Norm’s Bar & Grill received 4 stars from this week’s Taste & Tell review in the Maine Sunday Telegram.
“Reliable, inexpensive and highly flavored dishes come from this kitchen dedicated to eeking the best out of the basics.”
Miss Portland Speaks
Tom Manning, the owner of the Miss Portland wrote an article about his decision to open the diner that appeared in the Dec 1 issue of Newsweek (via the Maine Sunday Telegram).
High Food Prices
Also in today’s paper was an article about the continuing high price of food.
Loco Pollo Opens for Business
Loco Pollo quietly opened for business on Tuesday. The long awaited restaurants, serves tamales and soups as well as chicken and beef dinners.
Yosaku’s Bar
1:00 a.m. Curfew has reviewed the bar at Yosaku.
“I love me some sake. There’s little I love more than spending a few hours (and paychecks) in Yosuku.”
Evangeline’s Bar Menu
Evangeline has launched a bar menu (via Type A Diversions).
Portland Public Market
The Portland Public Market building has been sold to PowerPay which intends to use it as their company headquarters.
Best of Maine 2009
The new issue of Down East is now out. Several Portland area businesses made it into the Food and Drink category for their Best of Maine 2009 feature article including Allagash, W.O Hesperus, The Cheese Iron, Shipyard, Rabelais and the Portland Food Map.
Evangeline
Down East also published a review of Evangeline.
“Evangeline has only been open since April 2008, but Desjarlais is clearly talented and his passion is one of his most important ingredients. One can only expect that this charming bistro will soon take its place on the list of Portland’s top restaurants.”
Mims Brasserie Closes
Chow Maine has published a report on the passing of Mims Brasserie. I’ve heard that a new restauranteur is already planning on taking over the prime Commercial Street space.