Victorian rowhouses and quiet residential streets, home to Chaval on Pine Street, the Bramhall pub and a clutch of corner cafes. Quieter dining than the Old Port crowd.
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Order The Spanish tortilla with caramelized onions, then the steak frites.
Chaval on Pine Street in the West End opened 2017 from Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez of Piccolo, with a Spanish-French menu around the wood oven and bar.
Order Buttermilk biscuit and pour-over coffee
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street in the West End is the brunch sibling to the Anderson Street roastery, with buttermilk biscuits and pour-overs.
Order Scratch sea salt bagel
Scratch Baking Co in South Portland's Willard Square, five minutes from downtown, runs sourdough bagels that draw a Sunday morning queue around the corner.
Order Buttermilk biscuit sandwich
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street, since 2014 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, runs buttermilk biscuits, scones and laminated pastries with house coffee.
Chaval's bar on Pine Street pours a Spanish and French-led by-the-glass list built for the kitchen's tapas and bistro plates, with apero pricing weekdays.
Drink Cheap beer, well drinks
Ruski's Tavern on Danforth Street is the West End neighborhood dive bar, opened 1980s, with cheap beer, well drinks and a breakfast plate from 07:00 daily.
Portland Farmers' Market at Deering Oaks Park is the anchor Saturday market, outdoor April through November and indoors at Stevens Square through winter.
Also on this listTandem Coffee + BakeryScratch Baking Co
On this list, shown aboveRuski's Tavern
