Week In Reviews

The headline says it all: "DOA: Eve's at The Garden." Ouch. John Golden doesn't hold back in his harshly unfavorable review of dinner at the Portland Harbor Hotel's restaurant on The Golden Dish blog. The room is "a shattering aftermath, a showcase for Ethan Allan faux fancy. Venison carpaccio is "a gravely unsuccessful dish" and duck breast stroganoff "wasn't bad ... But the duck was so tough I thought of asking our waiter for a machete." [TGD]