September 2011

The Cafe at Pat’s, Portland

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Joe Ricchio   With original chef Greg Gilman back at the helm, the Cafe at Pat’s has been restored and re-opened, providing yet another great reason to damage your automobile traversing one of the

Petite Jacqueline, Portland

Posted on September 14, 2011by Joe Ricchio There is something quite comforting about dining out by oneself, sitting at a bar, completely unimpeded by a companion’s expectations or preferences. In this situation, there is no compromise. What you want is

Coffee Clutch

EAT-October 2011 By Sandy Lang Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards Back in the car to meet three who are coaxing the roast in Maine.     Certain things must be done at the cabin in the morning. First, we open the

The Post-Paper Mills

By Maura Ewing Photographs by Mark Marchesi Two innovative companies are taking one of Maine’s former cornerstone industries—pulp and paper—into the twenty-first century. Sappi Fine Paper North America and Old Town Fuel and Fiber are not only leaders in the field, but they

Walking on Air

By Chelsea Holden Baker Photographs by Kristin Teig We did not take to the sky like a bird. We did not soar. We were born aloft in the lightest sense of the word—like a spore or downy seed. And we

Maine Beer Company

DRINK MAINE-October 2011 By Sophie Nelson | Illustration by Eric Hou David Kleban, on Maine Beer Company: “About six or seven years ago, I decided I wanted to make a tangible product. I joined a brewers association and started to build a

What We’re Reading-October

BOOKS-October 2011 Illustration by Eric Hou Newly published from Maine: Recent favorites by local authors A Is For Allagash: A Lumberjack’s Life Louis Pelletier + Cathie Pelletier Northern Maine Books Novelist Cathie Pelletier and her father, Louis, cowrote this memoir of

Two Views of Boothbay Harbor

The first from a secluded resort with cottages, pools, and family activities on the water, and the second from a historic, lovingly renovated, in-town house with hilltop views     View One: Spruce Point Inn Resort + Spa When high school

48 Hours in…Boothbay Harbor

  October 2011 | By Melissa Coleman | Illustration by Josh Brill 48 hours of our favorite places to explore, browse, stay, listen, and eat     One summer soon after graduating from college, I met an Englishman who invited me