Bolster, Snow and Co., the restaurant located to the right of the entrance, offers a seasonally-focused and locally-inspired menu with Chef Nicholas Verdisco leading the food and beverage program. You can also get your drink of choice here without stepping outside the hotel.
The building sat vacant for more than a decade before restoration began in 2016, which preserved beautiful details like hardwood floors, tiled fireplaces and stained glass, landing the 15-room hotel on the National Park Service’s Registry of Historic Places. Bolster in 1881, is one of Portland’s newest boutique hotels. Located in a renovated historic home in the West End, The Francis, named after architect Francis Fassett who designed the home for a merchant named Mellen E. You can’t go wrong with anything on the menu, but don’t pass up the crispy Brussels sprouts. With Chef Josh Berry, winner of Maine Restaurant Association's 2017 Chef of the Year, at the helm of the kitchen, Union offers regional dishes with locally sourced ingredients. Newspaper clippings line the plates at their restaurant Union, which is open to non-guests and has its own separate entrance as well. A permanent art installation called “The Swarm,” made up of vintage typewriters in a not-perfect circle formation, covers a large wall in the lobby to mimic the “organized chaos” often found in newsrooms. If inspiration strikes, write a message on the typewriter in the lobby. Guests can unwind at the “Off the Record” happy hour at the Inkwell bar. You’ll find literary quotes on the walls. At The Press Hotel, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, you can stay warm and well-fed in the center of town in the former Portland Press-Herald’s office, where every detail honors the story of the building’s past.
Sometimes Maine’s winter weather calls for a night in, so stay at a boutique hotel where you don’t even have to walk outside to get a craft cocktail.
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