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    Angela Adams

    Award-winning rug-maker Angela Adams may have stores all over the country, but her flagship showroom in Portland is just a few miles from the very ... More
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    Brown Goldsmiths

    On a quiet street just two blocks from L. L. Bean, in Freeport's old Masonic building, hides one of the finest jewelers in the state of Maine. Whet... More
  • Browne Trading Co.

    Rod Browne Mitchell’s seafood store and smokehouse has occupied a brick building in downtown since 1991. His company specializes in luxury items li... More
  • Encore

    Wooden pharmacy cabinets line the walls, and the stock includes outfits used in films. More
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    Harbor Fish

    Straight from central casting, this busy fish store on scenic Custom House Wharf, off of Commercial Street in downtown Portland, is the stuff of an... More
  • Judy Pascal Antiques & Interiors

    Amid a cluster of other design and home-goods shops on Free Street, a short five-minute walk from the Old Port, this shabby chic boutique is chock-... More
  • K. Horton Specialty Foods

    Kris Horton is one of the anchor tenants in Portland’s Public Market House, a cooperative in Old Port’s Monument Square that opened back in 1988 an... More
  • Ken's Artisan Bakery

    A chalkboard hangs above the counter at this Portland cafe, displaying a hand-written menu of drinks, soups, sandwiches, and salads. Seating consis... More
  • L. L. Bean

    Famous for its iconic leather-and-rubber boots and canvas boat totes, and arguably the epicenter of Freeport shopping, the L. L. Bean flagship stor... More
  • Nicky USA, Inc.

    Founded by Geoff Latham, this local food purveyor is based in the Buckman neighborhood, not far from the Burnside Bridge. The company sells sustain... More
  • Portland Farmers' Market

    The Spread: The 30-odd growers and producers who gather on Saturdays in downtown Portland's Deering Oaks Park are carrying on a tradition that goes... More
  • Portland Headlight

    One of Maine’s great icons, the picturesque white-stucco, black-capped Portland Headlight marks the entrance to the namesake city’s busy harbor, an... More
  • Portland Museum of Art

    This angular I. M. Pei–designed building in the heart of downtown Portland is not only the city’s shining cultural institution; it also houses the ... More
  • Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field

    The Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, the Sea Dogs play an average of 70 home games each season at Hadlock Field, just south of the Back Co... More
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    Rabelais

    It’s only fitting that on Portland’s culinary alley—Middle Street—a fine bookstore with every imaginable title on food, wine, and culinary academia... More
  • Riding the Mailboat with Casco Bay Lines Terminal

    Fare: $13 adults, $6.50 kids In Maine, where many islands have year-round residents, there’s a good chance the mailman drives a boat. Some services... More
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    Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community

    About 45 minutes northwest of the swinging big city of Portland is a pastoral bastion of good, pious living—the last active Shaker community in the... More
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    Sea Bags

    Fittingly located just steps from the water’s edge on Custom House Wharf, this busy studio-cum-retail shop makes one thing: sporty, one-of-a-kind t... More
  • Silvery Moon Creamery

    Located on the 500-acre Smiling Hill Farm, this award-winning creamery produces more than a dozen varieties of handmade cheese. The creamery is hou... More
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    Standard Baking Co.

    Opposite Portland’s ferry terminal in a historic brick warehouse, Allison Bray and Matt James make the best baked goods around, and there’s almost ... More
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    The Cheese Iron

    You’d think in a state with dairy farms aplenty that fine cheese mongers would be everywhere. Not so, at least until 2006, when, much to the deligh... More
  • The White Heart Bar & Cocktail Lounge

    Downtown lounge with live music and DJs More
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    Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers

    Internationally acclaimed master woodworker Thomas Moser—known for his exquisite Shaker, Colonial, and Arts and Crafts–style furniture made from Am... More
  • Victoria Mansion

    You don’t have to be a history or architecture buff to appreciate the sheer monied fabulousness of this hulking Civil War brownstone on mansion-lin... More
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