The recent launches of Boda and Sonny’s are reminders that a growing number of Portland area food business are tied together by some degree of common ownership. Some of the connections are readily apparent such as Harding Lee Smith’s three ‘Room’ restaurants which share a single website and others are little less visible.
Note: I’ve continued to keep this list up to date as the business landscape continue to evolve (March 2011).
Here are the budding food empires that I’m aware of:
- The Front Room, The Grill Room, The Corner Room and Boone’s
- Fore Street and Street & Co.
- Five Fifty-Five, Petite Jacqueline and Portland Patisserie
- Nosh and Slab
- Tempo Dulu and Natalie’s (Camden)
- Evo and the Chebeague Island Inn
- David’s, David’s 388 and David’s Opus Ten
- Hugo’s, Eventide Oyster Co. and The Honey Paw
- Bard Coffee and Wicked Joe Coffee
- Aurora Provisions and the Museum Cafe
- Green Elephant and Boda (and a Green Elephant in Portsmouth)
- Local 188, Sonny’s and Salvage BBQ
- Shay’s and the Crooked Mile Cafe
- Maine Beer and Beverage and Market House Coffee
- Pat’s Pizza and Grille 233 in Yarmouth
- Shipyard Brewing, Casco Bay Brewing, Sea Dog Brewing and The Inn on Peaks Island
- Lolita and Hilltop Coffee Shop
- Miyake and Pai Men Miyake
- Novare Res and Liquid Riot Bottling Co.
- Benkay and Kushiya Benkay
- Zen Chinese Bistro and Mediteranean Grill(Freeport)
- Blackbird Baking and Two Fat Cats
- Pom’s Thai Taste and its 3 sisters
- The North Point and Timber
- Bonfire, The Drink Exchange, Dusk and 51 Wharf
- There’s a family connection that links the owners of DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant,and Bruno’s
- And there are the many businesses with multiple locations that have the same name like Coffee by Design, Tandem Coffee and Rosemont Market
There are probably others, what am I missing?
I thought that Pat’s and the Cafe at Pat’s were under entirely separate ownership, just sharing the building.
Thanks for the correction Bob. I’ll remove them from the list.
Standard Bakery and Two Fat Cats are related to Fore Street/Street and Co.
How about pom Thai on congress?
Cinque Terre & Vignola
Are you sure that Standard and Fore Stree are connected besides the location?
Shay’s was opened by the owners of the Crooked Mile but they sold it but the name is still the same.
I love that you keep track of stuff like this, Anestes!
Didn’t they open Standard in response to demand for the bread?
http://www.forestreet.biz/en/Other-Restaurants
Ooh i miss Scales!
Looks like we have the website for Pat’s in the old port, still under construction….
http://patspizzaoldport.com/
With Havana South opening at the former Iguana’s space, Mike Boland is at the top of this list with 6-8 locations!
What are his other restaurants beyond Havana and Havana South?
Standard, I believe, use to be where the bar of Street and Company currently stands. Street and Company was also using 2 Fat Cats pies.
I think Sengchai Thai on Forest Ave. and Thai Chef Buffet are the same, but it doesn’t matter now cause I think the buffet is closed.
I would add Seadog to the Shipyard list…
Bar Lola and Hilltop Coffee added 4/19/2010
Seadog Brewing added 4/20/2010
Free Range Fish and Lobster and Ocean House Market added 5/23/2010
Walters and the soon to be opened gingko blue
Good one, I’ll add them as soon as Gingko Blue opens.