Otto's Pizza

Lauded by a number of magazines as one of the best pizza restaurants in New England, Otto Pizza is one place you can vouch on to give you a scrumptious treat. Be it their signature Mashed Potato, Bacon and Scallion pizza or the crowd-favorite Butternut Squash, Ricotta and Cranberry pizza, this restaurant leaves no stone unturned to serve you freshly prepared food. If you are spoiled for choice...

The Snug has a new, all-vegetarian food menu with nine items, three iterations of f@!k and one reference to "a queer little knife." The self-described "Irishish" pub on Munjoy Hill is known better for its drinks and for banning Rooms chef/restaurateur Harding Lee Smith than it is for its food, and that will probably remain the case even with the new menu, which has things like a sleeve of Ritz...

The eagerly anticipated Otto Pizza in South Portland is nearly complete. A Facebook post from yesterday provided some new photos of the progress with the message: "So close we can taste it." The converted gas station is now looking like a restaurant (while keeping some of the filling station character). There's no opening date yet, but with the new Lynnfield, Mass. Otto open as of last week, it...

As noted Monday, Salvage BBQ received three stars from Shonna Milliken Humphrey in the Maine Sunday Telegram. It was somewhat surprising, given Humphrey's tendency toward 4-star reviews, but she does a thorough job of explaining where the new barbecue joint falls short of her admittedly high expectations. "Jay Villani has set a local food standard, and I was expecting the best of the best, so...

There's a slew of exciting new restaurant openings coming to Maine this fall. Here's your handy guide to keep track of the places that you'll need to try out, including Jay Villani's Salvage BBQ, Damian Sansonetti's Piccolo, Masa Miyake's Miyake Diner, and lots more, from burgers to doughnuts to craft cocktails.

OTTO in Portland, Maine, and Boston, MA, is home to some of the best pizza in the country. Try our signature Mashed Potato, Bacon and Scallion pie.