Mercury Inn The new kid on the block, this century-old Victorian in the Parkside neighborhood has gotten an ultra-mod facelift. Inn on Carleton Tucked away on a tree-shaded side street lined with Victorian duplexes, the Inn on Carleton has a definite part-of-the-neighborhood feel. Paintings, ceramics, and sculpture are everywhere, complementing tastefully eclectic furniture. Inside, it’s a fresh, nine-room inn with a muted color palette broken up by mod flashy artwork.
West End Inn Bright, patterned bedding and upholsteries give the airy rooms at the West End Inn kind of a sunny seaside feel. Pomegranate Inn This Portland classic has been called “funky,” but that sells short the aesthetic sophistication of this bold, colorful, and exceedingly comfortable eight-room inn. And of course, Portland as a town predates America as a concept, so many of the city’s best B&Bs are beautiful restorations of historic buildings. The first time I walked in, I thought I’d shown up at a splashy contemporary art gallery by mistake. This is a city that christened its downtown an Arts District, with an entrenched local/organic ethos that manifests in everything from food to furniture to fashion. Fixtures, furniture, linens, and accents all have a clean, midcentury vibe that plays a little on a nautical theme.
Breakfasts are slow-food events—think waffles made from sweet potatoes (fresh from the farmers market) and lobster eggs-benedict (with just a touch of caviar). And if you can’t make breakfast, it arrives at your door. In the largely preserved Victorian neighborhood of the West End—where many B&Bs cluster—this transplant from the West is always a little amazed to remember that a few homes in the neighborhood pre-date the arrival of Lewis and Clark in any of my former Western haunts. Danforth Inn Oil Molds Manufacturers Outside, it’s a stately, 1823 mansion with aged brick, ivy, cupola—the works.
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