The owners of El Camino, known for its Mexican food, tequila-based drinks and funky atmosphere, say they want to simplify their lives and concentrate on their other restaurant in Bath.
Meredith Goad
Many people tell Meredith Goad that she has the best job in Maine, and most of the time she agrees.
Maine has a crazy appetite for food stories, and it’s Meredith’s job to satisfy those cravings with juicy tales from chefs, food producers, local farms, and the state’s fast-growing restaurant scene. Her work appears in Wednesday’s Food & Dining section and the Sunday Source section, and occasionally, but not as often as she’d like, on the front page.
A native of Memphis, Tenn., Meredith shamelessly flaunts her knowledge of good barbecue in front of her Yankee friends. She earned a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from Colorado State University, then studied science writing at the University of Missouri, where she received a master’s degree in journalism. She spent the first 20 years of her career covering science and environmental news, then switched to features in 2004, just as Portland’s food scene was taking off.
Her own most memorable meal? Back in the 1980s, on assignment in Finland, she shared a dinner of reindeer and Russian vodka with Maryland’s governor and a bunch of hungry scientists.
Meredith lives in Portland, but spends much of her time off back in Tennessee - either visiting family, or in online archives, researching her family’s history.
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Two Maine restaurants up for Top 10 Best Hotel Restaurants in America
Readers can vote for their favorites in USA Today’s Readers’Choice Poll until noon on July 29.
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Sidewalks help satisfy a hunger for outdoor dining in Portland
This year, 219 restaurants have permits for sidewalk seating, up from 98 in 2016.
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Great Lost Bear roars into its 5th decade in Portland
The restaurant, a favorite for fans of burgers and craft beer, celebrates its 40th anniversary this month.
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Chef of one of world’s top-rated restaurants will serve it up in Down East Maine
Summers in Maine inspired Ryan McCaskey’s Acadia in Chicago. Now, Stonington is getting Acadia House Provisions.
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Late-night grill fire leaves Yarmouth house likely a total loss
The blaze is blamed on a charcoal briquettes igniting a wooden deck.
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Portland woman’s car hits South Portland convenience store
The store and an adjacent Subway sandwich shop are open, but the gas pumps are down until damage to the store can be inspected.
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Outdoor dining to extend into Portland parking spaces
The city is launching a pilot program this summer, allowing as many as 5 restaurants to use on-street parking spaces for seating.
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Do you know who’s actually running the kitchen at your favorite restaurant?
It’s often the chef de cuisine, technically the second in command. We learn what it’s like to do a lot of the work with little of the (public) credit.
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Vignola Cinque Terre in Portland closing, and building is under contract
Vignola Cinque Terre will close permanently at the end of dinner service Sunday. Joshua Miranda, owner of Blyth & Burrows, plans to open a new restaurant there in the fall.