Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy is nothing short of a cultural phenomenon in Maine, where it's long been the top-selling spirit in the state. Leah Mennies on the The Champagne of…
Celery-infused gin, sherry and apricot liqueur come together in this savory cocktail.
The drink popularized at Huber's Café is prepared by torching rum in a sugar-rimmed glass.
Bars and restaurants have evolved alongside one another in this oddball town, so whenever a new one opens, it’s almost guaranteed that it will come stocked with a well-considered cocktail…
Owing to its love of happy hours (and its population of young people with time to kill) Portland is awash in great—and sometimes gruesome—dive bars, most of which are open…
Around the corner from Clyde Common, Portland's restaurant-cum-cocktail bar mainstay, is Pépé le Moko, a small, dark, jazz-filled subterranean cocktail joint helmed by Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Overhead, a curved ceiling evokes the architecture…
It may seem unlikely, but Portland's craft cocktail bar scene has been helping to innovate a new era of West Coast style cocktails since the mid-aughts. But it's not as far-fetched as…
Move over, Voodoo Donuts. Portland’s tastiest claim to fame is made of malt, hops, water and yeast. With some 80 breweries (and counting), Portland’s status as the world’s best beer…
Peering into the windows of Ava Gene's is like looking into the storybook version of Portland that everyone dreams about. It's all floating lights, lace curtains, wood-fired grills and elegant-rustic…
Cheryl Wakerhauser opened Pix Patisserie in 2002 in an east side space barely bigger than a janitor's closet. The small bakery earned a reputation for its astonishingly underpriced list of…
