Five Fifty-Five Restaurant Review
555 Congress St. (Oak St.) 
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Portland, ME 04101
207-761-0555 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Five Fifty-Five Restaurant is one of our 2012
| Top 10 Maine Food Rating Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.Features
- Romantic setting
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested (weekends)
- Business casual
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| Chef Steve Corry’s innovative menu shows flashes of the studied whimsy he learned from stints at Domaine Chandon and The French Laundry, infused with the farm-to-table ethic sweeping New England. Divided into plates small, green, savory, cheese and sweet, the menu encourages group grazing. Start with the hearty braised beef "popkins”---boneless short ribs with smoked turtle bean purée, earthy stone-ground organic grits and a tangy paprika oil; move on to a “red, white and blue” salad of heirloom beets, Great Hill blue cheese, salty pecan brittle and a decadent brown butter-sage vinaigrette; then try the truffled lobster mac ‘n’ cheese made with hand-rolled torchio---a type of pasta that’s well suited to scooping up the blend of artisanal cheeses. Day boat Casco bay hake with parsnip-Yukon Gold potato latke and butter-basted Brussels sprouts brings classicism to the table and the after-dinner cheese samplers are just as creative as the rest of the menu, as are sweets like the "fluffernutter"---a shortbread tart with a trio of pecans, hazelnuts and cashews, mascarpone triple crème and coffee-spiked marshmallow. The wine list is immense, but give it a gander only after a round of cocktails replete with house-made ingredients. The first-rate craft is evident everywhere in this dining destination. |
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