Plating Up has posted a reminder that Rob Evans’ appearance on the Martha Stewart Show is set to air tomorrow when he will make “prosciutto consomme with shrimp and bacon-poached egg”. The show airs at 10 am on WMTW Chanel 8.
Help for Haiti
Several Portland restaurants are raising money for the relief efforts in Haiti.
- Five Fifty-Five – 10% of dinner sales on January 22 will be donated to Partners in Health
- The Front Room, The Grill Room, The Corner Room – 5% of lunch and dinner sales on January 25 will be donated to Partners in Health
- Grace and the Foreside Tavern – $10 from every bottle of wine ordered from a select list during the month of February will be donated to Partners in Health or Yele Haiti.
Pie in the Sky Pizza Open
Pie in the Sky Pizza, the pizzeria operated by Big Sky on the second floor of the Public Market House is open for business.
Review of Ribollita
The Blueberry Files has published a review of Ribollita.
So yeah, I liked Ribollita! I didn’t loooooove Ribollita, but that certianly wasn’t due to any failings on their part. I am glad to know where I can go to get solid and relatively inexpensive Italian food in town. But it doesn’t make my ‘hurry back to’ list (man, I sound hard to please!).
Indoor Winter Farmers’ Market Coming to Portland
Today’s Press Herald reports on a new indoor Winter Farmers’ Market for Portland. According to the article, it’s scheduled to open on February 13 it will be located at 85 Free Street and will take place on Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm.
…it won’t be bound by city restrictions that prevent vendors such as bread bakers and fishermen from selling at the summer markets in Monument Square and Deering Oaks, said Larry Bruns, who coordinates the Portland Farmers Market.
“It’s going to be a very different market from what Portland’s used to,” said Dean Zoulamis, who runs the Mother Oven Bakery in Bowdoinham and is part of the group that’s organizing the Free Street market. “This will be a much more diverse market.”
Interview with Steve DiMillo
Today’s Press Herald includes a ShopTalk interview with Steve Dimillo, manager of DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant.
Q: How many in the family are in the business?
A: My mother, Arlene, two aunts, Jeanette and Jay, two brothers Dan and Johnny, my twin sister Stephanie, me, my two kids, my brother-in-law Tony Quatrucci, who runs the kitchen. That would be 10. The most recent family member to join is Steve Junior; he’s the banquet manager. Stephanie does the bookkeeping. The primary management team is my brothers and I, and my mom works with the three of us. Another brother, Chris, doesn’t work in the restaurant, but he runs the marina. I’m one of nine kids, I think I mentioned. Gene now has his own place, G & R DiMillo’s, and my sister Vicki has hers, Bruno’s.
Top Destinations
According to an article in the January issue of the US Airways in-flight magazine, Portland is one of their Top 17 Destinations for 2010. Portland slots in at #14 right in between Dallas and Stockholm. Miyake, Paciarino, Hugo’s and Five Fifty-Five all get mentioned.
Pre-Nosh
For those of you eagerly awaiting the opening of Nosh, you can get some pre-noshing in by perusing the eatery’s menu which is now available on their website.
Review of The Picnic Basket
The Portland Phoenix has published a review of The Picnic Basket.
So I was glad to try the Picnic Basket in the dead of winter, when there is no reason not to settle in at one of the eclectic set of tables in the cozy second room. The room has a wall of wine and lots of artisanal jars of this or that jam or mustard. It has a very Stonewall-Kitcheny look. There are twigs clinging to the track lighting.
PBJ in the Press
The Portland Daily Sun has published a profile of Peanut Butter and Jelly Time, the PB&J sandwich shop and breakfast cereal purveyor located on the second floor of the Public Market House.
The combination of Borealis multi-grain bread, cashew butter and raspberry preserves is the most popular sandwich at Peanut Butter Jelly Time, but everybody has their favorite.
Steve Miner, owner of Peanut Butter Jelly Time, reported logging his 500th customer in only three weeks of operating on the second floor of the Market House in Monument Square.