Restaurant reviews
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PublishedDecember 12, 2024
Best of 2024 from Maine’s restaurants, bars, cafes and bakeries
Our restaurant critic's favorites bites and sips from throughout the year.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2024
Lucky Cheetah might be the most exciting restaurant to open this year
The drinks are awesome at the eclectic, maximalist 'dumpling lounge' in the Old Port. The food and service still have a few kinks – but not for long, we're betting.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2024
A cozy setting at Dok Mali Noodle Bar, but spotty food and drink
This South Portland sister to Portland's Dok Mali offers some knockout dishes and others that need amending.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2024
At Yolked, the Bouchards are ‘preposterously good in the kitchen’
In a rustic reconfigured carpet store in Windham, the husband and wife team cook extraordinary modern American comfort food from hyper-local ingredients.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2024
Dine Out Maine: Thames Landing fails to consistently stick the landing
The new restaurant, in Portland's eastern waterfront neighborhood, is still finding its feet, with some excellent items and a few conspicuous misses.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2024
Dine Out Maine: Lil Chippy in Portland is small but mighty
The new Washington Avenue restaurant, with its simple, concise menu of fish and chips, sandwiches and small plates, operates with the confidence of a long-established place.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2024
At Camp Pennant, the food is infused with a sense of fun
You'll find pizza, soft pretzels and s'mores at the summer-camp themed restaurant/brewery/distillery. Be sure to eat your vegetables, too, as they're 'superb.'
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PublishedOctober 3, 2024
With regards to farm-to-table, Wander at LongWoods doesn’t kid around
Customers in the inviting dining room at the Cumberland restaurant/farm/events venue merely look out the window for a glimpse of where the ingredients for their hyperlocal dinners come from.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2024
At Bread & Friends, slow and steady wins the race
Since 2021, the foursome behind the bakery-cafe has gradually and deliberatively expanded their offerings. Their restaurant is now serving dinner – and 4-star food – several evenings a week.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2024
A new(ish) chef finds his way at the charming River House in Damariscotta
The hyperlocal restaurant is a 'slow-burning winner.'
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