Restaurant Week 2010 (Maine Restaurant Week) is back, October 24-31!  I am ecstatic since there were so many places in the spring that I simply had no room for.   If that's not enough, March 1-12 will bring even more chances to sample great, and sometimes not so great, food.

Restaurant Week 2010 (Maine Restaurant Week) is one of my favorite events in Portland. It is an opportunity to experience new restaurants, re-visit old ones, and experience those that I know well in a different way. In my eyes, the restaurants that do best are those that treat Restaurant Week in a special way and find ways to showcase their talents in menu items that are extraordinary. Maine Restaurant Week is a platform for raising awareness, generating business, and experimenting with dishes.  Hence, I try to look for places that offer menu choices that may not be available year round.

Maine Restaurant Week  2010 is coming to Portland! I can't wait. It starts March 1st, 2010, and goes on through March 10th, 2010. The Restaurant Week tradition may have started in New York during the early 1990's as a way to celebrate and promote local restaurants. It now appears in many cities (San Diego, New York, Portsmouth, Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, Denver, Portland, and many more) as a way for chefs to showcase their creations.  Maine Restaurant Week.