Submitted by RoyalRootersRallyCry t3_z9zv8k in Maine
I haven't been to the Mall area in South Portland for years and years. I'm taking my Mother out tomorrow to do some shopping, and then have dinner. We're open to any style of food. Where should we go?
Came here to say this!
Absolutely here!!!!!
This one!!!
Tuscan Table
That place is fantastic. I've been once and really enjoyed it.
Seconding… Tuscan table
Thirding
Yes
Sneaky good for a "mall restaurant"
This is my vote
Sebago Brewing's on the perimeter, but pretty decent food/beer/price/value-wise
Over off western Ave in a shitty little strip mall is Pom’s Thai and that shit absolutely SLAPS
Seconding this. Excellent Thai food.
Jaffa if you want a quick bite, Tuscan Table for sit down.
Funny, that Tuscan table used to be a Pizza Hut.
Tuscan Table is one off the top of my head but the prices are a little steep last I checked. Pizza Plus in Scarborough is good for pizza. There's also Sebago Brewing Company, also in Scarborough, right on the city line. Imperial China is excellent for Chinese--definitely one of my two favorite Chinese places.
That's all I can think of for local stuff, though. Portland has most of the local stuff. SoPo has chains.
Imperial China closed :/
It did? Was there a news article on its closing too, like with Cracker Barrel?
If true then that's a real pity...although they didn't do good business and the pandemic probably gave them a dent.
EDIT: Punched it into Google, and yep, permanently closed. Damn. Massive disappointment.
Agreed. I’ve been getting food there since before I can remember. Great sit down spot, great family who ran it, and my fav Chinese food in the area. Chia Sen is solid too. I wish them the best in whatever comes next for them. They had to have been in business there for at least 30 years.
Chia Sen is great Chinese food.
Chia Sen has a fantastic lunch special, too
Home to the last Friendlys in Maine.
It was always a hit or miss franchise. When they were good they were very good, but when you found a bad one, Mystic, CT comes to mind, they were horrid. I've always enjoyed the So Po one when I get down there.
Always a fan of their mozzarella sticks. Used to love going to the SoPo one a lot when I was a kid. Drive-thru wait was horrid pre-pandemic, though...cannot imagine what it's like now.
My Dad’s college roommate was from Springfield at started with them in the 50s when they were still just a local chain, retired in the 80s as a VP
My great grandmother used to love Friendly’s. The start of the franchise’s slow death coinciding with her passing feels fateful.
I'm a sucker for the honey barbecue chicken supermelt - one of my favorite crappy restaurant sandwiches.
I like Sebago or Tuscan Table depending on what I want to spend and whether or not I want to watch something on the TVs from a booth in the Sebago bar area. I've liked everything I've had from Tuscan Table and Sebago is just reliable pub type food.
Honestly the mall food court is going off. Tacos la poblanita, soul food paradise and Jaffa 🤤
As a Mainer turned Californian returned Mainer, I can confirm that Tacos La Poblanita are the ONLY good low key Mexican in Maine. Better than Taco Trio, better than Bird&Co, better than El Corazon, you name it. Regards and Terlingua are good elevated Mexican/Tex Mex, but La Poblanita comes closest to my LA favorites.
Sadly, too late for York Steak House. The original restaurant inside the mall. Cafeteria line set-up. For steak.
Moe's BBQ if you want something quick
Popeyes
If you like diner food, Blast From The Past Too down in Scarborough was excellent when I was last down that way. It's not that far away from the mall.
I second Jaffa Ive had it s couple times and they do a good job. Mediterranean fare off of the food court in the mall
Yeah Jaffa is really good if you’re there at the right time. Can be hit and miss
Tuscan table like everyone says. I’m also a huge fan of Long Horn!
Heidi's Brooklin Deli is great. Taj too
Kobe Sushi and Steak house really good place for food and drinks I've always loved it there when I went with my mom and sister for girls night.
Moe’s bbq, Elevation Burger and every east coast chain you can think of. Chick-fil-A if you’re willing to go to Westbrook.
This might be more of a lunch place, but my lord the soul food restaurant in the food court is SO good
Definitely Tuscan Table 👍👍
Chilis is right across the street from the Maine mall
Chotchkie’s is better if you can deal with the flair.
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Oh man, absolute garbage food, but there's something somehow enjoyable about that place, isn't there?
Having Cracker Barrel down in Midwest/southern states is a whole different experience. When I moved here everyone looked at me like I was crazy for eating biscuits and gravy.
The one in South Portland is? Why's that?
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Is there an article on it, by chance? I read local news almost on the daily, never heard of this.
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I can’t find anything on channel 6’s website about Cracker Barrel closing, hopefully it isn’t true😩 I love their pancakes lol
Ah, that would explain things. I get my news digitally, not over airwaves. The article will probably hit their website soon.
Quite a shame...went there once several months ago. It was pretty good.
Lame. I'll have to stop in to pick up one of their cast iron pans before they're gone.
Just an old rumor. Cracker Barrel is way to busy to got out of business.
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