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Papi Portland · Old Port
Owner LyAnna Sanabria and chef Ronnie Medlock run this Old Port bar and kitchen built around Puerto Rican cooking, which the Press Herald has called a diasporican concept unlike anything else in the state. Medlock's menu updates nostalgic dishes while Sanabria's cocktail list draws on the same Puerto Rican roots.
YardieTing · Downtown
A Jamaican kitchen upstairs in the Public Market House on Monument Square, which moved into a larger space there in 2024. The Portland Press Herald led a feature on Maine's growing Jamaican restaurant scene with its owners, and its Eat and Run column worked through the menu approvingly. Order the jerk chicken and a side of the slaw.