15 Essential Restaurants in Portland, Maine
"This Spanish- and French-influenced Pine Street establishment from pastry chef Ilma Lopez and her husband, chef Damian Sansonetti, makes exceptional use of local ingredients in dishes from grilled Maine mackerel with heirloom tomatoes to Breezy Hill Farm pork chops with peekytoe crab and shellfish cream sauce. Whether you sit inside Chaval’s warm dining rooms or on the cheerful private patio, don’t miss dessert, which might involve cream-filled trocaderos or wild Maine blueberry and lemon curd pie. For additional treats, check out the couple’s luncheonette and bakery, Ugly Duckling, on Danforth Street." - Stasia Brewczynski
