January is a month when many restaurants promote low-fat, low-calorie, nonalcoholic choices for diners with new year’s ...

Adrian Crawford is a former Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel columnist and Hallowell bartender. He now lives in Denver, works as a copywriter for an outdoors brand and has a 5-year-old daughter.

From casual bars to lively breweries, here are a few places to cheer, snack and settle in for the Feb. 8 showdown.