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One of Portland, Maine's oldest restaurants, Tortilla Flat, announced their permanent closure on social media.

The Inn is even said to be the 46th oldest family-run business in the world and it's still in the same family that opened it 40 years after the Mayflower landed.

Before Portland was a trendy food city, it was home to dozens of incredible restaurants that laid the foundation. Here are a handful that are still standing.

Happy 101st Birthday to Frank Averill! Frank lives at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough. He was celebrated this past week by the Scarborough community with music from Scarborough High School and a challenge coin from the Scarborough Police Department. We know that Maine, with 20.6 % of our population being over 65, is per capita the oldest population in the country, but how many of us are at that 100-year-old mark?

With some places dating back to the early 1900's, here's a snapshot of some of the oldest bars and restaurants that are still standing in Portland, Maine

Never give up hope! Oldest the cat sure didn't!