Category: Reviews

Map & Menu has published a review of the Maine Restaurant Week lunch at Petite Jacqueline,

The sandwich au fromage was a melted brie with apricot preserves, served on a baguette with a side salad. Judging by the abundance of clean plates, I’d say that everyone enjoyed their meals.

and The Golden Dish has published a review of the MRW dinner at Walter’s.

Still, it’s hats off to Buerhaus all the way.  He’s kept pace with Portland’s many restaurant divergences with grace and style, and there are certain dishes coming from the kitchen that you couldn’t get anywhere else in town.

In the latest issue of AFAR Magazine, acclaimed author Michael Pollan calls out Portland as “one of the most interesting food towns in the country”. He goes on to say that if you haven’t had  the beignets and french fries at Duckfat “you haven’t lived”.

The Golden Dish has published an overview of the Maine Restaurant Week dinner at the The Salt Exchange.

The three courses offered were a good sampling of the stylish American bistro fare that the restaurant does so well. The prix fixe presented such dishes as a novel take on shrimp cocktail, to a classic frisee salad with poached egg, to such satisfying main courses as braised short ribs; lobster in a luscious cream sauce and roast pork loin.

Map & Menu has published a review of Bar Lola.

The four years we’ve lived here is a long time to wait for a meal as delicious as ours, but slowly but surely we’re covering each of the best places in Portland, and Bar Lola definitely ranks towards to the top of that list. I can’t wait for our return visit.

Photo Credit: Map & Menu

The Breakfast Club has published a review of Sonny’s.

The meal was really good, piping hot (the whole thing is baked in the oven), and had a pretty perfect ratio of components. The potatoes could’ve been cooked a little more (maybe a tad of crispiness?) and the eggs a little less, but all-in-all, this meal was delicious. I especially appreciated the garnish of lightly-pickled purple cabbage on top. A lovely pop of color, and tasty to boot. I would definitely order it again.

The Golden Dish has published a survey of locally made English muffins.

English muffins are a big deal in Portland.  Locally made by some of our best bakers they have a near-cult following—a purist’s artisanal pecking order, if you will,  of perfection.

Food Coma has published a review of the February Pocket Brunch.

While most guests arrive at the house of RosenChamp on time, ready to devour platters of crunchy praline bacon, bruleéd grapefruit, and sticky bananas foster bostocks, I am busy being late, fighting my way out of Massachusetts after a rather substantial snowstorm that involved an actual “driving ban.”