Category: Events

Tuesday – Elda is holding an Austrian wine dinner, the MRA Awards Banquet is taking place, and American Sommelier is holding a Sparkling wine tasting at CloudPort.

Wednesday – Black Tie is teaching a cooking class.

Thursday – there will be a Canary Island wine tasting at Maine & Loire and a Corsican wine dinner at Petite Jacqueline, and the New England Brew Summit is taking place.

Friday – there will be a wine tasting at Maine & Loire with Spanish wine maker Fredi Torres, a wine tasting at the Brighton Ave Rosemont, and Bodegas Albamar wine dinner at Chaval.

Saturday – an Oakleaf dinner is taking place at Fork Food Lab, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Foley’s/Scattoloni is teaching a baking class.

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.

Saturday – Sur Lie chef Emil Rivera is preparing a meal at the James Beard House in NYC, Evo chef Hagai Bernstein is serving a supper club dinner at The Inn at English Meadows, Oakleaf is holding a pop-up dinner at Fork Food Lab, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – it’s Maine Maple Sunday, and the Tiki Shake-off competition is taking place at Tiqa.

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 – it’s the last day of Maine Restaurant Week.

Wednesday – The James Beard Foundation will be releasing the list of nominees for this year’s awards – here’s the list of 11 Maine semifinalists that was made public in February. Check back mid-day to  see who made the cut. Sam Hayward, Ilma Lopez, Sara Jenkins, Paolo Laboa and Troy Mains will be the featured chefs at the 17th Annual PSO Wine Dinner.

Friday – There will be a wine tasting at Rosemont on Congress Street.

Saturday – it’s the first day of the New England Made show, Oakleaf is holding a pop-up dinner at Fork Food Lab, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Foley’s is teaching a baking class.

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.

Nosh will be featured on an upcoming episode of the Travel Channel show Food Paradise set to air Sunday at 8pm.

A Maine edition of Outstanding in the Field featuring chefs Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez from Piccolo/Chaval is scheduled to take place this Summer on August 28th at Bumbleroot Organic Farm in Windham.

Tickets go on sale today at 1:59 PM.

Five Portland bartenders are competing in the Speed Rack competition this Sunday in Boston: Sylvi Roy and Kristen Mixter from Hunt + Alpine, Charlotte Stanton from Little Giant, Alexa Doyer from Opium, and Crystal Pomerleau Central Provisions.

Speed Rack is al all female bartending competition that evaluates participants on speed, accuracy, and drinks to name a winner to go to the national finals in NYC. Briana Volk will also be participating as a judge.

Monday – Maine Restaurant Week continues.

Tuesday – Other Side Deli is holding a wine tasting at their East Deering location, 5-7 pm.

Wednesday – Dr. Luci Benedict from the University of Southern Maine will give a talk on The Chemistry of Brewing.

Thursday – Buy Local is hosting a lecture by Jeff Milchen entitled Uncoding the Experience Economy.

Saturday – It’s the opening night of Walkers Maine in Cape Neddick, there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen and an Oakleaf Dinner at Fork Food Lab.

Sunday – The Lost Kitchen plans to announce their process for taking reservations for the 2018 season, and LB Kitchen is launching their pop-up dinner series.

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 – Solo Italiano’s Paolo Laboa will be teaching a (sold out) pasta making class, it’s the grand opening of Tally’s Kitchen (website, instagram) located at 84 Marginal Way, Linda Kate Lobster will be featured in an episonde of Travel Channel show Booze Traveller this morning at 9am, and American Sommelier is holding a sherry tasting.

Tuesday – American Sommelier is holding a port and madeira tasting.

Wednesday – the Maine Restaurant Week Incredible Breakfast Cook-off is taking place and there will be a Maine Beer Co tap takeover at The Honey Paw.

Thursday – Maine Restaurant Week officially kicks-off.

Friday – Maine & Loire will hold a book signing with acclaimed author Alice Feiring, it’s the opening of the Maine Eats exhibit at the Maine Historical Society, the West End Rosemont is holding a wine tasting.

Saturday – the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place, and there will be a tasting at the Old Port Wine Merchants.

Sunday – Tandem is teaching a series of coffee brewing classes, Foley’s is teaching a baking class and Flights & Bites is taking place at Lone Pine Brewing.

Walkers Maine – March 10th is the opening of Walkers Maine in Cape Neddick. The restaurant is owned by Justin and Danielle Walker formerly from Earth at Hidden Pond.

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.

After receiving 10,000 reservation phone calls in 24 hours last year, The Lost Kitchen chef/owner Erin French began thinking about a different way to handle the enormous interest in dining at her 40-seat restaurant in Freedom, Maine.

French plans on opening the 2018 reservation book on April 1st and will be announcing the new TLK reservation process March 11th. Stay tuned for details.

Plans for the inaugural Portland Wine Week (website, facebook, instagram, twitter) have been released. The new week-long summer festival will take place June 18 – 24 at various venues across the city.

Crafted as a boutique experience for wine enthusiasts of all types—from the casual wine lover to the serious oenophile—this week of world class wine, learning experiences, and award-winning food will launch you into summer with style. Activities will include pairing and performance events, incredible wine dinners, tastings, educational classes and seminars, special menus, a passport tour of dozens of local restaurants and their wine lists; and other happenings that feature wine, food, art, and fun.

Nearly 20 events are already on the schedule with more are being added as plans are worked out. They include:

• Six wine dinners:
  • A Night of Rosé at Sur Lie
  • A Southern Italian white wine and seafood pairing at Scales
  • An evening of natural wines at Piccolo
  • A tour of Burgundy at Lolita
  • A focus on the new release and library wines of Channing Daughters at Hugo’s
  • An exploration of Spanish wines at Chaval
• A meet and greet with Austrian wine expert Klaus Wittier at Central Provisions
• A pasta making and wine pairing class at Solo Italiano
• A champagne brunch at Lolita
• A wine pairing lunch with Bangs Island Mussels at Scales
• An historical wine list exhibition and talk from Don Lindgren of Rabelais Books
• Three wine sails in Casco Bay with presenting sponsor Wine Wise featuring oysters, emerging wines and Italian cooking, as well as a Mediterranean wine walk.

Portland Wine Week will wrap up with a Cabernet Cabaret Gala in collaboration with Circus Maine and food from five acclaimed female chefs (including recent Beard award semifinalists Ilma Lopez and Krista Kern Desjarlais). Proceeds from the gala will benefit Portland’s Preble Street Teen Center.

Follow PWW on your favorite social media platform to stay informed as the event program continues to grow: facebook, instagram, twitter.

Get Involved – If you’re interested in becoming a Portland Wine Week vendor or sponsor contact info@portlandwineweek.me.

Portland Food Map is proud to be a sponsor of Portland Wine Week.