We had a pretty quiet night on Saturday, after our relaxing soak and dinner at Whole Foods we went back to our room where we enjoyed a few yummy vegan chocolates from Whole Foods. We split a Health Crunch and A Chocolate Salted Caramel Cup both of which were delicious.
We headed home on Sunday morning but not before stopping in at Whole Foods for an iced coffee and bagel with cream cheese.
After we ate our breakfast we spent a good 45 minutes roaming the aisles of the store picking up a number of goodies such as donut peaches, kale, apricots and coconut milk yogurt. Luckily I brought our cooler bag which I filled with ice from the hotel so that we could get some refrigerated items to bring home with us. Once we finally got on the road we decided to stop in York, ME at Stonewall Kitchen so that we could try all the hot sauce, jam and mustards that they have there, who doesn’t love free samples? The place was insanely busy and there were tons of rude people who kept pushing and shoving so the hubz and I made this a quick trip and got out of there before we were trampled.
From there we headed to Kittery ME to visit the outlets. We also picked up lunch for the road which we ate in Kittery after our disappointing trip to the outlets there. When did the Kittery outlets become so horrible?
After Kittery we decided to take the “scenic” way home and headed on Route 4 to Concord and to our delight we spotted Redhook Ale Brewery and decided to stop in and take a tour. When we arrived we had about an hour to wait before the next tour was to occur and since we were in no rush we decided to wait and get a sampler of their beer to try. We also had some chips and salsa because I only finished half my salad and I knew without a little food in my belly all that beer was going to have quiet the effect on me.
I finished all of the IPA and ESB but only took a few sips of the Slim Chance doesn’t exist it’s now the Blonde, the seasonal and the limited release (oatmeal stout). I also snacked on some chips but tried not to eat too many.
Finally the hour passed and it was time for our tour, which we almost didn’t stay for. We are glad we stayed though because for only $1 each we had a very informative tour and received a Redhook tasting glass as well as 4+ samples. It is one of the best tour deals I’ve ever seen.
We finished our trip in Concord NH where we stopped at Boloco to get something to eat for dinner. I was excited to see that Boloco has bowls instead of wraps now (I know my husband said it’s been like that for awhile), anyways I was pumped and decided to get a Goloco Bowl. Goloco is basically putting whatever you want in a bowl or wrap; for mine I had brown rice, organic tofu, fajita veggies, cucumber, corn salsa, tomatoes, scallions, balsamic and black bean hummus. The hubby got a wrap and we shared an unsweetened ice tea.
We had the best time in Portland – great city and I can’t wait to go back again.
I agree with you – Red Hook’s brewery tour is the best in this area! Such a great deal, and great opportunity to try several different kinds of beers.
I love visiting Whole Foods in other cities! Ours is kinda tiny because it used to be a Wild Oats before the buy-out. I’m always amazed when I go to a “real” Whole Foods! Even though the products are pretty the same, the original stores are so much bigger with more hot food bar options. The Whole Foods in Nashville (3 hours from Memphis) is two stories!
Sounds like a great trip overall. We did the same thing in Florida–after two expensive dinners, we ate every other meal, just about, from Whole Foods. That black bean hummus looks so purple in the photo–cool! And those chocolates! MMMMM.