OT: Portland, Maine

[Towney007]

Honestly, you can't go wrong there. It's my favorite New England city - moreso than Boston to be honest. Just a great, great place.

 

[Cheddie]

Couple other recommendations. Hot Suppa has very interesting and well-made breakfasts. Blyth & Burrows is a great cocktail bar, as is Portland Hunt & Alpine Club. Eventide Oyster is excellent. Liquid Riot is a fun combination brewery/distillery. If you don't mind a short ride into Old Port, the Spring Point Inn at the McKernan Hospitality Center, run by students in the hospitality program at Southern Maine Community College, is very nice and cheaper than downtown hotels.

 

[8893]

Great Lost Bear

 

[Deepster]

Couple other recommendations. Hot Suppa has very interesting and well-made breakfasts. Blyth & Burrows is a great cocktail bar, as is Portland Hunt & Alpine Club. Eventide Oyster is excellent. Liquid Riot is a fun combination brewery/distillery. If you don't mind a short ride into Old Port, the Spring Point Inn at the McKernan Hospitality Center, run by students in the hospitality program at Southern Maine Community College, is very nice and cheaper than downtown hotels.

You can literally stand on any street corner, close your eyes, spin in circles and walk into whatever place you see when you open your eyes and it'll be time well spent.

Forgot to add my favorite stupid trivia about Three Dollar Deweys. Story goes that it got it's name from being a port brothel way back in the day. And the sailors were told one dollar lookie, two dollar touchy, three dollar dewey. Always makes me giggle.

 

[auror]

There's two main brewery hubs: Industrial Ave and Washington Ave. At both you can walk to at least 4 breweries. Industrial Ave has Allagash, Austin St, Definitive, Battery Steele, and Foundation in an industrial park. Washington Ave has Goodfire, Lone Pine, Oxbow, and Urban Farm Fermentory, plus Maine Mead Works and Maine Craft Distilling along 2 long streets.

 

[BlueandOG]

If you're in the mood for a Shakespeare performance with beers, I recommend Fenix Theater in Deering Oaks Park. Show is free, byob, and one of their actors, Rob Cameron, is amazing.

 

[Waquoit]

There's two main brewery hubs: ...

Bissell Brothers is by itself but in it's right down from the Cryptozoology Museum.

 

[tzznandrew]

I'll second places like

• Bissel Brothers
• Eventide
• the Allagash trio of breweries
• The Great Lost Bear

I'd add:
• Rising Tide Brewery (walking distance from the main stretch
• Oxbox (if you're into farmhouse styles, etc.)
• Duckfat for a lunch or dinner (Eventide is better, in my opinion, but Duckfat is just fantastic too--owned by the same place)
• Portland Hunt and Alpine Club (a bit hipstery, but if you like cocktails it's got a lot of good ones)
• If you're driving up I95, When Pigs Fly is a great stopping place. Great food/pizza and a great beer selection that has a taste of all those beer places, and the bread they make is just excellent. Could be a stop back home, too, if your hotel checkout is 11 or so.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Portland is a super dope city. Lots of cool bars, breweries, restaurants.

The only downside is the cold mayonnaise-drenched trash they call a lobster roll.

 

[Waquoit]

I just noticed Maine Beer is pouring and selling Dinner. Excellent DIPA. It's about 20 minutes up I-95 from Portland. Not too far from LL Bean and other outlets.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Great Lost Bear

Come hungry.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

You can literally stand on any street corner, close your eyes, spin in circles and walk into whatever place you see when you open your eyes and it'll be time well spent.

Forgot to add my favorite stupid trivia about Three Dollar Deweys. Story goes that it got it's name from being a port brothel way back in the day. And the sailors were told one dollar lookie, two dollar touchy, three dollar dewey. Always makes me giggle.

Dewey’s is closed I think.

 

[8893]

Come hungry.

And thirsty.

 

[8893]

I just noticed Maine Beer is pouring and selling Dinner. Excellent DIPA. It's about 20 minutes up I-95 from Portland. Not too far from LL Bean and other outlets.

Nice. I also noticed that they have Lunch on tap at GLB.

 

[Deepster]

Dewey’s is closed I think.

Nope. It's not. Let's google it before posting it next time, bub.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Two Portland institutions I can't believe haven't been mentioned:

Central Provisions for dinner
Holy Donut for doughnuts

Both are outstanding.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Two Portland institutions I can't believe haven't been mentioned:

Central Provisions for dinner
Holy Donut for doughnuts

Both are outstanding.

I mentioned the donuts

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Nope. It's not. Let's google it before posting it next time, bub.

Ah. It was closed when I tried to go last year. Looks now like it was for reno. SORRY

 

[Durks07]

Honestly Portland is one of the best places in the country to get good food or drinks...what type of food are you interested in.

I'm dying for good crab cakes. I could go for anything though. I was going to start a best pizza in Maine thread to see what places there are for good slices

 

[Durks07]

Day 1 update: Bissell Brothers is fantastic

 

[Skiblets]

For food- The East Ender and Eventide Oyster Co. were both good.

Portland Lobster Co. was nice if you want to sit on the water and drink some brews listening to music.

Even tide. Game. Set and match.

 

[Waquoit]

Becky's for breakfast
Bissell Bros for beer

I have to admit this bothers me. A post from a Central dude that basically repeated my post from the day before gets 3 likes to my none. A Centralian, no less!

 

[mussels]

Marcy's for breakfast.

 

[Drytortugas]

Standard Baking Co. on your way out of town for road pastries and coffee.

 

[Mazhude]

Great Lost Bear

An all time favorite! Highly recommended beer list.