They have recently rehabbed the property and changed it's offerings to include sandwiches, pizza,…read moreetc along with drinks and snacks. The people are very friendly and helpful and with the new rehab the places feel clean and new. A small place, but the closest to Higgins beach inn.

The Italian Haogir was $15... plus tip. Ended up being 90% lettuce and bread. Only one thin slice…read moreof meat. Waited 20 minutes and was extremely disappointed. Worst sandwich I've ever paid for

Everything went well. Their prepared sandwich selections are to die for. Through out the store we…read morealways come across items that hit a home run. Go & explore this beautiful upscale store!!!!

Most people visit The Cheese Iron for their sandwiches (understandably so; we've had them, and they…read moreare delicious!), but for me, the beauty of this place is in its cheese and deli meats. We make a lot of fresh pasta at home, and they always have the freshest ingredients to take our recipe to the next level. For example, many Italian recipes call for guanciale (Italian cured pork), and we could never find it locally until we visited The Cheese Iron. We had to settle for pancetta until we found this gem of a spot. Their focaccia and baguettes are delicious, and their cheeses are always fresh. They also are the only place we've seen locally that carries Lioni Latticini burrata, which is, without a doubt, the best burrata we've ever tried. We stopped buying commercial burrata altogether after trying that brand. Plus, their customer service is unmatched -- everyone is always welcoming, friendly, and helpful. Those little (and big!) elements continue to bring us back to The Cheese Iron. I'm so, so happy The Cheese Iron exists in Scarborough.

I love this store for many reasons. Average is 4.5 Staff -…read more5 Stars Beer Selection/Layout - 5 Stars Social Media Saavy - 5 stars Parking - 3 The staff here is knowledgeable and friendly. They will help you with a smile. They will answer questions for you with a smile. Bottom line, they smile and I love that. If you think you know what you might like, just start listing adjectives and they will make amazing recommendations. They also understand the patterns of beer releases. For example if there is a stout you remember as being amazing and you know the name, they will most like know when or if it will be released again. The beers have a great amount of labeling with helpful details, especially if you aren't familiar with a particular brewer or style of beer. But again, don't hesitate to ask if you have additional questions. Social Media - I love the beer tastings!!! They bring pretty great brewers here - They announce new and / or rare beers being sold Parking - meh -small lot that fills quickly during rare beer releases. With that being said, if you don't mind parallel parking on Forest Ave, there is plenty of short term parallel parking on the street and it is easy parallel parking (i.e. pull right up to the curb). I highly recommend this location but please leave some good beer for me. :)

Welcome to the craft beer cage death match. If you are looking for a beer that you can enter into…read morethe fighting competition this is the place to go. You say you do not know much about beer? Well then let me point out one such fellow "Greg"(store owner) and ask him. Looking for a sour lambic, what about a smokey, bacon-y rauchbeir,maybe a solid hefeweizen would win. My point is there are just so many different beers here that it would beseech you to try more than just the regular. The shop is large and very open. Shelves with plenty of beer and in the back, coolers of beer already chilled. You can get also get small kegs of stuff like Oxbow. A great deal that he offers as well is discounts on mix and matching beers for 4 packs and 6 packs and if you sign up for the email list he will track the amount that you purchase. Once you reach a 100 dollars he will give you back a 5% off. You can spend it then or you can wait and save them up so you could get 10%, 15%, or 20%. A nice thank you to the customer. They do a lot of beer tastings during the week and they have great music playing as well. The biggest knock on the place is the small and awkward parking lot which can get very tight. Plus, where it is located you have to be traveling North on forest ave to get to it. Stop by, say hi to Greg if he is working, get a six pack and sign up your email. Be prepared for enter the craft beer death match!

Cool joint in the wharf area of Portland. Beer, wine, liquor and a big cigar humidor. We picked up…read moresome Tito's for the hotel stay. Bim needs her tito' s and her sparkling ice even when on vacation. Definitely well stocked and good to go.

Great customer service and an amazing variety of wines and beers. Not crowded and very clean store.read more

A really cute cafe offering delicious baked goods, sandwiches, breakfast tacos and provisions…read more Associated with the very popular BBQ restaurant next door so the food has a southern twist. They also offer kloches which are a Czech baked good you don't see too often around here. My friend loved his breakfast tacos and I got some awesome Mexican candy I'd never seen before. The service was friendly and fast, this was a good spot!

Sweet kolache good, other food items bad. Idea is good but won't be back. Service is going to be…read morefine. Parking is going to be Washington Ave (not good).

