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Living in Portland is a beautiful, beautiful thing. We’ve got breweries, James Beard award winning restaurants, and a knack for everything that people love most about our fair city: the local businesses. So when out of town friends come into town, it’s basically just a non-stop party. And when this particular friend comes into town, […]

Winter in Maine sometimes makes me question why cold weather is acceptable. Like my hometown of Chicago, Maine is freezing during the winter. I’m never warm, multiple layers are a necessity, and it sometimes feels like I’d rather just hibernate til spring. But whether we like it or not, winter is just part of what […]

For many people, Portland has become the place to be, and it’s easy to see why. We’ve got culture, the arts, and of course…killer food and drinks. I’m happy to say I finally have friends coming to visit me this summer, and I cannot wait to show them why I love this foodie capital so […]

It’s A Summer For Sweltering Here in Portland, we know it’s hot. But the better question is, what are you going to do about it? My best tip: find some great places to cool off! Behold, the top ten places to cool off in this swelter of a summer! This is how you cool off in […]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that poutine is one of the hot food topics, right now. You’d also know that Portland has been ahead of the curve for a while, and there are multiple restaurants that are serving their interpretation of poutine. Last time, it was a close call between Duckfat […]

I know that spring has only just sprung (such a corny joke, I know) but what better time to do a roundup of my favorite restaurants in the 207 than right now? Some of these may come as a surprise, but there’s no doubt that these are the places that I keep coming back to, […]

As a senior in college and just minutes away from downtown Portland, it is surprising (even to me) that I have yet to become acclimated with a lot of well known Old Port eateries. Take Duckfat, an extremely well known Portland restaurant, mentioned in Food and Wine Magazine, in their June 2005 issue for a Thick Shake with […]

Today was a special day for me because I got to try Poutine from somewhere other than Duckfat. Now, you may know that Duckfat is my foodie crush currently: my favorite restaurant in all of Portland. Don’t get me wrong, it was hard to make a choice for the number one but Duckfat ultimately won. […]