October 2011

Features

23 The Maine 100^tm
Who needs the Fortune 500 when you have our 2011 portfolio of Maine’s top 100 businesses?
Commentary by Evan Livada
Data from Dun & Bradstreet

35 Tasting the Town
A wave of new businesses is making the Old Port even more delicious.
By Travis Curran

38 English Lessons
At this $6.25 million mansion, you won’t have to close your eyes to think of England.
By Colin W. Sargent

53 Congress Street Salmagundi
What’s going on inside the Quimby Colony at the former Roma Café?
By Judith Gaines

59 Office to Go
Places of business where you can hang up a shingle without betting the house.
By Jennifer K. Quartararo

Departments

8 From the Editor

10 Letters

12 Imperatifs

14 Goings On

20 Chowder

62 Dining Guide

63 Restaurant Review
Falmouth Sea Grill

64 2011 Guide to Wellness

66 2011 Gift Guide

79 House of the Month
44 Carleton Street

82 New England
Homes & Living

91 Fiction
“First Frost”
By Brenda Sparks Prescott

95 Flash