
What Ever Happened to the Portland Dine Around Club?
Remember the guide that was around for over 30 years to help you get deals all over Maine?
The Portland Dine Around 'book' started in the '90s and was a huge and popular gift around the holidays. I always loved grabbing a book to see what deals I was going to get.
Is the Portland Dine Around Club still a thing?
Unfortunately no. Thanks to COVID-19, when restaurants had to close (some permanently) a coupon book for entertainment, traveling and dining became obsolete. The 2020 32nd anniversary edition was their last. It has not come back since. I recently came across one from 2008!
The coupons in the Portland Dine Around was my favorite part
If you were heading out, it was always, 'Did you grab the Portland Dine Around?' You had to make sure wherever you were heading, didn't have a coupon where you could save a few bucks. Who doesn't love saving money?
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This Dine Around book is like reading the history of the Greater Portland area from over 15 years ago. Just the restaurants alone are fun to remember. When this 2008 edition came out, there was an Arby's in Portland and South Portland. Those days are long gone.
Maybe it's time to bring back the Portland Dine Around Club
The inside cover made me think this might just work again. It says in part,
You have just joined the finest dining, travel, and entertainment club available in Maine. As a member of our dining club, you have the opportunity to sample new restaurants along with some of your old favorites, while enjoying considerable savings.
Hell yeah! Sign me up!
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