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Hello spring. The birds morning song has changed, the bulbs are growing seemingly inches a day and we are itching for the first trip to the farms....knowing full well thats a bit down the road. The winter salad is off the menu and a spring one has arrived. Asparagus is littered through out the menu. Spring vegetable hash, roasted beets and goat cheese, carrot soup, roasted parsnips and sweet onions, the flavors of spring are all around.

Bar Bacchus is officially open at The Good Table. We closed for a week and built the most beautiful bar featuring a stained glass portrait of Bacchus, also know as the Greek god Dionysus. Bacchus is the god of wine, fruitfulness, fertility of nature and inspired madness. The stained glass window was made for Tony and Sylvia and hung in their restaurant Zapion Taverna in Portland years ago. When they left the restaurant they took Bacchus with them and for 30 some on years he lay in wait for a new home, Bar Bacchus is the new home. We have seats at our beautiful bar now and are hanging some local art that is for sale. Marilyn Blinkhorn has an amazing show up right now, Lisa has long been a collector of her art and bought the first piece with in hours of it being hung! Ryan has come up with a great bar menu, the best bar nuts served warm with fresh rosemary and sugar and spice, handmade chips and dip and our favorite sliders to name a few. Come and take a look, maybe do a little worshiping of the god Bacchus with a cocktail or two. In the summer months the bar will spill out to the front porch and the menu will be ever changing.

The next big events here at The Good Table will be both Mothers and Fathers day, as always we will reserve a small portion of the dining room for large parties. The reservation books will be up soon. We always stack the decks with great front of the house and back of the house crews to keep things running like a well oiled machine. The front porch will have coffee if you have to wait and hopefully the weather will be fabulous.

Once again we took home the prize for Maine’s best Breakfast in the breakfast cook off, this makes it three years running. All of the years we’ve won with our Creme Brulee French Toast and we stuck with the good thing and won again. Seadogs gave us a run for our money with awesome pumpkin pancakes and the chefs own maple syrup.We humbly acknowledge that there are lots of places serving the ‘best breakfasts‘ through out Maine, we are just glad to be amongst them. We claim to have won on sugar and good looks. You can get that Creme Brulee the first weekend of each month, Saturdays and Sundays.. come early it runs out by 11:00 am most mornings.

Enjoy the spring. Enjoy the dusk coming well after 6:00.. one of favorite things about spring. The farmers markets are up and the first visit is always so sweet.Keep your fingers crossed for a long warm spring and a longer warmer summer with lots of beach days. Come visit and watch the season unfold in our menus and cocktails.

places we love. people we adore.

Harbor Fish Market: on Custom House Wharf in Portland the quisisental fish store. A must see on any visit to Portland. Our favorite fish mongers, the freshest and the best product www.harborfish.com
       
Jordan’s Farm: on Wells Road in Cape Elizabeth. They provides us with the best produce all season long. Penny grows a beautiful array of goods and is a treat to work with. www.jordansfarm.com
       
Alewives Farm: on Old Ocean House Road in Cape Elizabeth brings us the sweetest lobsters, great farm goods and does a hell of a job plowing us out each winter. www.capeelizabethfarms.com/Alwivesbrookfarm.html -
     
The Cheese Iron: on route one in Scarborough. More cheese knowledge then you could imagine and great Cuban sandwiches. www.thecheeseiron.com
    
Portland Farmers Market: on Congress Street or in Deering Oaks, a bounty of beauty. The hardest working people around we are blessed to have them. The produce, plants and flowers they bring to market make our jobs a joy.
         
Norm Jordan’s Flower Stand: on rt.77 in Cape Elizabeth. The most beautiful, pick your own, honor system flower stand you could ever hope for.
       
Coffee By Design: in Portland the best coffee and their philanthropic business practices are to be admired. www.coffeebydesign.com
              
Standard Baking: on Commercial Street in Portland. They set the standard always for hard to resist baked goods.

Norm’s Uptown, Downtown or BBQ:  in Portland its where most restaurant folks go for good, always consistent eats. www.normsbarandgrill.com

Five Fifty Five Restaurant: on Congress Street in Portland is our go to for delicious cocktails and fabulous dinner. Steve and Michelle’s attention to detail makes it a true treat for a well deserved evening out www.fivefifty-five.com

Flatbread: on Commercial Street in Portland just the best “pizza” anywhere. Their commitment  to organic and sustainable product is admirable and an inspiration to us all www.flatbreadcompany.com
                  
Scarborough Beach: we can’t tell you where this one is, we may be found on a monday. It's where we go to let go. The lifeguards, the surf, the sand, the rocks, the sandpipers and the belief that Lisa actually ‘owns‘ a small piece of it makes it our favorite place all summer long.