PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A well-known publisher of restaurant reviews is giving high marks to a Portland-based coffee company.

Zagat.com has named Coffee By Design one of the nation’s 10 coolest independent coffee shops in a blog on its web site.

Other shops to make the list include ones in Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Austin, Texas.

Coffee by Design was founded in 1994 and has grown to four coffee shops in the city of Portland.


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