Yankee magazine has published an article comparing the Portland and Boston food scenes, and declaring a winner.
Clearly, it’s time to sweep away some assumptions and compare Boston and Portland side by side, category by category, setting aside the buzz and that Vacationland glow. What is really the best food town in New England? And what does that title even mean?
I slogged through the article. Actually was pretty honest and fair. Boston is the winner but it also has a population that’s 10 times bigger than Portland. That counts for a lot. If anything we lack volume and diversity. When friends and I decide to eat out at the last minutes, making a choice seems to be from a list of slim pickings.