The Blueberry Files has published a review of Vignola.
Since I liked the atmosphere at Vignola so much, I think I’ll relegate it to the category of ‘drinks and apps at the bar’ from now on. I think that’s a role that it will fill well, just as long as I don’t need to eat and leave in a hurry.
Sonny’s received 4 stars from the Taste & Tell review in today’s Maine Sunday Telegram.
BOTTOM LINE:Perfect chicken in wine, tangy rabbit enchiladas and good wine makes a meal at Sonny’s in its great old space a worthy way to dine in Maine.
Sonny’s received 4 stars from the Taste & Tell review in today’s Maine Sunday Telegram.
BOTTOM LINE:Perfect chicken in wine, tangy rabbit enchiladas and good wine makes a meal at Sonny’s in its great old space a worthy way to dine in Maine.
The Spartan Grill is expanding. Owner Mike Roylos has purchased Zarra’s, and plans on moving his sandwich stall from next door at the Public Market House into the coffee shop. The combined operation will be renamed A Victory Cafe. The change frees up some prime real estate on the first floor of the Market.
If that weren’t enough to keep him busy, Roylos is also opening the Harbor Scoops ice cream shop on the corner of Cumberland and Washington. Harbor scoops will be serving Smiling Hill Farms ice cream.
The Spartan Grill is expanding. Owner Mike Roylos has purchased Zarra’s, and plans on moving his sandwich stall from next door at the Public Market House into the coffee shop. The combined operation will be renamed A Victory Cafe. The change frees up some prime real estate on the first floor of the Market.
If that weren’t enough to keep him busy, Roylos is also opening the Harbor Scoops ice cream shop on the corner of Cumberland and Washington. Harbor scoops will be serving Smiling Hill Farms ice cream.
The new bar and restaurant area for Otto Pizza has now opened – just in time for First Friday Art Walk. Otto expanded into the adjacent space formerly occupied by Good Earth Furniture.
Portland Bar Guide has published a review of the Downtown Lounge, one of a trio of establishments owned by Norm Jabar (Norm’s Bar & Brill, Norm’s East End Grill, Downtown Lounge).
For such a small space, the skinny Lounge can generate a large experience. Unlike other neighborhood nooks, where folks of questionable odor can cramp easy, the ornate alley funnels its energy and celebrates its cozy confines with loud speakers.
According to the Forecaster, the Cookie Jar bakery “a fixture on Shore Road [in Cape Elizabeth] for decades, is being renovated and is expected to reopen in a couple of months.”
Backyard Farms has been profiled in the new issue of Maine Ahead magazine.
What’s not to like about a tomato? It’s red-ripe and round, delicious and nutritious. You can’t make a BLT without the “T”. It’s the blood in a bloody Mary, the sauce on a pizza, the garnish on a backyard burger in the summertime. Cult movie history would be much different had a group of young filmmakers in the 1970s decided instead to make Attack of the Killer Cauliflowers.
This comes just a couple days after a feature article on Backyard Farms appeared in the New York Times.
The 10 eateries looked up most often in March were:
The numbers in parentheses indicates their rank last month.