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Before putting daughter Hilary on a plane at the Portland Jetport for her ride back to Washington, D.C. following her Christmas visit home, we hit our favorite Portland restaurant, Hot Suppa, for a breakfast/lunch combo.

Our son Josh and daughter-in-law Kelly drove up from Brockton, Massachusetts to join us, and we convinced all of them to help write this column. As you will see, they are now big Hot Suppa fans too!

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When we discovered that Chef Arturo Montes was cooking this winter at Orono’s Black Bear Inn, and presenting his first Chef’s Table dinner on New Year’s Eve, we booked our places immediately. We’d follow Montes anywhere!

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At The Olde Post Office Café in Mount Vernon, the view across Minnehonk Lake is beautiful, the featured art is always spectacular, the food is incredible – and we can walk to it!

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We decided not to wait for Christmas to enjoy one of our mutually-given gifts – a weekend of pampering at Rockland’s Berry Manor Inn and fine dining at Primo and Café Miranda. We also picked up gifts for others (and ourselves) at Fiore Oils. Merry Christmas!

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Rockland’s Café Miranda is a favorite dinner place for us, and now it’s a favorite for lunch too!

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Photo: Cafe Miranda's outstanding Reuben.

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We enjoy Italian-American food but despaired of ever finding in Maine the authentic Italian food we love on our visits to Italy – until we got to Gagliano’s Italian Bistro in downtown Augusta – an amazing surprise!

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The Sea Dog Brew Pub perched alongside the Androscoggin River in Topsham is a favorite stop for us and maybe you too, for burgers and brews, but if you haven’t tried their Sunday brunch, you will be astonished!

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