Small but mighty, this darling store has so much you don't expect. And the staff? Friendly, witty,…read moresharp and just plain gorgeous. Thanks for the Moxie!

They need to be more visible with prices, I got a few things and my son wanted a Pokémon pack. Our…read moreorder was $65 which felt steep, but I figured imported stuff. I checked my emailed receipt after the pack had been opened. Not very considerate having the packs at eye level without transparent pricing. I expected it to be the usual price of $5 bucks.

Incredible dinner service for our first night in Portland. Highly recommend making reservations…read moreweeks in advanced like we did. For a Monday night they were packed. Very cute interior, obsessed with the windows and foliage inside. Appetizer: We started off with the cloverleaf rolls that I read so much about and we ended up loving them so much we ordered a second. They were delicious, doughy, light, buttery, and loaded with chives. Drink: Pear Necessities was light, refreshing, with a hint of cardamom and honestly will be my new combo obsession moving forward. Breakwater martini was delicious and filled to the brim. Entree: Husband ordered the grilled swordfish which he was obsessed with. My dish was the seafood stew which was just the right about of seafood to stew ratio. Dessert: Peach pudding cake, if they have this on the menu just get it. Super light but also soaked cake, we were stuffed but were able to quickly annihilate this dish.

There is a scam where people get a crowd of their friends to gather around so they can attract…read moredupes to come over and see what all the excitement is about. That's what Scales was like for me, busy, loud, unpleasant, and somewhere I hope I never have to go back and experience again. Reservation or not you have to line up like sheep for slaughter. Heaven forbid anyone in your party is running late because none of you will be seated until everyone is there. Super fun!!! When we were seated, I had the server station a couple feet behind me with staff calling loudly to one another. The expensive wine they served us was bad. Should have been sent back. The lobster bisque had an unpleasant taste, was overpoweringly creamy, and what little lobster was in it was not fresh and was mushy. I can't even remember what I had for a main course (Maine course?). Unremarkable. One of the salads with blue cheese in it was okay. Some of my compatriots got the stew which is a bouillabase type dish with various shellfish and some fish in it along with a tomato base with a little kick to it. Not bad. The desserts are solid. Can't go wrong with a sundae. They also have Indian pudding which is a regional dish and interesting to try. Not sure if it needs to be renamed for current norms? Other people in our group enjoyed the meal. Lining up and standing around waiting to get into hyped up noisy places with mediocre expensive food, some of it nearly inedible in this case, is always in fashion somewhere. Have at it. I'm out.

Was by far the best local Maine beer selection I could find in the downtown area. The entire front…read morearea of the store has shelves loaded with Portland made and Maine breweries. The mix of styles was also impressive. I found stouts, Imperial Stouts, IPA's, barleywines, quads, pale ales and barrel aged brews. There was just about every style you could think of represented and I filled up a case up quickly. I walked into the humidor to see their selection and noticed it was looking pretty empty. If your looking for wine and spirits you could spend a lot of time in here searching. I gave a quick gander, but was on a mission for local brews. The staff was helpful and friendly. They boxed everything up nicely for us and we left happy. Mission success! Thanks guys!

Another great pairing from Jacques.Claide Riffsult 2020 La Noue Sancerre with grilled sworfish…read more#HarborFish, tomatoes corn and spinach from SoPo farmers market.

European themed bar with a vast selection of Euro and Belgian beers.. Always a must stop when in…read morePortland

We had a few drinks here and really enjoyed it! We started outside, which was super cute with…read morepicnic tables and an outdoor bar. It was pretty hot that day, though, so we eventually headed inside. The inside has more of a traditional pub-style feel. There's also a really cool gate door where they keep all the "member" mugs, which was such a fun little detail! Service was good and the staff was friendly. Parking was super easy, too--we parked right in front. They also have a cute entryway with a garden-like vibe that I really loved. Overall, a fun spot to stop in for a few drinks they did serve food however we didn't get anything to eat.

Cozy local bar, staff was friendly, beer was great. Would definitely stop back again. Seems to have…read morea focus on movies and local beers

Everything about this place is lit!…read more Simple but refined, popped in on 4/20 for some grub after celebrating the day. They were busy, 30 min wait, out of a few things but not crippling. It was busy. I had the pulled pork Viking style, side of buffalo dip, my partner had a 6" glizzy ballpark style with side baked beans. They were both fire!! Service was spot on, super friendly I'll be back, grateful I work down the street several days a week!