Down East Food Update
Submitted by Kathleen Fleury on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 7:43am.
The July 2008 Issue of Down East features fine dining in Boothbay Harbor at 93 Townsend.
Also, read about Maine's favorite summer treat, the Sea Dog Biscuit.
If the ice cream sandwich isn't your thing, how about some strawberry ice cream from Red's Dairy Freeze in South Portland?
Below is a list of places to eat in Orono. For the complete article, click here.
"Orono is stuffed with an assortment of restaurants serving everything from soup and sandwiches to pizza, Mexican, and Thai food. If you don't know Orono for its academic reputation, then you probably know it for its culinary one: the birthplace of a Maine favorite, Pat's Pizza (11 Mill St., 207-866-2111). Step into the original landmark and sample what is arguably the best pizza in the Pine Tree State. If a burger is more your style, head to Woodman's Bar & Grill (31 Main St., 207-866-4040, www.woodmansbarand grill.com) and pair it with some of the best drinks in town. Back on Mill Street you can taste authentic Thai food (try the steamed dumplings and curries - just watch out for the spice) at Thai Orchid (28 Mill St., 207-866-4200). Or a few doors down, pick up a Janis Joplin or a Ringo Starr - sandwich, that is - at the popular Harvest Moon deli (18 Mill St., 207-866-3354, www.harvestmoondeli.com) and head to the campus for a picnic."
For more information on the fall of the Crown Pilot Cracker, reported by the MM in May, read today's article in the New York Times. Apparently "a vision has been crushed":
"A managing partner at the Chebeague Island Inn, Ed Jarrett agrees… 'all of the restaurant's seafood stuffings contained the crackers, and they were the base for all five of its soups. 'It put a major scrimp in what I was planning,' Mr. Jarrett said. 'It was in our baked stuffed lobster, baked stuffed haddock, all of our soups. I wanted to put that story of the island and the Pilot crackers into our menu. The vision got crushed.'"
Also, read about Maine's favorite summer treat, the Sea Dog Biscuit.
If the ice cream sandwich isn't your thing, how about some strawberry ice cream from Red's Dairy Freeze in South Portland?
Below is a list of places to eat in Orono. For the complete article, click here.
"Orono is stuffed with an assortment of restaurants serving everything from soup and sandwiches to pizza, Mexican, and Thai food. If you don't know Orono for its academic reputation, then you probably know it for its culinary one: the birthplace of a Maine favorite, Pat's Pizza (11 Mill St., 207-866-2111). Step into the original landmark and sample what is arguably the best pizza in the Pine Tree State. If a burger is more your style, head to Woodman's Bar & Grill (31 Main St., 207-866-4040, www.woodmansbarand grill.com) and pair it with some of the best drinks in town. Back on Mill Street you can taste authentic Thai food (try the steamed dumplings and curries - just watch out for the spice) at Thai Orchid (28 Mill St., 207-866-4200). Or a few doors down, pick up a Janis Joplin or a Ringo Starr - sandwich, that is - at the popular Harvest Moon deli (18 Mill St., 207-866-3354, www.harvestmoondeli.com) and head to the campus for a picnic."
For more information on the fall of the Crown Pilot Cracker, reported by the MM in May, read today's article in the New York Times. Apparently "a vision has been crushed":
"A managing partner at the Chebeague Island Inn, Ed Jarrett agrees… 'all of the restaurant's seafood stuffings contained the crackers, and they were the base for all five of its soups. 'It put a major scrimp in what I was planning,' Mr. Jarrett said. 'It was in our baked stuffed lobster, baked stuffed haddock, all of our soups. I wanted to put that story of the island and the Pilot crackers into our menu. The vision got crushed.'"
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- Kathleen Fleury
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