And a block party, more openings and more beer are on the horizon.
restaurant industry
Looking for a blend that diners will remember, Bolster, Snow & Co. creates a coffee by design
Restaurants that want to serve their own signature blends go through a process of roasting, blending and tasting to find just the right cuppa.
Demand for underused fish species grows slowly but surely in Maine
The trend may have something to do with a three-year-old Gulf of Maine Research Institute effort to get restaurants to serve less-traditional catches.
Dine Out Maine: Rookies have drive to succeed on local food-truck scene
Their creative offerings show how kitchens on wheels can enhance the diversity of Portland’s dining options.
Can the curse be broken on these high-turnover Old Port restaurant spots?
A new crop of occupants believe they’ve figured out how to break the pattern in these challenging locations.
The Wrap: Mobile Noble food truck to bring barbecue to the Portland peninsula
Other news from Maine restaurants involves sweets, seaweed and more.
A week to drink in Portland’s wine scene
The inaugural Portland Wine Week includes a long list of classes, tasting events, seminars and wine dinners.
Boys Club members don their best clothes, manners for a night at Portland’s Chaval
Eleven youths with the local Boys Club get another stamp on their Passport to Manhood.
To cook up a real taste of Maine, some chefs find it takes Moxie
Chefs enjoy the challenge of cooking with the love-it-or-really-hate-it, quintessentially Maine soda.
The Wrap: Lots of ‘news’ for Portland consumers – the eating kind, that is
Lio, Duckfat Frites Shack and the second Elsmere open.