Boone’s Fish House and Oyster Room

Boone’s Fish House and Oyster Room

Boone's - A Room With a View Review by Colin W. Sargent Boone's in the Old Port continues to deliver the goods. Boone’s Restaurant opened in 1898, in the heart of Portland’s waterfront. In its salad days, it was one of the most famous seafood bistros in the...

Love For Sail

Love For Sail

October 2013
Maine’s ships once carried the future with them, from London to Canton to the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. At a recent auction, the trade winds were high, with oil paintings snapped up by collectors for up to $30,000.

Sea Greens

Sea Greens

October 2013
An ingenious new business provides Maine’s lobster crews with a self-kelp manual for their downtime in winter.

Avant Garde

Avant Garde

September 2013
Call him a 90-day and a 90-year wonder. To celebrate the start of his tenth decade, modernist Harold Garde has just finished 90 paintings in 90 days.

Portland Museum of Art’s PMA Café

September 2013 Art of the Meal Review by Diane Hudson Try a sensuous stop at the museum cafe Blockbuster art exhibits can make you hungry! The PMA Café, managed by Aurora Provisions, takes museum dining seriously. At first glance, you think…OK, sandwiches, salads....

Singular Sensations

Singular Sensations

September 2013
Could an understanding of qualia lead to breakthrough marketing for Maine?

Near East, Downeast

Near East, Downeast

September 2013
Time was, Maine nightclubbers would walk a mile for a camel…because Middle Eastern decor was all the rage.

The Secret Sharer

The Secret Sharer

September 2013
A talented artist sets up her studio in another artist’s Old Port gallery!

Rainy-Day Weird

Rainy-Day Weird

July/August 2013
“Into each life some rain must fall,” as Portlander Henry Wadsworth Longfellow observed. So when the clouds come out, take the party indoors.

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