Sonny's Throws A Party!!!

Wow! Jay Villani sure nows how to throw a Party!  Several hundred friends and loyal Local 188 customers showed up for the opening of his new Old Port venture "Sonny's".

Ralph and Cathi Barton, from Roxbury, CT. have been coming to Portland and going to Local 188 for the last eight years and decided they just couldn't miss this opportunity.

Food from the new menu was free and flowed out of the kitchen starting from the five o'clock start.  There was a waiting line for a table and the cash bar was surrounded all evening.  The ribs were sweet and perfectly done, my wife said the steak was the best she's had since we were in Buenos Aires this spring. Everything I tasted was delicious.

They'll be open for dinner & taking reservations saturday and open for lunch on monday.

Sonny's

83 Exchange Street

772-7774

Upcoming Teaser

I've been out of town for a week and unable to post, but now I'm back and will be posting a couple of items starting sunday.  The first is Festival of Nations, a celebration of Portland's ethnic diversity held in Deering Oaks Park. 

 The 2nd is a preview of a new photo book about "Portland,  Then & Now" published by Arcadia Publishing.  In it Portland native and photographer, John Moon,  juxtaposes 19th century photographs with his own current day images of the city.  The image seen here, Commercial Street and the Custom House, (around 1890),  is courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. The book will be in stores on Monday, August 3rd and the author is scheduled for two book signings in the area on 8.26 & 9.16.  I'll have a full post with more pictures late next week.