Rose Foods is kicking off the 2021 edition of their guest chef series on April 9th. Each week a guest chef will create a signature bagel sandwich that will be featured on the menu Friday – Sunday. Here’s the schedule:
Maine Restaurant Week continues through to Friday March 12.
Monday – Little Giant is hosting Central Provisions for a pop-up (check back on March 15th for a dinner at LG by Minato).
Tuesday – Woodford F&B is taking part in the BBQ collaboration series at Terlinga
Wednesday – Gather is re-opening in Yarmouth with inside and heated outdoor seating.
Thursday – the Vy Banh Mi food truck is launching at Three of Strong, noon to 6pm, and Dizzy Bird is re-opening in Biddeford.
Friday – Lorne Wine in Biddeford is re-opening after a long winter break for “limited indoor seating and bar service”.
Saturday – Ramona’s will be doing a pop-up at A&C Grocery, Mile End will be doing a pop-up at Ramona’s, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday – Mitr is kick-off its weekly pop-up series at Mi Sen.
Maine Restaurant Week kicked off this week and runs through March 12.
Thursday – Fore Street, Street & Co, and Scales are re-opening after a long winter break, and Sugar High Donuts will be at Urban Farm Fermentory for a 2-day pop-up.
Saturday – Crispy Gai is participating the guest chef series at Ramona’s (continues on Sunday), Briana Holt from Tandem will be participating in the Small Axe guest chef series (menu) at East Ender (continues on Sunday), Ada’s is holding the first of a series of pop-ups (menu will go live today) in anticipation of fully re-opening later this year, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.
As part of Maine Restaurant Week, 11 Maine chefs and bakers are producing special coffee-based Crave desserts. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Preble Street. Visit the MRW website for a complete list of coffee desserts and participating restaurants and bakeries.
Ramona’s and A&C Grocery on Washington Ave are teaming up for a one day pop-up on March 13th.
The menu will include:
Joey Ramona’s will be taking place at A&C Grocery. A portion of the sales will benefit the Maine Music Alliance.
Tuesday – Eaux will be serving be serving a menu of po’boys, gumbo, cornbread and more at a Mardi Gras pop-up in Oxbow Alley. Chaval will be participating in the BBQ collaboration series at Terlingua.
Friday – Fred Eliot will be participating in the Small Axe guest chef series at East Ender (continues on Saturday).
Saturday – Terlingua is participating the guest chef series at Ramona’s (continues on Sunday), and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.
March – The new pop-up series from Chaval called Con Todo will begin taking pre-orders on Monday March 1st, Fore Street, Street and Co, and Scales are re-opening after a long winter break on March 4th, as is Gather on March 10th.
Maine Restaurant Week is set to take place March 1 – 12. The Press Herald has published an article about how this annual event has adjusted to the pandemic and highlights some of the restaurants taking part in 2021.
Maine Restaurant Week organizer Gillian Britt, of gBritt PR, said the usual $495 participation fee for restaurants has been waived this year, with help from several sponsors. Maybe because that, there is a wider variety of eateries participating this year representing a wider geographic area, spreading a little more inland and little farther from Portland in all directions, Britt said, including Doolin’s Pub in Litchfield and Jonathan’s in Ogunquit.
For information on all the restaurants taking part visit the MRW website.
Chaval is launching a new takeout pop-up series called Con Todo (instagram). The pop-ups will be taking place every 3-4 weeks and each one will have a different theme.
The first Con Todo will be taking place Monday March 1st and the concept is Chef’s Night Out in KTown. Chaval has been barrel fermenting kimchee for the last 2 months and they’re excited to use it in the upcoming Con Todo menu. Future ideas for pop-ups include a Quebec sugar house menu, and a Piccolo dinner.
Follow Con Todo on instagram to get alerted when pre-orders go live.
Sam Sifton will be the featured guest in a Press Herald Maine Voices Live event taking place April 6th. Register online to attend.
Sam Sifton is the assistant managing editor of The New York Times, overseeing culture and lifestyle coverage. He is the founding editor of NYT Cooking, writes a food column for The New York Times Magazine. While based in New York City, Sifton has spent time in Maine every year of his life. His love of the state and its food heritage frequently shows up in his popular NYT Cooking email newsletter.
Sifton was originally scheduled to speak on March 16th, 2020, but the event was postponed due to the pandemic.
Today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day, and in keeping with the spirit of that holiday, hospitality and marketing pro Jennifer Trebino Wyllie (instagram) is launching the Kindfulness Service Challenge.
Wyllie shared the definition of Kindfulness which is “the quality or state of being mindful of the people around you + bringing kindness to their day”.
For her program she’s challenging us all for the next 10 days to “consciously + purposely be kind to service workers. It costs nothing to be kind and I know that not only will service workers have better days, but everyone will feel happier + lighter and hopefully continue doing so. This is meant to be a habit breaking challenge that spreads kindness and love.”
For more information see the steps in the graphic shown here and view the program announcement on instagram.