The new Winter Farmers’ Market launched this morning at its new location, 631 Stevens Ave.
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Category: Events
This Week’s Events: Frederiksdal Kirsebaervin, P’Alante Maine, Closing Maine’s Hunger Gap, Beaujolais Nouveau, Sweet Tooth Truffles, 1820 Wines, Thanksgiving List
Monday – Eighteen Twenty Wines will be interviewed on WMPG’s radio show Food Stories, and Bier Cellar is holding a Frederiksdal Kirsebaervin cherry wine tasting. Bier Cellar describes he tastes as “wines [that] live in the union of red wine and Port”.
Tuesday – Restaurants across the state are collaborating in P’Alante Maine to raise money for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Wednesday – Mark Winne will be speaking at USM about Closing Maine’s Hunger Gap: Exploring Myths, Realities, Solutions, Old Port Wine Merchants is holding a Thanksgiving wine tasting, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday – MJ’s is celebrating the release of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau and Petite Jacqueline is holding a Beaujolais Nouveau wine dinner. A Fall wine tasting is taking place at Maine & Loire, and there will be a release party for Same Sun at The Thirsty Pig.
Friday – Oxbow is releasing Native/Wild Barrel Select: 89, Sweet Tooth Truffles is holding a launch party at Fork Food Lab and Eighteen Twenty Wines is opening their tasting room.
Saturday – Falafel Underground is holding a Turkish Pop-up Dinner in Biddeford, Bolster Snow is kicking off their new brunch service this weekend, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thanksgiving – see the our list of restaurants serving Thanksgiving Day dinners.
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.
Winter Farmers’ Market (Updated)
The Golden Dish has posted an article about the upcoming Winter Farmers’ Market which according to the article won’t be located in East Bayside this year.
The market organizers are waiting for the city of Portland to determine which of several sites under consideration will qualify as the new home for the winter market. At this writing, the top contender, however, is the Maine Girl’s Academy on Stevens Avenue.
Updated: The Press Herald has also now published an article about the upcoming location for the Winter Farmers’ Market.
Food System Innovation Challenge
Saint Joseph’s College is holding the 2017 Food System Innovation Challenge this Sunday, 11 – 2.
Six companies and six colleges will be presenting their solutions to ” produce bold solutions to some of the challenges Maine faces in its food production systems.”
Vegan Thanksgiving
The Press Herald reports that both Sea Glass and Union are offering plant-based options on their Thanksgiving menus.
Many hotels in Maine serve special Thanksgiving meals, but in the past vegan offerings have been limited to side dishes. While a few hotels offer vegetarian entrees on Thanksgiving, the addition of vegan ones to at least two hotel menus is a milestone in Maine’s ongoing embrace of plant-based cuisine.
See our Thanksgiving Resource Guide for a growing list of local restaurants open on Thanksgiving.
This Week’s Events: Portland Beer Week, SMCC, Goodfire Brewing, Tuna Debunked
Monday – Portland Beer Week continues through Sunday. Visit the PBW site for the full schedule and see the our Beer Week highlights list.
Wednesday – Hugo’s is holding a beer dinner with Allagash, the SMCC Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management programs are holding A Light on the Point, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday – The Thirsty Pig is hosting the Goodfire Brewing launch party, DiMillo’s is holding benefit dinner for Full Plates Full Potential, and there will be a lectures at GMRI entitled Tuna, Debunked: Myths and Misconceptions.
Friday – there will be a wine tasting at the Rosemont in the West End.
Saturday – there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, and 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.
Thanksgiving Resource Guide
Thanksgiving is just a few short weeks away. I’m assembling a list of Thanksgiving dinners and local resources for home cooks and related events.
Here’s what’s surfaced so far. I’ll be expanding the list over the next few weeks:
- Eat Out
- BlueFin is serving a buffet, $49 per person, ages 6-12 $25 and children under 6 are free.
- Bolster Snow is serving a 3-course dinner for $60 per person, 11 – 3.
- Congress Squared, 3-course.
