tuckergordon · tuckergordon · Feb 21, 2025 · Feb 21, 2025
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 type DateStyle = Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions['dateStyle'];
 
-export function formatDate(date: Date, dateStyle: DateStyle = 'medium', locales = 'en') {
-  const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locales, { dateStyle });
-  return formatter.format(new Date(date));
+export function formatDate(
+  date: Date | string,
+  dateStyle: DateStyle = 'medium',
+  locales = 'en',
+  timeZone = 'America/New_York',
+) {
+  if (typeof date === 'string') {
+    const [year, month, day] = date.split('-').map(Number);
+    date = new Date(year, month - 1, day, 0, 0, 0);
+  }
+
+  if (!(date instanceof Date) || isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid date');
+  }
+
+  const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locales, { dateStyle, timeZone });
+  return formatter.format(date);
 }
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diff --git a/src/posts/standalone-angular.md → src/posts/02-standalone-angular.md b/src/posts/standalone-angular.md → src/posts/02-standalone-angular.md
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+---
+title: Portland, ME restaurants & bars
+description: A list of all of my favorite places to eat and drink in and around Portland, ME
+date: '2025-02-20'
+published: true
+---
+
+A list of all of my favorite places to eat and drink in and around Portland, ME. This is mostly just
+a list for list-making's sake - who doesn't love a good list - but also figured it would be a useful
+thing to send to folks who are visiting and looking for recommendations. If that's you, enjoy your
+trip!
+
+Unless a list is numbered, assume it's unordered. If a business doesn't have a blurb next to it, it
+just means that I don't have anything particularly insightful to say about what to get (probably
+because it's all good!)
+
+## Eats
+
+### 🫶 Go-to spots
+
+- [Palace Diner](https://www.palacedinerme.com/) (Biddeford) - the best version of normal diner
+  food. Pancakes, french toast, fried chicken sandwich are all 10/10
+- [Little Pig](https://www.littlepigportland.com/) - everything is bright, flavorful, and made with
+  love. No wrong answers, but I always have to get Piyathida's dumplings and usually GraPow Gai Kai
+  Dow
+- [Quanto Basta](https://quantobasta.me/) - took me a while to remember how to pronounce "cynar" but
+  yeah get the cynar spritz. Always good to try the special and the Amatriciana is my fav of the
+  regular pies
+- [Goodfire](https://www.goodfirebrewing.com/) (Freeport) - if there's a special, get it. Otherwise
+  the chicken sandwich is always a good call and the Little Spruce pretzels rock
+- [Crispy Gai](https://www.crispygai.com/) - obviously all their chicken is great but don't sleep on
+  the Crying Tiger Ribeye. Top notch cocktails too
+- [Sichuan Kitchen](https://www.sichuankitchenportland.com/) - mapo tofu, fried green beans, and
+  eggplant are go-tos. If you're in person with a group, get the poached fish in fiery suace
+- [Boda](https://www.bodamaine.com/) - usually go apps-heavy, including quail eggs and bacon-wrapped
+  scallops
+- [Fish and Whistle](fishandwhistlemaine.com) (Biddeford)
+- [Little Chippy](https://www.lilchippymaine.com/)
+
+### 🎩 Special occasions (or when someone else is paying)
+
+- [Scales](https://www.scalesrestaurant.com/) - everything is good but be sure to get cornbread
+- [Izakaya Mintao](https://www.izakayaminato.com/) - do the omakase
+- [Wayside Tavern](https://www.waysidetavernmaine.com/) - best sazerac in Portland. Gotta get the
