D. Taylor's Food & Travel

Review – Jimmy the Greek’s Review by Don Taylor I had the opportunity to go to Jimmy the Greek’s for a birthday celebration. It was a very dear friend of ours mother’s 83 birthday and a medium sized group of us met to celebrate with a Lunch at Jimmy the Greek’s. Logo of Jimmy the Greek's (From Facebook ) The entire party would number 15 individuals and we arrived as probably eighth and ninth in the group. We mentioned which group we were a part of and were directed to a large room with seating for about 24 or so. There were water pitchers on the table and glasses for everyone. There were also small plates and silverware wrapped in napkins on the table. We helped ourselves to water and began chatting with the other guests. My wife knew all of them but hadn’t seen several of them in many years. Our waitress person did wander through and refill the water pitchers and asked if anyone wanted anything from the bar. I was very pleased to learn that we could or...

Logo of the Muddy Rudder Cropped from a photo of their menu. My wife visited the Muddy Rudder long ago – in the 80s for sure, probably in the late 70s sometime after it opened back in 1976. I’ve seen it many times, as I cruised by on Interstate 295. It looked somewhat upscale but we were doing a late lunch, so it shouldn’t be too bad. We had been in Freeport, visiting L. L. Bean, and doing other shopping and instead of hopping back on the Interstate to head home, we decided to head down Route 1 and check out the Muddy Rudder in Yarmouth. View outside from our table looking out at the Cousins River We were greeted by a very friendly staff member who led us to a nice table with a view of the Cousins River. We were near the door, but it was somewhat cool outside, so there was almost no traffic of people going in and out. The view was quite nice. For an "upscale" place, the menu was quite reasonable. Seafood ranged from $18 to $26. Two four-ounce filets were ...

After my bad experience at El Rayo (that's another story), I thought I’d give another Mexican restaurant a try. On the Border -  Mexican Grill and Cantina was a favorite of mine in the past (both in Atlanta (Buckhead) and in Kennesaw, GA), so I figured it would be a great place here (South Portland, Maine) as well. Sorry to say, it was not. My wife and I started off with a beer (Corona) and a hard cider (Angry Orchard) and a couple "waters with lemon."  The beer and cider arrived in their respective bottles, no glasses and no glasses were offered. We had to ask a second time for the waters. We also ordered a Queso & Guacamole Duo . The queso was particularly runny, but okay. However, the guacamole was a cold mess. The problem was that it wasn’t mixed thoroughly. One part of the guac was very salty; another part of the guac lump was really limey. We were not pleased. We were there for a late lunch/early dinner about 3:30 in the afternoon. The restaurant...