August 2016

Neighborhood restaurants have that innate appeal.

They don’t even have to be special, though it helps if they are. Though any restaurant along any street in Portland could be considered a neighborhood place, I define one as this: within the density of a residential neighborhood is the anomalous eatery nestled into the streetscape of row houses, apartment buildings and single family homes.  A perfect example of the genre is Lolita, a dining focal point of Munjoy Hill’s continuing gentrification.

A convivial crowd convenes nightly at Lolita

A convivial crowd convenes nightly at Lolita

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When I bought a container of Maine blueberries last week from Kay Fowler of Springbrook Farm in Cumberland she said, “You must make that blueberry cake; the recipe is on the table.”  As if I needed further inducement she added: “It’s the lightest cake you’ll ever have.”

Blueberry cake

Blueberry cake

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