Each summer, my husband and I make a trip up to Maine to visit my friend Jen and enjoy some of the best food Maine has to offer. One of our favorites is the Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland, Maine. In addition to offering a great selection of local oysters, Eventide ups the ante by offering a creative list of accoutrement, such as horseradish ice, red wine mignonette, cucumber ginger, and Tabasco ice. We usually let our server put together an assortment from what's available that day, and we have never been disappointed.
But the dish that brings us back over and over again to this establishment is the brown butter vinaigrette lobster roll. The brown butter vinaigrette is a delicious change of pace from the typical lobster roll dressing based on mayonnaise. Eventide serves it on a fluffy steamed-bun and the results will melt in your mouth.
Eventide also has a very nice wine list, and we enjoyed our oysters and lobster rolls with a Steininger Riesling Sekt, a sparkling wine from Austria made from riesling grapes. The acidity in the wine was a great match for the buttery lobster roll.
Want to go? Here's the details:
Eventide Oyster Co.
http://www.eventideoysterco.com/
86 Middle Street, Portland, Maine
(207) 774-8538
It's a very small restaurant, and can get quite busy, so you might have to wait for a table. In my opinion, this one is worth the wait.
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