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Papaya King Comes to Portland, ME

April 23rd, 2009

Marco and I were out on a date last weekend and we stumbled upon a Papaya King, I immediately wondered if Papaya King could be related to Gray’s Papaya, a famed NYC hotdog/tropical drink establishment since 1973.  I am familiar with Gray’s Papaya because one of the founders of Fresh Samantha loved Gray’s Papaya and often reminisced about his lunches there with his dad.  They would nosh on hot dogs and coconut champagne, a non-alcoholic, icy coconut drink.

It turns out that Papaya King started it all back in 1932 and began franchising in 2005, you can now get Papaya King in LaGuardia airport, Clifton NJ and Portland, ME.  Gray’s Papaya is a copy cat of Papaya King.  You may recall Gray’s Papaya as the place Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and The City celebrated the launch of her first book, alone with a limo driver.

Papaya King’s arrival in Portland is good news for Old Port drunken revelers because it is open until 2AM on weekends!

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