We all chose the prix fixe menu ($25) consisting of six to eight choices for each of the 3 courses, a perfect amount of food. Starting our evening with martinis set the jovial tone for the rest of our experience. As each course was served we talked briefly with the waitress where we found out several tidbits about the restaurant and its location perfectly situated between Portland and points north and serves as a meeting point from those two regions.
Our starter course, respectively, was heirloom tomato Caprice salad, Caesar Salad Smoked Bacon, Garlic Croutons, Hard Boiled Egg, and Field Greens Salad Buttermilk Blue Cheese, Roasted Walnuts, Oranges, Honey Vinaigrette.

In an unanimous desert selection we all had: Warm Chocolate Cake Crème Anglaise, Hazelnut Gelato, Mango Coulis.
All this, accompanied with a very nice Ave Malbec, Mendoza, '08 Argentina ($24), left us pleasantly satisfied and a little tipsy so we strolled Main Street Brunswick taking note of various tree species, where the roots of the ivy covering a whole back side of a church were rooted and several other rather obscure sights and sounds.

An evening so pleasant with friends I have not had for a long time.
For more information about Portland's scene, click on the NY Times recent article "36 Hours in Portland".
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