The Black Box featured in NYT 36 Hours in Portland

The New York Times featured The Black Box, alongside its neighbors (and some former TBB businesses) in Chelsea Wonder’s 36 Hours in Portland, Maine.

A four-block stretch of Washington Avenue is a food hub good for shopping as well as eating. Start your stroll at Onggi, a fermentation market and cafe, where shelves are stocked with sake, chili crisp, pickled blueberries and more. Buy a hojicha-butterscotch oat cookie ($3.25 each) to enjoy as you wander south to browse high-end kitchenware and Maine-made home goods at Strata and Post Supply, found inside what once was the J.J. Nissen bakery, where the New England top-split hot dog bun was created. On the way: The repurposed shipping containers at the Black Box, which serve as five tiny shops with month-to-month leases. Arriving in July is a pop-up version of Rabelais, a renowned seller of rare food-and-drink books.

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