“Even then, over 10 years ago, it was on the cutting edge of nightlife, dining, and drinking in Maine,” he raves. “It’s ballooned twenty-fold since then, but even then it blew my mind, growing up in northern Maine.”

Milo, ME is where Peter and his younger sibling grew up. It’s a tiny one (the last census pegs its population at just north of 2,000), a place where geography becomes a tagline: The Town of Three Rivers. The brothers fondly recall needing to make drives to Bangor (a 45-minute trip, if you’re lucky) for household items not available locally. So when they eventually made their way beyond its confines to attend college, their worldview widened significantly.

Peter’s first real taste of Portland happened when he relocated for the summer, moving two and a half hours south to shack up with friends from the University of Southern Maine. It was an opportunity to step outside of his comfort zone.