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On Middle Street, a culinary hub embodies an industry under siege
A microcosm of the Portland food scene, the block of restaurants made bold decisions and banded together to stay in business.
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Middle Street, between Franklin Street and India Street, is a culinary hotspot in a city with a national reputation for food and drink. The owners of many of the restaurants there have collaborated to help one another weather the pandemic. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
This is the second of five parts in our series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Portland’s restaurants.
Andrew Taylor remembers the realities of the pandemic slowly dawning on him in February 2020 as he watched the news from around the country. ....

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