The owners of one of the city’s best-known restaurants have announced they’re closing in April.
Meredith Goad
Many people tell Meredith Goad that she has the best job in Maine, and most of the time she agrees.
Maine has a crazy appetite for food stories, and it’s Meredith’s job to satisfy those cravings with juicy tales from chefs, food producers, local farms, and the state’s fast-growing restaurant scene. Her work appears in Wednesday’s Business section and the Sunday Food & Dining section, and occasionally, but not as often as she’d like, on the front page.
A native of Memphis, Tenn., Meredith shamelessly flaunts her knowledge of good barbecue in front of her Yankee friends. She earned a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from Colorado State University, then studied science writing at the University of Missouri, where she received a master’s degree in journalism. She spent the first 20 years of her career covering science and environmental news, then switched to features in 2004, just as Portland’s food scene was taking off.
Her own most memorable meal? Back in the 1980s, on assignment in Finland, she shared a dinner of reindeer and Russian vodka with Maryland’s governor and a bunch of hungry scientists.
Meredith lives in Portland, but spends much of her time off back in Tennessee - either visiting family, or in online archives, researching her family’s history.
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A brewer’s decision to ‘Do What’s Right’ pays off, for the planet and his bottom line
Dan Kleban and his brother founded Maine Beer Co. during the Great Recession and have taken it to national prominence.
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The Wrap: Restaurant openings and an update on Bob’s
And if you like to bake, make like Paul Hollywood and help choose Maine’s Best Baker.
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Bob’s Clam Hut in Portland closes
The restaurant opened in July 2018 on the corner of Washington and Cumberland avenues.
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Try Dos Naciones for a Mexican or El Salvadoran meal
You’ll find good food and a warm atmosphere at this new Congress Street restaurant.
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When the tourists leave a resort town, this is where the locals go
The rustic Thistle Inn in Boothbay Harbor offers food, fun and community during the frigid off-season.
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Bowdoin College chef wins breakfast cook-off that launches Restaurant Week
Maine Crab Breakfast Flatbread comes in tops at the Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off at Sea Dog Brewing Co. in South Portland.
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A dozen from Maine are nominated for James Beard Awards
The chefs, restaurants and other semifinalists from Maine’s restaurant industry include 8 chefs nominated for Best Chef: Northeast.
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The Wrap: New restaurants in the works, and a peek at Seaweed Week
Azure Cafe closes, and Chad Conley of Palace Diner and Rose Foods dishes on his new Washington Avenue concept.
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Doughnuts enter the ring
They fight for votes right alongside chefs’ fancy creations at the Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off. Go ahead, grab one. Or two. Gary Leech will do his best to ease your guilt.