Few surprises populate the Maine Restaurant Week list of participants in the Portland area. Absent were members of the so-called hot list of new haunts such as Terlingua, Roustabout and Woodford Food and Beverage. But do try the East Ender for one of the best meals around from their $25 MRW prix fixe menu. Or go to Tempo Dulu for its $45 prix fixe, a relative bargain for this divine restaurant.
These restaurant weeks—as most are intended around the country in food-focused cities—are a way to invigorate the slower late winter-early spring months to draw diners in. That means, if you cater to reverse logic, those perennially busy restaurants—not on the list-might be easier to get into without reservations since the bulk of local diners are flocking to MRW members.
