Dine Out Maine: Eat the Weekend
Whether you re a visitor or a local, this food-filled fantasy weekend in Greater Portland has plenty for you.
By Andrew Ross
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Omi s Green Goddess Breakfast Sandwich is an excellent option for your Saturday breakfast. Photo courtesy of Omi s Coffee Shop
People love to ask me where to eat, especially in the summertime. Friends, casual acquaintances and strangers email nearly every week when the weather turns sunny and warm. By and large, the requests take a familiar form: “I’m coming to Portland. What should I try when I’m there?” Before we went into our extended coronavirus hiatus, I’d scribble a few personalized suggestions and copy-paste a link to my Best 75 Restaurants in Greater Portland rundown from 2019. But as you might have realized, things have changed.
Updated on January 29, 2021 at 6:57 pm
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Next week, Maine will follow Massachusetts in allowing businesses to stay open past an early closing time for the first time in months.
Maine s 9 p.m. business curfew has been in place since before Thanksgiving, when Gov. Janet Mills implemented it as a way to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading over the holidays.
“The early closing time was aimed at reducing the higher rate of COVID-19 transmission,” she said Thursday, adding that “Maine is beginning to round that corner on that post-holiday surge.”
As of Thursday, the state’s seven-day PCR positivity rate was 3.64%.