Editing Portland, Maine (section)

===Food history===
Since 1768, the [[Portland Farmers' Market (Maine)|Portland Farmers Market]] has been in operation. It was first established in the Town Hall that "served 136 families on the peninsula."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=OUR HISTORY: Tracing our roots back...247 years! |url=https://www.portlandmainefarmersmarket.org/history |access-date= |website=Portland Farmers Market}}</ref>

Portland is where national [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] started. Portland mayor and temperance leader Neal Dow led Maine to ban alcohol sales in 1851.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maine-first-state-try-prohibition-180963503/ |title=Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition? |last=Eschner |first=Kat |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en |access-date=2020-03-27 |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327100144/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maine-first-state-try-prohibition-180963503/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The law led to the Portland Rum Riot in 1855. In 1845, ''[[The Pleasure Boat]]'' was the earliest vegetarian publication in Maine.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kamila |first=Avery Yale |date=2021-02-14 |title=A 19th-century Portland newspaper an early advocate for a vegetarian diet |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/14/a-19th-century-radical-newspaper-published-in-portland-espoused-vegetarianism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410093853/https://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/14/a-19th-century-radical-newspaper-published-in-portland-espoused-vegetarianism/ |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |access-date=2021-03-20 |website=Press Herald}}</ref> 

Canned corn was developed in Portland by the N. Winslow company. By 1852 the Winslow's Patent Hermetically Sealed Green Corn was a commercial success and the company became a world leader in the canning industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maine Memory Network Exhibit - Canning: A Maine Industry |url=https://www.mainememory.net/bin/Features?fn=53&fmt=list&n=1&supst=Exhibits&mr=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808180335/https://www.mainememory.net/bin/Features?fn=53&fmt=list&n=1&supst=Exhibits&mr=all |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-27 |website=www.mainememory.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Civil War Canning Pioneer Winslow's Cannery / Union Army Contractors |url=http://www.mainelegacy.com/14.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303175856/http://www.mainelegacy.com/14.html |archive-date=March 3, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-27 |website=www.mainelegacy.com}}</ref> An historic B&M Baked Beans canning plant built in 1913 operated on the waterfront until 2021 when it closed and production moved to the midwest.<ref>{{cite news |author=WABI News Desk |date=August 31, 2021 |title=Iconic B&M Baked Beans factory to be sold, turned into Roux Institute campus |work=WAGM |url=https://www.wagmtv.com/2021/08/31/iconic-bm-baked-beans-factory-be-sold-turned-into-roux-institute-campus/ |access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> By late 2022, B&M customers were reporting that the baked beans were undercooked, crunchy, and tasted different. Customers speculated that the beans were no longer being baked. Some customers were hoarding B&M bean cans produced at the Portland plant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Ray RouthierStaff |date=2022-11-06 |title=B&M fans say makers from away don't know beans |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2022/11/06/bm-fans-say-beans-made-out-of-state-are-leaving-a-bad-taste-in-their-mouths/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Press Herald}}</ref>

In the early 20th century, a [[Little Italy]] neighborhood developed around India Street.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Landrigan |first=Leslie |date=2017-10-07 |title=Little Italy in New England: Some Lost, Some Thriving |url=https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/little-italy-new-england-lost-thriving/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=New England Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref> The city's [[Amato's]] Italian delicatessen on India Street is reported to be the birthplace of the [[Maine Italian sandwich]], called "an Italian" by locals, which Amato's first served in 1902.<ref>{{cite web |title=History Hoagie Sandwich, History Submarine Sandwich, History Po' Boys Sandwich, Poor Boy Sandwich, History Dagwood Sandwich, History Italian Sandwich |url=http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/History/HoagieSubmarinePoBoy.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715020239/http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HoagieSubmarinePoBoy.htm |archive-date=July 15, 2013 |access-date=April 28, 2013 |publisher=Whatscookingamerica.net}}</ref> [[The Village Restaurant]], an Italian restaurant in the city's East End, was in operation for 71 years, from 1936 to 2007.<ref>[https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/portlands-living-food-history/ "Portland's Living Food History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218221342/https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/portlands-living-food-history/|date=December 18, 2021}} – Portland Food Map, April 19, 2010</ref> In 1949, [[Miccuci's Grocery Co.]], an Italian grocery store, opened on India Street and remains in business.<ref name=":1" />

In the 1970s and 1980s, [[The Hollow Reed]] was a notable vegetarian restaurant on Fore Street cited for its influence on the city's restaurant culture.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goad |first=Meredith |date=2018-08-07 |title=Portland food scene's in the big time now with selection as Bon Appetit's Restaurant City of the Year |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/08/07/portland-named-bon-appetits-city-of-the-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518083941/https://www.pressherald.com/2018/08/07/portland-named-bon-appetits-city-of-the-year/ |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-18 |website=Portland Press Herald}}</ref> In 1979, [[The Great Lost Bear]] opened on [[Forest Avenue]] and was recognized for its large selection of draft craft beers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-16 |title=The Great Lost Bear roars into its 5th decade |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/06/16/great-lost-bear-roars-into-its-fifth-decade/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Press Herald}}</ref> In 1982 [[DiMillo's On the Water|DiMillo's on the Water]] opened in a former car ferry docked at Portland's [[Long Wharf (Portland, Maine)|Long Wharf]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Charles |first=Eleanor |date=1983-06-12 |title=WHAT'S DOING IN PORTLAND, ME. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/12/travel/what-s-doing-in-portland-me.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> In 1988, the [[Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company|Gritty McDuff's]] brewpub was founded on Fore Street and is considered the first brewpub to open in Maine since [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] ended.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-16 |title=Portland's Gritty McDuff's celebrates 30 years of simple suds |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/07/16/portlands-gritty-mcduffs-celebrates-30-years-of-simple-suds/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Press Herald}}</ref> In 1989, [[Marcy's Diner]] opened on Free Street, and in 2015 it made international headlines following a spat between the then-cook-owner and a patron over the latter's screaming child.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=What the Toddler-Hating Diner Owner Teaches Us About Parenting |url=https://time.com/3967432/marcys-diner-yelling-at-toddler/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> 

In 1991, [[Becky's Diner]] opened on Commercial Street, after it got an exception to the city's zoning laws prohibiting non-fishery businesses on the waterfront, and has attracted famous patrons including [[Taylor Swift]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoey |first=Dennis |date=July 9, 2010 |title=Hey, wasn't that … yeah, it's Taylor Swift |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2010/07/09/hey-wasnt-that-taylor-swift_2010-07-09/ |access-date=March 13, 2024 |work=Portland Press Herald}}</ref> and president [[Bill Clinton]]. In 2007, the [[Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro|Green Elephant]] opened on Congress Street and received critical attention for the vegetarian menu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brian |first=Kevin |date=2015-06-08 |title=Maine's Best Restaurants for Vegetarians |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/maines-best-restaurants-for-vegetarians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130073430/https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/maines-best-restaurants-for-vegetarians |archive-date=2020-11-30 |access-date=2020-04-01 |website=Travel + Leisure |language=EN}}</ref>

In 2024, [[ZU Bakery]], located in the West End, won the [[James Beard Foundation Award|James Beard]] award for Outstanding Bakery, and Atsuko Fujimoto, owner of [[Norimoto Bakery]] in Deering Center, won the James Beard award for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portland bakery, pastry chef win 2024 James Beard Awards |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/news/2024/06/11/portland-bakery--pastry-chef-win-2024-james-beard-awards- |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}}</ref>