Hmm. Seems like it might be fun to do a study of the building this week.

I get a tingling-creepy feeling looking at this picture that someone’s just about to lift one of the window sashes and lean out and look down at me looking up at them.

In my imaginary Portland there’s a rooftop bar on this building the three-sided bar is under the clock tower clock, and the views of Back Cove, the city, traffic passing on Forest Avenue below, in the summer when sound rises up through the trees and the heat and humidity, is fantastic.

I wonder what it would take to open a rooftop bar here. Is Portland ready for a rooftop bar at Woodford’s?

Update:

It’d have to be family-friendly. Obviously a kitchen on the floor under the roof. And I’m thinking an elevator. Hmmm…

Restaurants that only serve breakfast and lunch seem to deserve their own special classification in Maine. I’d personally like to see more late-late night restaurants, places where you can get a good meal like at 11 or 1. The night has a special quality. And when I’m sleepless and just want to get out it’s great to get out to a public place at like 12:30 and to be surrounded by the noise of a restaurant kitchen.

The Bayou Kitchen looks good. I’ve never been there, though it’s nearby. Here’s their web site:

http://www.thebayoukitchen.com