restaurant industry

Published
May 29, 2022

No shell, big shock: Maine lobster rolls fetch record prices this season

Lobster lovers can expect to pay in excess of $40 for a single roll at some of the state's most popular summer eateries. The average price is closer to $30.
Published
May 15, 2022

Fewer nuggets, smaller salads: Shrinkflation hits U.S. restaurants

Restaurants are betting that consumers won't mind a few fewer fries, or a little less filling on their sandwiches, as much as they would grumble about seeing yet another price increase.
Published
April 27, 2022

The Wrap: Onggi moves to bigger space, Maine Grains founder addresses UK grains conference

Also, farmers markets opening for the season in Yarmouth and Brunswick, benefit events at Portland restaurants and Casa Novello reopens.
Published
April 17, 2022

Maine chef makes many Mallomars and recalls her days at Pure Food and Wine

The restaurant's tumultuous trajectory is detailed in the new Netflix series 'Bad Vegan.'
Published
April 14, 2022

Food & Wine magazine ranks Biddeford food scene among America’s best

After years of steady revitalization and a restaurant mini-boom, Biddeford is ready for its close-up.
Published
April 13, 2022

The Wrap: Portland roaster wins U.S. Coffee Championship event, Bar Futo and Twelve debut dishes

Plus, a Kennebunkport cooking school offers in-person classes for the first time since the pandemic started, and a Brunswick oyster company plans a coastal cleanup for Earth Day.
Published
April 10, 2022

Dine Out Maine: Two years after COVID-19 upended the food world, we’re reviewing restaurants again

But we may be judging them a little more gently than in the past.
Published
April 6, 2022

The Wrap: Portland students taste-test African food, Silly’s reinvents itself, and raising money for Ukraine

Also, women coffee experts converge at Coffee By Design, Lobster Shack at Two Lights reopens and a new brunch restaurant coming to Portland.
Published
March 30, 2022

The Wrap: A reboot of Portland’s classic Five Fifty-Five coming soon to Brunswick, 2 city restaurants say come on in

Five Fifty-Five North will open in The Federal hotel, and Bay Bowls launches a second location.
Published
March 27, 2022

Three Maine restaurants emerge from a second winter of hardships with hope

Broken Arrow, Maine Street Steak & Oyster and Old Port Sea Grill take on a labor shortage and COVID surges during what's always the slowest season with nothing to lean on but their will to survive.