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By Hilary Nangle on January 23, 2010
You’re not alone, and this year not only are restaurants participating in Maine Restaurant Week 2010 , but also lodgings. Even better, there’s more geographic representation. Would be nice to see some of the restaurants near the ski resorts participate–hint, hint…
Posted in Deals, Events, Lodging | Tagged Maine dining, Maine lodging, Maine Restaurant Week, restaurant deals |
By Hilary Nangle on January 15, 2010
The Inn by the Sea has a few wine (and one beer) dinners scheduled and has released its Restaurant Week menu. The special dinners do sell out, so it’s wise to make reservations well in advance. • Feb. 18: A Five-course Argentine Harvest Dinner paired with wines from the Andeluna cellars. Stern Greenwood, from the [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Greater Portland, Lodging | Tagged Argentine Harvest Dinner, Cape Elizabeth, Gritty's Beer Dinner, Inn by the Sea, Maine, Maine dining, Mitchell Kaldrovich, restaurant week, Terredora Winery Wine Dinner, wine dinners |
By Hilary Nangle on January 14, 2010
Kudo to Mitchell Kaldrovich, executive chef at the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth. He’ll be cooking at the James Beard House on Feb. 27. In light of that, you might want to check out the inn’s Inncredible Foodie package: • two nights lodging • chef’s choice welcome amenity upon arrival • meet Kaldrovich [...]
Posted in Deals, Food, Greater Portland, Lodging | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Inn by the Sea, Inncredible Foodie package, James Beard House, Maine, Maine dining, Mitchell Kaldrovich, Sea Glass restaurant |
By Hilary Nangle on January 5, 2010
Yup, he was here (and he got a taste for a Maine winter in addition to Maine fare). Reports are beginning to trickle in: In Portland, he visited Street & Co., J’s Oyster, Duckfat, and one more, which one of my sources is trying to get today. In Rockland, he spent Saturday at Primo, then [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay | Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Bourdain in Maine, Maine dining, Maine restaurants, No Reservations in Maine, Portland Maine, Rockland Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on December 19, 2009
Dined at Chef/Owner Brian Hill’s Francine Bistro last night, and I liked it. Food is well prepared and innovative; service is very good. It is not, however, a fine dining restaurant; true to the name, it’s a bistro: loud, frenzied, fun. The prices aren’t exactly bistro prices (entrees $23-26), which is probably why I’ve heard [...]
Posted in Food, Penobscot Bay | Tagged Camden Maine, Francine Bistro, Maine dining, Maine restaurants |
By Hilary Nangle on November 10, 2009
I came across this news while doing the final fact check for the new edition of my Moon Coastal Maine guidebook. Havana, one of Bar Harbor’s top restaurants, plans to open on Wharf Street, in Portland in spring 2010. In doing a bit of online research, it appears that Cassady Pappas, who participated in this [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland | Tagged Havana in Portland, Havana restaurant, Maine dining, Michael Boland, new restaurant in Portland, Portland Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on September 24, 2009
We finished our visit to Mount Desert Island with two returns, Mache Bistro for a dinner and Jordan Pond House for lunch. Once again, Mache did everything right. Chef/owner Karl Yarborough knows how to put out excellent food and how to keep the front of the house running smoothly. Our table of six ordered two [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Moon guidebook updates | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Dining in Bar harbor, Jordan Pond House, Mache Bistro, Maine dining, Maine food, Maine travel, Mount Desert Island, restaurants |
By Hilary Nangle on September 1, 2009
Just back from a day trip to the Boothbays, and the buzz is about the upcoming Restaurant Week, Sept. 19-25. Participating restaurants will be offering three-course meals for $22.09 (+grat., tax, booze). Details are hard to find, as there’s nothing yet posted on the Chamber of Commerce’s web site. But, I can tell you the [...]
Posted in Deals, Events, Lodging, Mid-Coast | Tagged Boothbay Harbor Maine, Dining in Boothbay HArbor, loding in Boothbay Harbor, Maine dining, Maine travel, Restaurant Week in Boothbay HArbor, Topside Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on August 13, 2009
Once a classic summer hotel, over the years, the Camden Harbour Inn had morphed into a B&B, sprouting wings and adding private baths, and gone Victorian to the hilt, with ruffles, and flowers, and layers of clutter. Not anymore. Partners Oscar Verest and Raymond Brunyanszki have infused this genteel lady with light, opened walls and [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay | Tagged Bed & Breakfast, Camden Harbour Inn, Camden Maine, Chef Lawrence Klang, fine inns in Maine, lobster, Maine dining, Maine travel, Natalies, oysters |
By Hilary Nangle on May 5, 2009
Woohoo! Rob Evans, chef and co-proporitor of the four-diamond Hugo’s Restaurant, in Portland, won the 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northeast. Evans, who won the distinction of being named by Food & Wine as one of the top new chefs in the country in 2004, has previously been nominated for the [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Moon guidebook updates | Tagged Best chef in the Northeast, Duckfat, Evans wins Beard award, Hugo's restaurant, Maine award-winning chefs, Maine dining, Portland chefs, Portland dining, Portland Maine, Portland restaurants |
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