A Chinese restaurant called Zen Bistro is under construction at 45 Danforth Street in the space occupied until recently by District. The building has been bought by the owners of Mediterranean Grill in Freeport. They hope to open Zen Bistro later this Summer.
Month: July 2012
This Week’s Events: Food Trucks at the City Council, Ice Cream Fest, Twilight Dinner, Bier Cellar
Monday — the full City Council will review the proposed food truck regulations (page 78). This is the first review, a final vote will take place at the City Council meeting on July 16.
Tuesday — the owner of MDI Ice Cream will be on the TV show The View, and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place on Tuesday to avoid conflict with the 4th of July holiday on Wednesday.
Wednesday — the Great American Ice Cream Fest all-you-can-eat ice cream event will be happening on the Eastern Prom.
Thursday — Cultivating Community’s first Twilight Dinner of the summer is taking place at their farm in Cape Elizabeth (tickets available online).
Friday — there will be a wine tasting at West End Deli and a bourbon tasting at The Salt Exchange.
Saturday — the Bier Cellar is holding their Grand Opening, there will be wine tastings at Rosemont on Brighton and LeRoux Kitchen, and the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place.
Bastille Day Feast — Devenish Wines and Cultivating Community with the help of chefs Brad Messier, David Levi, and Philippe Donald are putting together this 4-course menu built around a pig roast to celebrate Bastille Day on July 14. The cost is $48 per person. You can buy tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.
June 2012 Monthly Stats
The 10 eateries looked up most often in June on Portland Food Map were:
- Spread (2)
- LFK (1)
- Carmen at the Danforth (4)
- Sebastian’s (-)
- Bresca (11)
- Caiola’s (3)
- Bar Lola (7)
- Blue Spoon (8)
- Petite Jacqueline (5)
- Schulte & Herr (10)
The numbers in parentheses indicates their rank last month.