-owner of Mittapheap World Market, welcomed me to her relative's suburban house in South Portland for an authentic Cambodian dinner.
By
LINDSAY STERLING
| September 23, 2009
Community appeal
The Café at Pat's is a classic local spot
It is tricky to manage the transition from cult of personality to a rationalized institution.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| September 16, 2009
In 10 years
From a handful of restaurants to a restaurant town
It wasn't always that Portland was "America's foodiest small town."
By
LINDSAY STERLING
| September 16, 2009
Seasonal fare(well)
The chef of Five Fifty-Five bids adieu to summer
With Labor Day weekend behind us, so goes the high tourist season here in Maine. While this means less crowded beaches and the possibility of finding a weekend parking space in the Old Port, it signifies a major transition for restaurateurs around the city.
By
LEISCHEN STELTER
| September 09, 2009
Amazing Grace
Sweet tastes, beautiful building, heavenly reward
Few of us bother to go to church, so Mainers must find ways to reuse our houses of worship, just as we do our riverside mills in this post-industrial age. While several restaurants have put mothballed mill buildings to use, Grace Restaurant's repurposing of the Chestnut Street Methodist Church is the most impressive reclamation project yet.
By
BRIAN DUFF
| September 02, 2009
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