{"id":16449,"date":"2019-07-24T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=16449"},"modified":"2020-05-07T10:37:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T14:37:55","slug":"under-the-sun-over-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/under-the-sun-over-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Sun, Over the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; width: 100%; height: 326px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23fefefe&amp;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23fefefe&amp;d=ja19_flipbook&amp;pageNumber=84&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Where can you take in <b>Maine\u2019s best views<\/b> with a cocktail in hand? Take <b>deck hopping<\/b> to a <b>professional level<\/b> this summer.<\/h2>\n<p><em>By Olivia Gunn Kotsishevskaya<\/em><\/p>\n<p>July\/August 2019<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"s1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JA19-Under-the-Sun-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"JA19 Under the Sun\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JA19-Under-the-Sun-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JA19-Under-the-Sun-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JA19-Under-the-Sun.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Snapshots<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you don\u2019t have the memory of plucking steamers from a paper basket while clinking Coronas and toasting summer days with friends\u2014it\u2019s time to make it. Old Orchard Beach\u2019s <strong>Pier Patio Pub<\/strong> is about as memorable as it gets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">E<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ach summer, Mainers, vacationers, and exhibitionists in speedos make the OOB pilgrimage. The pier, which first opened in 1898, has hosted class acts including Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington at the former <strong>Pier Casino Ballroom<\/strong>. While today Old Orchard Beach rolls with a different vibe, a round of beers and batch of steamers on the Patio overlooking whitecaps remains a Maine summer classic. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Hometown Hero<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The newest deck in town is on Portland Pier\u2014<strong>Luke\u2019s Lobster<\/strong>. Here you can have your drink and the view, too. Take your lobster roll ($20\/$26) and Allagash to the deck, where you\u2019ll find plenty of seating and a whole lotta waterfront. On a recent lunch visit, families and friends filled both decks, so we took a standing spot on the second level\u2014perfect for yacht spotting. My friend laughs as she pops the strawberry from her cocktail into her mouth. \u201cI guess the 130-foot <em>Lady Pegasus<\/em> would do. Room enough for the two of us.\u201d Over a cup of rich lobster bisque ($9), a buttery shrimp roll ($12), and a bottle of Luke\u2019s Blueberry Lemonade, we watched sails pass and lobster boats roll in. Front row-seats to live entertainment. Luke\u2019s is bound to be packed all summer long, so don\u2019t count on any of the parking spaces. What you can count on is a killer selfie in front of the colorful lobster buoys donning the wall outside. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>A Familiar Place<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s good to be back.\u201d You know you\u2019ve really returned to the Forest City is when you join the happy crowd at <strong>Portland Lobster Company<\/strong>. Whether you\u2019re here for your lunch hour or happy hour, expect a full house. It\u2019s all part of the fun. Watching visitors tackle their first lobster, locals cheer another winter passed, and dogs wiggle with hope as trays pass overhead\u2014it\u2019s all part of the experience. With a Shipyard in hand and a basket of fried clams, take in the songs of Jason Spooner, scheduled August 8. His song \u201cFireflies\u201d is practically Maine\u2019s summer anthem. Picture it: a lobster dinner, neighbors and friends, and live music all on one deck. Now that\u2019s summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Under a Pale Moon<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\">After a day on the Mount Battie trail or soaking up the sun at Barrett\u2019s Cove, slip back into town for dinner at a Camden favorite. <strong>Waterfront Restaurant\u2019s<\/strong> outdoor seating places you on the edge of the sea, overlooking the visiting sails. Savor fresh Oysters on the Halfshell (six for $15) or an order of brothy Maine Blue Mussels ($14) while catching moonlight dancing on the waters below. It\u2019s a charming close to any Camden Harbor weekend.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>On the Edge<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">If the waves rolling up to the deck of <strong>M.C. Perkins Cove<\/strong> aren\u2019t the perfect Maine therapy, we\u2019re not sure what is. Whether you\u2019re there for the cocktails\u2014the M.C. Perfect Storm will rock your boat\u2014or the Whole Fried Trout dressed in a smoky tamarind coconut sauce ($32), there\u2019s no wrong direction at this Ogunquit treasure. Chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Fraiser\u2019s classic New England dishes are enlivened with notes and flavors from their travels. (You can follow their blog via the M.C. Perkins Cove website.) They bring it all back to their Ogunquit kitchen so you can sit on the Maine coast and taste the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soak up summer on deck.<br \/>\nBy Olivia Gunn Kotsishevskaya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,315],"tags":[423,421,422,127,323,160,322,189,129],"class_list":["post-16449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-hungry-eye","tag-bar-decks","tag-drinks","tag-happy-hours","tag-maine","tag-portland-magazine","tag-portland-maine","tag-portland-monthly","tag-restaurants","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18659,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16449\/revisions\/18659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}