In its new branch in Portland, it’s a mostly delicious lesson to learn.
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Dine Out Maine: At The Garrison, ‘thoughtful’ food you won’t soon forget
Chef Christian Hayes’ creative Mediterranean-and-Asian inflected modern American menu underpromises and seriously overdelivers.
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Dine Out Maine: Central Provisions strikes solid balance between quality and quantity
The food is excellent, and the crowds continue to come.
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Dine Out Maine: Some excellent grilled pizza and more at Coals in Portland
Imaginative experiments with flavors and techniques often succeed. Don’t miss the Bee Cool pizza.
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Dine Out Maine: Luke’s is a faultless facsimile of the iconic Maine lobster shack
But will the hometown crowd find the sanitized version, along with decent lobster rolls, enough of a draw?
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Dine Out Maine: At Dizzy Birds Rotisserie, the food is fab and the service is … not
Comfort food classics, rotisserie chicken front and center, are mostly terrific. But the wait for your order is too long.
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Dine Out Maine: At East Ender, bistro classics and experimental dishes impress regularly
The service can be spotty, but never the food.
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Dine Out Maine: Maiz offers arepas that captivate (and frustrate)
But the crisp, chewy pan de bono steals the show.
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Dine Out Maine: Flood’s established feel could be a self-fulfilling prophecy
The new restaurant from Palace Diner’s Greg Mitchell succeeds in giving off an old-school vibe, with a wink.
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Dine Out Maine: You can’t go wrong with pizza and cocktails at Yarmouth mainstay Gather
But the family-friendly, farm-to-table restaurant can wobble when it stretches to global cuisine.