The 2 restaurants have served loyal customers for 3 decades. Also, Goodfire Brewing hopes to open a new location in Freeport by summer’s end, the Whoopie Pie Festival returns and Ales for Tails is set for Sunday.
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Former Hallowell pub owner gets jail time for sales tax evasion
Augusta resident Krystal Lavallee, who operated Brews & Views in Hallowell, was sentenced to 45 days in jail and ordered to pay $30,700 in restitution.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
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.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Nation & World
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.
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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.
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.