Category: Events

Monday — Nicholas Nappi and fellow Local 188 restaurant group colleague Gary Bowcott are holding a pop-up for Black Cow on September 5th to share their “vision for a return to good old days of the soda fountain”.

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

Thursday — Christopher Kimball, founder of Cook’s Illustrated and former America’s Test Kitchen host, will be speaking at the State Theater. Tickets are available online, use discount code MSK50.

Thursday — Foundation Brewing is participating in Rails and Ales.

Saturday — There will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, Rising Tide is participating in Rails and Ales, and the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — Miyake will be serving a Pig Roast at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, and Jason Williams and Bryan Dane are the featured chefs at this week’s Twilight Dinner at The Well.

Food History Lecture — food historian Sandy Oliver will be giving a lecture at the Tate House on “the Early American kitchen and its importance to the Colonial household”.

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.

Christopher Kimball will be speaking next week on September 8th at the State Theater as part of his Culinary Mystery Tour.  Organizers of the tour are offering 50% off on the ticket price, use the discount code: MSK50.

Kimball was the founder of Cook’s Illustrated magazine and the longtime host of the TV show America’s Test Kitchen. He’s moved on from those projects and last year started Milk Street Kitchen, a cooking school and magazine.

Monday — Highroller Lobster will be serving a 5-course pop-up dinner at Bao Bao.

Wednesday — Old Port Wine Merchants is holding an Iberian wine tasting, Black Tie is serving a farm dinner in New Gloucester, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday — A team of chefs from 5 local restaurants are cooking a memorial dinner to benefit the family of Kaden Fecteau.

Saturday — Novare Res will have 15+ Rising Tide beers on tap including a double IPA version of Daymark, Rossobianco is holding their grand opening, and the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Black Cow — Nicholas Nappi and fellow Local 188 restaurant group colleague Gary Bowcott  are holding a pop-up for Black Cow on September 5th to share their “vision for a return to good old days of the soda fountain”.

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 — Rhum and Sur Lie are collaborating on a Summer Luau.

Wednesday — The Great Lost Bear will be featuring beer from Saco River Brewing, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday — the Maine Farmland Trust is holding Agrarian Acts concert and dinner at the Deering Grange, and there will be a beer and cheese tasting at the Public Market House.

Friday — Palace Diner will be holding Fried Chicken Friday at Oxbow.

Saturday — Slab is hosting a Hoof Hearted Brewing tap takeover, and the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — Wolfe’s Neck Farm will be the site of the Farm to Fork Fondo, a ” farm to table cycling event”.

Highroller Lobster — Highroller Lobster will be serving a pop-up dinner at Bao Bao on Monday, August 29.

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 — Oxbow is celebrating their 5th anniversary.

Wednesday — the Bier Cellar is holding an Austin Street tasting, Old Port Wine Merchants is having a Sicilian wine tasting, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday — UFF is hosting a Fermie Permie Cafe where people interested in fermentation or permaculture can gather and share ideas, and The Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from Fore River Brewing.

Friday — Dirigo Brewing is scheduled to open in Biddeford, and there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont on Brighton.

Saturday — the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — Austin Street Brewing is holding Brett Camp, and the weekly Crofters & Artisan Market is taking place.

Rabelais Book Sale — Rabelais books will be holding their annual book sale August 25-28 at their store in Biddeford’s North Dam Mill.

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 — there will be an Oxbow tap takeover at Eventide tonight.

Wednesday — Black Tie is holding a farm dinner in New Gloucester, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday — Foundation is releasing 500ml bottles of their new beer Pomology:Apricot, and The Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from Foulmouthed Brewing.

Friday — the West End Rosemont and the Public Market House are holding a wine tastings.

Saturday — Novare Res will be featuring 21+ beers from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, and the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — Emmet Helrich from Local 188 and Chef Paul Tuck from Sonny’s are  the featured chef for Cultivating Community’s Twilight Dinner at The Well, and the weekly Crofters & Artisan Market is taking place.

Rabelais Book Sale — Rabelais books will be holding their annual book sale August 25-28 at their store in Biddeford’s North Dam Mill.

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.

 

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

Thursday — the Portland Public Library is screening the movie The Birth of Sake followed by a presentation and Q&A session with Dan Ford of Blue Current Brewery.

Friday — the Portland Spirits Society is holding an informal women-only tasting event at Stroudwater Distillery.

Saturday — the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — Leslie Oster from Aurora Provisions is the featured chef for Cultivating Community’s Twilight Dinner at The Well, and the weekly Crofters & Artisan Market is taking place.

Rabelais Book Sale — Rabelais books will be holding their annual book sale August 25-28 at their store in Biddeford’s North Dam Mill.

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 — there are two different Middle Eastern food events taking place, extra credit for anyone who makes it to both: Drifters Wife is holding a Middle-Eastern Chicken Cook-out at Oxbow and CN Shawarma is serving a pop-up dinner at Bao Bao.

Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place, and the Maine Charitable Mechanics Association is hosting a Makers’ Mix to bring together “Artists, Artisans, Smiths, Wrights, Tailors, Cooks, masters & Amateurs, Inventors & Dubbers” for “an evening of conversation and camaraderie”.

Thursday — Evo is serving a 5-course lobster dinner.

Friday — BiBo’s Madd Apple Cafe is holding a wine dinner.

Saturday — the Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — the weekly Crofters & Artisan 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 — Rossobianco will be holding a pop-up at Vinland to preview the restaurant’s menu.

Wednesday — MOFGA is holding a workshop on Creative & Collaborative Marketing for Farms, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday — Rhum is hosting a Ballast Point tap takeover.

Friday — Bissell Brothers is releasing a double IPA called Nothing Gold (a reference to the Frost poem), and there will be a wine tasting at the East End Rosemont.

Saturday — the Portland Club is collaborating with Rising Tide on a Pig Roast, and the Maine Brewers Guild Beer Festival and Saturday Farmers’ Market will take place.

Sunday — it’s Maine Open Farm Day, and the weekly Crofters & Artisan 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.