+  beer battered cod cheek. I love the roasted chicken on ricotta toast and hope some day to try the
+  Monday-only burger
+- [Fore Street](https://www.forestreet.biz/)
+- [Leeward](https://leewardmaine.com/)
+
+### 🥪 Lunch
+
+- [Savlatore's](https://salvatoreshoagieshop.toast.site/order) - best sandwich in Portland and it's
+  not close. It's also a lot of sandwich - could pretty easily feed two
+- [Nura](https://www.nuraportland.com/) - it's not always on their menu, but I still think about the
+  schnitzel pita I got there
+- [Taco Trio](https://leewardmaine.com/) (South Portland) - costs a lot more than you want it to but
+  also the only place around you can get a true cali-style burrito
+- [Indy's Sandwich](https://www.indyssandwich.com/) (South Portland)
+- [Little Pig](https://www.littlepigportland.com/)
+
+### 😎 Nice in the summer (outdoor seating)
+
+- [Terlingua](https://www.terlingua.me/) - a board is always an easy call. If you're only getting
+  one dish, make it the brisket taco. Also don't sleep on the veggie apps
+- [Mami](https://mamiportland.com/)
+
+### 🥡 Takeout
+
+- [Little Pig](https://www.littlepigportland.com/)
+- [Sichuan Kitchen](https://www.sichuankitchenportland.com/)
+- [Thanh Thanh 2](https://www.facebook.com/p/Thanh-Thanh-2-Restaurant-100046406985824/)
+
+### 🥐 Bakeries
+
+- [Night Moves](https://nightmovesbread.com/) (South Portland) - best bread
+- [BLVL](https://www.blvl.me/) - best croissants
+- [Tandem](tandemcoffee.com) - best biscuits
+- [Norimoto](https://norimoto-bakery.square.site/)
+
+### 🌯 Burrito rankings
+
+1. [Taco Trio](https://leewardmaine.com/) (South Portland)
+2. [Tacos La Poblanita](https://www.instagram.com/tacoslapoblanitamaine/?hl=en) (South Portland)
+3. Chipotle 😐
+4. [Quiero Cafe](https://quierocafe.online/)
+
+Still need to try:
+
+- [Sal de la Tierra](https://www.instagram.com/saldelatierraofficial/?hl=en)
+- [Dutch's](https://www.dutchsportland.com/) (breakfast burrito)
+
+### 🥯 Bagel rankings
+
+While these bagels are all good, none of them are truly elite. On a (mostly) unrelated note, I wish
+one of them would make an egg bagel (Rose has something they call an egg bagel but it's just a
+brioche).
+
+1. [Rover Bagel](https://www.roverbagel.com/) (Biddeford) - they show up at a lot of other
+   businesses, including most Big Tree Hospitality spots (e.g. South Freeport Market, Higgins Beach
+   Market)
+2. [Rose Foods](https://www.rosefoods.me/)
+3. [Forage](https://www.foragemarket.com/)
+4. [Scratch](https://www.scratchbakingco.com/) (South Portland)
+
+Still need to try:
+
+- [Dutchman's](https://www.dutchmans.me/) (Brunswick)
+
+### 🥞 Pancake rankings
+
+1. [Palace Diner](https://www.palacedinerme.com/) (Biddeford) - really in a tier of its own here
+2. [Miss Portland Diner](https://missportlanddiner.com/)
+
+## Drinks
+
+### 🍹 Best cocktails
+
+- [Papi](https://www.papiportland.com/) - ask for the bartender's recommendation and be willing to
+  get something that sounds crazy
+- [Night Mares](https://www.instagram.com/night_mares_maine/?hl=en) - The Gulfaxi is my personal fav
+  but they're all good
+- [Crispy Gai](https://www.crispygai.com/)
+
+### 🍻 Best places for a beer
+
+- [Goodfire](https://www.goodfirebrewing.com/) (Freeport) - best IPAs
+- [Novare Res](https://novareresbiercafe.com/) - best beer selection
+- [Oxbow](https://oxbowbeer.com/) - best sours and other funky beers
+- [Orange Bike](https://www.orangebikebrewing.com/) (Gluten-free)
+- [Austin Street](https://www.austinstreetbrewery.com/)
+
+### 🍸 Misc. bars
+
+- [Anoche](http://anoche.co/) - cozy and a vermouth-heavy menu