Which has the better food/beverage scene? Portland, OR vs. Boston (best, places)
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Been awhile since I have been to Boston but Portland is a great foodie town with excellent wine and craft beer to match. They get the small things right such as excellent bread (from Ken’s or Grand Central Bakery) and wine by the glass—not just by the bottle.
My vote would also be for Portland. The number of quality restaurants and bars in that town is staggering. The food, beer, coffee, cocktails, wine - those are Portland’s biggest strengths in my opinion.
Which of these cities do you think has the better food/beverage scene?
Portland for the win on both counts for food and beverage. Like someone else mentioned, food and drinks are perhaps Portland's greatest asset outside of outdoor recreational environments. They truly are exceptional at it.
What I love the most about Portland's food scene is that the quality of the food is exceptional but the price tag is reasonable (I would actually say "dirt cheap"). It's amazing. Same can be said of the drinking scene there as well. You can get exceptional expensive food there too but given the superb quality of the lower priced stuff, why would you want to?
I have had good food in Boston as well, every single place I went to felt like a surcharge on price and the price never felt like it substantiated the quality of the product. Good food but not exceptional at its price point. I don't mind shelling out money for food but the bar is that it has to be exceptional without doubt and I just didn't feel that way in Boston. Just my personal experience in both places. Others may feel free to disagree, I don't care about that.
Last edited by Trafalgar Law; 07-07-2018 at 08:07 PM..
My vote would also be for Portland. The number of quality restaurants and bars in that town is staggering. The food, beer, coffee, cocktails, wine - those are Portland’s biggest strengths in my opinion.
So essentially Portland has no weakness then? You have listed every aspect of a food scene.
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