RESTAURANTS/FOOD/BUSINESSES

• Walking on Lisbon Street for breakfast at Forage cafe
• Getting a snack at the Mogadishu Store
• DaVinci’s Eatery
• Fish Bones Grill
• Wonderful restaurants downtown
• She Doesn’t Like Guthrie’s
• The Pub at Baxter
• Cowbell Restaurant
• Sonder & Dram
• Marco’s Restaurant
• Mandarin Restaurant
• Val’s Drive-in
• Simones’ Hot Dog Stand
• Orchid Restaurant
• El Pocho’s Mexican Grill
• Luiggi’s
• Grid Iron
• Sea 40
• South of the Border
• Pure Thai Kitchen
• Mother India
• Bua Thai & Sushi
• Bear Bones Beer
• Halal markets
• Labadie’s Bakery
• Lewiston Farmers Market
• Italian Bakery
• Baxter Brewing
• Quiet City Books
• Sofia Fima
• J. Dostie Jewelers
• Busytown Bikes
• Fun Z Trampoline Park
• Iron Horse Court
• Poise Yoga & Foot Sanctuary
• Yoga classes/acupuncture services
• Mr. Drew’s Exotic Rescue and Education Center
• Androscoggin Bank Colisee
• Central Maine Medical Center
• Wicked Illustrations Studio & Gallery

BEAUTY

• Androscoggin River
• Stunning, beautiful architecture
• Beautiful Bates College campus
• Beautiful downtown
• Thorncrag Sanctuary
• Pond at Bates College
• St. Peter & Paul Basilica
• Dahlias in Dufresne Plaza
• The Great Falls
• Historical buildings/stories of the past
• Flowers, trees, free berries
• Beautiful churches
• Beautiful skyline
• View from Mount David
• Lewiston City Hall bell tower
• Lisbon Street’s appearance during the holidays

RECREATION

• Riverside Greenway Trail
• Snowmobiling on 40 miles of trails
• Lewiston Riverwalk
• Outdoors in Lewiston
• Simard-Payne Park
• Thorncrag Sanctuary
• Wildlife around Garcelon Bog
• Veterans Park
• Sunnyside Park
• Hiking and snowshoeing at Thorncrag
• Kayaking on the Androscoggin River

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• Lewiston Public Library
• Schools
• Lewiston Adult Education
• Community Center
• Skate park
• The Root Cellar
• Museum LA
• Great Falls Model Railroad
• Tree Street Youth
• Project Tipping Point

THE ARTS

• Gendron Franco Center
• Downtown Art Walk
• Local artists

PEOPLE

• Home/family
• Cultural diversity
• The people who work & volunteer at the library
• Richness of the community
• People investing in Lewiston/building this place

EVENTS

• Great Falls Balloon Festival
• Dempsey Challenge
• Bates Dance Festival
• High school hockey playoffs

CATEGORY-DEFYING FAVS

• Watching eagles chase ducks at Gaslight Park
• I can’t pick; it’s like picking your favorite channel
• Been here my whole life; wouldn’t live any other place
• Lewiston High School memories
• Volunteering at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
• Local cemeteries
• Lisbon Street is starting to boom again
• Its past, present and future
• Smelling bread cooking