Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108“The funding we received with FAME’s help allowed us to complete our commercial kitchen and purchase much needed equipment. With the new facility we had our biggest sales year, opened a new storefront and increased the number of employees.” Steve Shaffer Co-Owner Black Dinah Chocolatiers Helping Maine Businesses Succeed Since 1983 1-800-228-3734 • FAMEmaine.com PortlandMag_HalfPgHoriz_Oct2016.indd 1 9/9/16 10:18 AM o c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 4 1 4 Blind, The Beach Boys, and Bonnie Raitt– performed to thousands. Thompson’s Point has spent 2016 riding high on its reputa- tion as a new hub of hedonism. The pic- turesque waterfront venue saw numerous sold-out shows featuring the likes of The Lumineers, Leon Bridges, and Bob Dylan. The times they are a changin’. Thirst comes first. It seems ironic that the city proclaimed “the number one destination in the world for craft beer” by the Matador Network website, was one of the first to prohib- it the sale of alcohol except for medici- nal, mechanical, or manufacturing pur- poses in 1851. The rum trade that invoked the horror of Neal Dow and spurred pro- hibition efforts may be gone, but once again in Portland, booze is big business. In 2015, Maine ranked sixth with 52 brew- eries with revenues of $142 million, near- ly half of them in Portland. Not bad for a town of 66,000 people. The newest wave of craft breweries that started with Allagash and Maine Brewing gained momentum