Ilze Balodis, center, with her granddaughter, Anika, left, and Anika’s dad, Leon, at Cafe Louis in South Portland. Photos courtesy of Ilze Balodis In April, the Portland Press Herald held a drawing for 10 lucky readers to receive a $100 gift card to any restaurant on our 2024 list of the Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland. In exchange, we asked winners to take a photo and answer a handful of questions about their experience.
Here’s what Ilze Balodis of Farmington had to say about her visit to Cafe Louis in South Portland: Soon after getting the $100 gift card, my granddaughter, Anika, and her dad, Leon, and I went to Cafe Louis. I had looked online to check their hours and was very excited to be able to treat them to some good and interesting food. We went mid-afternoon and, as we went in, were told that it was happy hour, and only a limited menu was available.
I was disheartened because I was looking forward to a full meal, but we stayed anyway and ordered a couple of burgers and a cebiche tostada. When our food arrived, I launched into taking-picture mode so that I could document our experience and send it to you. Ilze Balodis didn’t let a photo-taking mishap ruin her ceviche tostada at Cafe Louis.
As you look at the pictures, you will see the disaster that unfolded as I posed with my cebiche tostada. I tilted the plate so that the tostada and its lovely toppings could be seen in the picture, and then – the lovely toppings slid on to my sweater, and.
