The flourish and fanfare that swirled around the opening day of the Portland Patisserie and Grand Cafe last week—with many of the city’s serial foodies assessing and inspecting–doesn’t even begin to show the depths of this French-inspired grand café. Classic breakfast fare like croissants or almond-topped brioche breads are part of the lineup in addition to all the Euro-style pastries and cakes, sablés and cookies, salads, soups, quiche, crepes and sandwiches on house-baked baguettes or focaccia for lunch or light suppers. It’s all prepared in the long narrow kitchen in the rear of this corner retail space on Market and Milk streets in the Old Port.
June 22, 2015
