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Ruski's Tavern (sometimes sylized as Rūski's Tavern) is a dive bar located at 212 Danforth Street in the West End of Portland, Maine, United States. [1] It is one of the city's few remaining neighborhood bars, [2] and (having been established under its current name in 1981) one of its oldest.
The J.J. Nissen Bakery building is an historic bakery building in Portland, Maine, USA. Located at 75 Washington Avenue on Munjoy Hill, it was built in 1924 for the John J. Nissen Baking Company. In August 1995, the building was purchased by philanthropist Elizabeth Noyce. [1]
The historic center of the Stroudwater neighborhood of Portland is located on both sides of the Stroudwater River, at its mouth where it empties into the Fore River.The historic district encompasses a roughly triangular area, bounded on the northwest by a line extending along Penrith Road, the northeast by the Fore River, and the south by Garrison Street, although it extends a short way beyond ...
The Spring Street Historic District encompasses surviving elements of the 19th-century commercial and surviving residential areas of Portland, Maine.Encompassing a portion of the city's Arts District and an eastern portion of its West End, the district has a significant concentration of residential and commercial buildings that survived the city's devastating 1866 fire.
The Western Cemetery, Portland's primary cemetery from 1829 to 1852, is located in the neighborhood as well. Maine Medical Center, Maine's largest hospital and Portland's largest employer, is also located in the West End. Queen Anne's Hospital was established in the West End in 1918.
The B&M Baked Beans factory is an historic cannery building in Portland, Maine, USA. Constructed in 1913 in the East Deering neighborhood, it was built by the Burnham & Morrill Company. Baked beans were produced in the building until 2021. The building is a prominent landmark highly visible from Interstate 295. It is located at 1 Beanpot Circle.
The Portland Phoenix named it the Best Greasy Spoon of 2008. [3] In 2016, the diner was featured in the Guy Fieri Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Thanksgiving episode. [4] Rand made her sausage stuffing. [5] In 2024, the opening scene of crime writer John Connolly's book The Instruments of Darkness was set in Becky's Diner. [6]
Fore Street is a restaurant at 288 Fore Street in the Old Port neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States. Owned by Dana Street and Sam Hayward, the restaurant opened in 1996. It was named one of Gourmet magazine's top 50 restaurants in the United States in 2002, being placed 16th on the list.