Photos: Lucas Sharpe, Maine Imaging (top right) from classic to contemporary from maine boiled lobster to Maine craft beer You can find it all here at Where all great things come together for one amazing experience! Come and enjoy live music on our deck, great food and drinks, spectacular views, and breathtaking sunsets. Visit our website for the weekly entertainment and concert schedule. Tickets are available on our website for the Moon Dawgs Concert On The Point Saturday, August 12, 7–9:30pm. cookslobster.com Latitude 43° 45’ 1” Longitude -69° 59’ 32” J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 7 8 9 hungry eye ad, and Israeli pickles. “Our falafels are the traditional Israeli shape,” says Ryan as he places a small puck- shaped disk on a plate with dabs of three sauces. “You find different shapes through- out the Middle East. This is zhug.” He points to the sauce made bright green with cilantro, parsley, and jalapeño. The taste is irresistibly hot and spicy. There’s also a mild, Israeli-style tahini sauce and a bright- yellow Iraqi-style sauce made of fresh man- go pickled by Ryan and seasoned with tur- meric and fenugreek. The hot, fruity taste is a revelation. Like the owners of Baharat, Rancourt and Ryan didn’t grow up with these foods. “We get folks from all parts of the city, folks from other countries.” Right now is the perfect time to try Le- vantine cuisine without leaving city limits. You can feast on the delicious dishes and celebrate the cultural traditions that it rep- resents, content in the knowledge that ad- venture deepens with great taste. n Falafel Mafia may have just made its debut on Portland’s food truck scene,but Cameron and Dylan Gardner are no newcomers to Middle Eastern cuisine.The brothers grew up making and selling pita and falafel with their father at Com- monground Festival.Left:Try “The Godfather” sandwich ($9).“It doesn’t suck even a little bit,” Dylan vows.