The eastern Old Port blocks, anchored by Eventide, The Honey Paw, Duckfat, Via Vecchia and Izakaya Minato. James Beard Award-winning kitchens in two square blocks.
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Order The brown butter lobster roll on a Bao bun, plus a dozen oysters from the granite bar.
Eventide Oyster Co on Middle Street opened 2012 from Big Tree Hospitality, rebuilding the Maine oyster bar around a brown-butter lobster roll on a bao.
Order Hand-pulled noodles with the kitchen's daily sauce, plus the coconut curry mussels.
The Honey Paw on Middle Street opened 2015, the Big Tree Hospitality pan-Asian noodle counter from Andrew Taylor, Mike Wiley and Arlin Smith next to Eventide.
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The Honey Paw bar on Middle Street runs a tight pan-Asian-leaning wine program built to drink with the kitchen's hand-pulled noodles and curry plates.
Try Maine Italian sandwich
Amato's on India Street, since 1902 from Giovanni Amato, is the original Maine Italian sandwich shop: ham, cheese, olives, onions and tomatoes on a soft roll.
Try Maine Italian sandwich, original recipe
Amato's on India Street is the original 1902 Portland sandwich counter where Giovanni Amato invented the Maine Italian sandwich, served under ten dollars.
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