Category: Events

22 chefs from 7 states and 21 restaurants will be converging at Lio early next month for 3 multi-course collaboration dinners on September 5th, September 6th, and September 8th. Tickets are now on sale.

Each night’s tasting menu will include a journey into the mind of each chef and the creative process that went into each of their dishes. They’ll talk the finer points of cuisine, collaboration, and their experiences in Portland, many of them visiting for the first time. Each chef will mingle throughout the dining room answering questions and sharing their experience with each guest.

The dinners are be organized by ChefsFeed which, according to their website “provides dining and drinking guides, inspiration, and unique experiences direct from experts. The platform also enables culinary professionals and the world’s best brands to discover innovative ways to work together—online and in real life.”

Chefs participating in the dinner on Thursday September 5th are:

• Cara Stadler Tao Yuan, Brunswick, ME
• Ross Coleman 2840 at Dukesa, Houston, TX
• Kim Alter Nightbird, San Francisco, CA
• Alex Sáenz Bisq, Cambridge, MA
• Mason Hereford Turkey and the Wolf, New Orleans, LA
• Vien Dobui Cong Tu Bot, Portland, ME
• Ilma Lopez Piccolo, Portland, ME
• Briana Holt Tandem Coffee + Bakery, Portland, ME
• Brian Jupiter Inae Mae Tavern, Chicago, IL
• Matt Ginn EVO Portland, Portland, ME
• Courtney Loreg Woodford F&B, Portland, ME

Chefs participating in the dinner on Friday September 6th are:

• Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins Unaffiliated, San Diego, CA
• Amanda Rockman New Waterloo, Austin, TX
• Jennifer Jackson Voyager, Detroit, MI
• Justin Tootla Voyager Ferndale, Ferndale, MI
• Tracy Chang Pagu, Boston, MA
• Lamar Moore The Swill Inn, Chicago, IL
• Rebecca Arnold Whole Heart Provisions, Cambridge, MA7th
• Peter McKenzie Haley Henry, Boston, MA
• PJ Edwards Meadow Neighborhood Eatery, San Antonio, TX
• Kate Hamm Lio Restaurant, Portland, ME
• Brian Mercury Puritan & Co, Boston, MA

All chefs from both Thursday and Friday night will then work together for a Grand Finale Collaboration taking place Sunday September 8th.

Three of Strong is holding their grand opening starting today and through the weekend:

• Friday – Master Distiller Graham Hamblett will be signing labels of the Three of Strong silver rum. The Maine Maple Creamee food truck will be onsite.
• Saturday – Chef Evan Mallet from Black Trumpet in Portsmouth will preparing a pig roast with dessert by the Morton’s Moo ice cream food truck.
• Sunday – there will be a shuffleboard tournament with food by Eighty 8 Donuts and Rebel Cheesteaks.

Wednesday – Tempo Arts is holding the third of their Welcome Feasts, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – Union is serving a Honey Bee Dinner, and the Inn by the Sea is serving a Cape Farm Alliance Dinner.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

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.

Tuesday – Cong Tu Bot is hosting a  food + storytelling event in collaboration with A Clearing and Tender Table.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Friday – it’s the first day of the 94th Annual Saint Peter’s Italian Bazaar.

Saturday – the East Bayside Block Party is taking place, the Saint Peter’s Bazaar continues, this year’s edition of the Craft Brew Races is taking place, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – it’s the last day of the Saint Peter’s Bazaar.

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.

Monday – Sommelier Lauren Friel from Rebel Rebel will be at Austin Street for Franks & Frizz.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – there will be a wine tasting at Maine & Loire.

Saturday – Coffee by Design is holding a coffee cupping of three coffees from Hacienda La Minita including an anaerobic process coffee, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – the 6th Annual Jamaican Independence Day Festival is taking place in Payson Park.

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.

Monday – Cherry Bombe will be recording a panel discussion podcast among Erin French of The Lost Kitchen, Leigh Kellis of Holy Donut, Briana Holt of Tandem Coffee Roasters, Jacqueline Dole of Parlor Ice Cream, Cara Stadler of BaoBao and Lio, Rebecca Charles of Pearl Kennebunk Beach and Spat Oyster Cellar, and Briana Warner of Atlantic Sea Farms at The Press Hotel (sold out), and Eaux and Oxbow are collaborating on a burger night at the brewery tasting room on Washington Ave.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – it is the opening day for The Garrison (website, facebook, instagram).

Friday – it’s the opening night of the Truffle Shuffle Weekend, and there will be a wine tasting at the Munjoy Hill Rosemont.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Fork Food Lab is throwing a West Bayside Block Party.

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.

Bay Area truffle purveyor Truffle Shuffle (website, facebook, instagram) is coordinating with Maine Beer Company, and with chefs from a variety of restaurants to showcase their truffles:

• Central Provisions
• Chaval
• Duckfat
• Gross Confection Bar
• Izakaya Minato
• Mr. Tuna
• Piccolo
• The Highroller Lobster Co.
• Tipo
• the Bitter End in Wells

Chefs from participating restaurants will all feature truffle-based dishes on their menus this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Maine Beer Company’s pizza chef, Parker Auger, will have 2 “truffle-ized” items on the menu on Saturday and staff from Truffle Shuffle will be onsite to talk about their products.

Restaurants that want to join in should DM Truffle Shuffle on instagram.

Monday – An episode of The Best Thing I Ever Ate which includes Krista Kern Desjarlais from The Purple House will be airing on the Cooking Channel at 9 pm.

Tuesday – Print bookstore will be hosting the release party and book signing for the new edition of Portland Maine Chef’s Table.

Wednesday – there will be a South African wine tasting at the Old Port Wine Merchants, the July edition of the Tempo Welcome Feast is taking place, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Friday – they’ll be a wine tasting at the Brighton Ave Rosemont, and a pop-up bar at Grace.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – a Full Plates Full Potential event is taking place at Oxbow featuring food and drink by Oxbow, Duckfat, Chaval, Piccolo, Slab, The Honey Paw, Terlingua, Bob’s Clam Hut, O Oysters, Bresca & The Honey Bee, The Holy Donut.

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.

Monday – Flood’s and Oxbow are teaming up on a Burger Night taking place at Oxbow on Washington Ave.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Friday – it’s the opening day for Monte’s Fine Foods (website, facebook, instagram). Monte’s plans to open at 9 am; they’re located at the corner of Washington and Ocean Avenues. Monte’s is owned by Steven Quattrucci and Neil Rouda. Former Little Bigs co-owner, Pamela Fitzpatrick Plunkett, has joined the staff to to manage their bakery operations. The West End Rosemont is holding a wine tasting. It’s the launch of the Yakitori Night at Duckfat Frites Shack.

Saturday – Evo is hosting a Chopped re-match between Evo’s chef Matt Ginn and his former competitor chef Airis Johnson. The Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

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.

Monday – Black Dinah Chocolatiers will be opening their new location in the Westin/Eastland at 10 am.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – it the 4th of July! Head out to the Eastern Prom to listen to the Portland Symphony and watch the fireworks. While you’re walking up the hill stop by the corner of Merrill and Congress Streets to check-out Twist (instagram), a new ice cream food truck set to launch at 2 pm on Thursday.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Mast Landing and Top of the East are collaborating on a 5-course Brewer’s Brunch.

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.