It would be one thing if I could whisper and gossip with the group I was dining with that night about the odious man across ...

central communal table. Counter seating lines the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the patio on Portland's Middle Street (and the lines here and at Eventide, the sister restaurant next door).

Communal tables feature wood tops created from old railroad car floors. Above the restaurant counters are Solari-style menu boards that flash the available food items just as departure boards do ...