{"id":63031,"date":"2012-06-15T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63031"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:11:49","slug":"bates-in-brief-spring2012-lewiston-refresher-course-on-downtown-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/15\/bates-in-brief-spring2012-lewiston-refresher-course-on-downtown-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in Brief Lewiston: Refresher course on downtown dining"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refresher Course on Downtown Dining<\/h3>\n

\u201cIs Lewiston going foody?\u201d is what classical and medieval studies professor Margaret Imber posted on Facebook after a Japanese restaurant opened in the former Ames department store space in the Lewiston Mall.<\/p>\n

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The special board at March\u00e9, a short walk from campus at 40 Lisbon St. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the generations, landmark eateries like Gene\u2019s, Steckino\u2019s, The Warehouse and No Tomatoes have defined local dining. We thought it time to offer a refresher course.<\/p>\n

So here are a few current downtown scenes from photographer Phyllis Graber Jensen. The featured restaurants are Fuel, March\u00e9 and Mother India, all on Lisbon Street; Fishbones American Grill, two streets down, closer to the Androscoggin, on Lincoln Street; the Bread Shack, in Auburn; and an old friend, Luiggi\u2019s Pizzeria, where the pizzas are famously \u201call made with meat unless ordered otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t