- Five Fifty-Five, 4-course dinner for $88 per person, there’s also a 3-course children’s dinner for $35 per person, 12:20-8:30.
- Harraseeket Inn is serving their Thanksgiving Grand Buffet.
- Saltwater Grille is serving a Thanksgiving buffet 11:30 – 5, $55 per person, $20 for children 12 and under.
- Sea Glass is serving their Thanksgiving Grand Buffet, $66 per adult, $24 per child, 12-7.
- Tempo Dulu, 5 courses, $85 per person with optional wine and cocktail pairings for $55 or $59, 1 – 7.
- Timber, 4-course dinner, $49 per person, 12 – 8.
- Twenty Milk Street is serving a Thanksgiving dinner, 12 – 7.
- Union is serving a 3-course meal for $55 per person with a children’s menu for $16.
- Zackery’s is serving a Thanksgiving buffet, $32 per adult, $28 for seniors, children under 10 pay their age, 11 – 2.
- Community Dinner
- The Wayside Food Programs will hold a community dinner on Thanksgiving at the Portland Club, 11:30 – 1.
- Eat at Home
- Turkeys are available from Rosemont Market, the Otherside Delicatessen, the Portland Food Co-op, The Farm Stand, C Salt Gourmet Market, Ten Ten Pié Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Serendipity Acres Farm, Alewive’s Brook Farm and Frith Farm.
- Prepared Side Dishes can be sourced from the Otherside Delicatessen and Rosemont Market.
- Pies, Cakes and Desserts are being sold by Standard Baking, Scratch Baking, Tandem, Ten Ten Pié, Botto’s Bakery, Bubbe & Bestemor, Mainely Grains, Foley’s, Tin Pan Bakery and Two Fat Cats.
- Map and Menu has collaborated with Maine & Loire to recommend some natural wines fit for your Thanksgiving table., and Wines;Tasted! has also posted a list of wine recommendations.
- Make a Donation
- While making your own dinner plans, please consider making a donation to the Good Shepherd Food Bank to help them fight hunger in Maine.
MCD Sunday Roast
Maine Craft Distilling is kicking-off their weekly Sunday Roast series today. $30 gets you “a salad ,a drink, a full roast dinner and a simple desert”.
MCD’s chef is Evan Richardson who’s been running the Eaux food cart this summer serving food from his home town, New Orleans.
Portland Beer Week
Portland Beer Week kicks-off on Sunday. The full schedule more than 50 tap takeovers, lectures, beer dinners, and tours.
It would be close to impossible to get to them all so I’ve made a short list of the ones I’m most interested in getting to:
- Blind IPA Tasting on Sunday at The Thirsty Pig
- Early History of Maine Beer Lecture on Monday at The Great Lost Bear
- Silence of the Lambics on Tuesday at Novare Res
- Cookie and Beer Pairing on Wednesday at The Thirsty Pig
- Allagash Mystery Beer Night on Tursday at The Great Lost Bear
- Goodfire Brewing Launch on Thursday at The Thirsty Pig
- Oxbozakaya on Thursday at Pai Men
- Austin Street Beer Dinner on Thursday at Terlingua
- From There to Here on Friday at Slab
- Where the Wild Biers are on Saturday at Novare Res
- Zymurgy Home Brew Tour on Sunday with the Maine Brew Bus
- Freshman Orientation on Sunday at Bayside Bowl
This Week’s Events: Food Stories, Nonesuch River, Portland Beer Week, In Search of Israeli Cuisine
Monday – Meghan and Phil Gaven from The Honey Exchange will be interviewed on WMPG’s Food Stories radio program.
Wednesday – Browne Trading is hold a wine tasting, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday – there will be a cider tasting at the Public Market House, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing Nonesuch River Brewing.
Friday – there will be a wine tasting at the Rosemont on Brighton.
Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday – it’s the first day of Portland Beer Week, you can review the full schedule on portlandbeerweek.org. There will be a screening of In Search of Isreali Cuisine at the Jewish Community Center.
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, please provide details as a comment to this post.