Category: Events

Tuesday — Local Sprouts will be hosting a “Community Dinner with music, a community forum, and a buffet dinner” to celebrate their 3rd anniversary.

Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beers from Rogue.

Friday — wine tastings will take place at Rosemont and the West End Deli, and it’s First Friday Art Walk so be sure to make your restaurant reservations soon.

Saturday —  Novare Res will have 25 Smuttynose beers on tap, Rosemont is holding an event featuring wines from the Piedmont region of Italy, and the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place.

Sunday — the 40th Annual Old Port Festival is taking place.

National Iced Tea Day — Oakhurst Dairy is pairing up with 5 local food trucks to celebrate National Ice Tea Day on June 10th. Bite into Maine, Love Cupcakes, Mainely Burgers, Gusto’s and Portside Picnic will be handing out free Oakhurst ice tea all day on the 10th.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

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Tuesday — The Holy Donut is holding a viewing party at Brian Boru to watch a screening of Donut Showdown Food Network Canada TV show which features The Holy Donut.

Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — there will be a Greek wine tasting at the Public Market House and a rose tasting at the Bier Cellar, Bite into Maine will be the featured food truck at Rising Tide Brewing, the monthly Latte Art Throwdown is taking place at Bard Coffee, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beers from Uinta Brewery.

Saturday — there will be wine tastings at Browne Trading and LeRoux Kitchen, the Deering Oaks Farmers Market of 2013 is taking place, El Corazon will be at Rising Tide as part of the brewery’s weekly food truck series.

Sunday — In’finiti is marking the 162nd anniversary of the Portland Rum Riot by launching the rum produced by their own distillery.

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.

Chef Peter Sultenfuss from Grace won the Chopped Challenge cooking competition Sunday. Both Maine a la Carte and Maine Eater have articles with photos and details on the event. The  event raised money for the Good Shepherd Food Bank.

East Ender/From Away took home 2nd place in the Lamb Pro Am competition in Boston. The competition paired restaurants with recipes developed by food bloggers to showcase lamb for the American Lamb Board.

Monday — In’finiti is holding a Broadbent Selections wine dinner.

Tuesday — Local Sprouts is hosting the monthly Local Foods Networking Breakfast.

Wednesday — Ned Wight owner of New England Distilling will be at The Great Lost Bear making cocktails using his gin, and  the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — Josh Christie author of Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland will be at Rising Tide for a book signing, Paciarino will be doing a cooking demonstration, there will be a lecture at the Maine Historical Society on Johnny Appleseed, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beers from Harpoon Brewery.

Friday — Rosie Schaap author of Drinking With Men will be speaking at SPACE, and there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont.

Saturday — the Deering Oaks Farmers Market of 2013 is taking place, Wicked Good Street Kitchen will be at Rising Tide as part of the brewery’s weekly food truck 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.

Tuesday — Bar Lola is holding a 3-course cocktail tasting event.

Wednesday — Old Port Wine Merchants is holding an Austrian wine tasting, and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — there will be a beer and cheese tasting at the Public Market House and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beers from Brooklyn Brewing.

Saturday — Allagash is releasing some rare coolchip beers for sale, Rosemont and Devenish are hosting a natural wine event, there will be a wine tasting at Browne Trading, the Deering Oaks Farmers Market of 2013 is taking place, Mainely Burgers will be at Rising Tide as part of the brewery’s weekly food truck series.

Sunday — the 2nd Annual Crawfish Boil is taking place at Po’Boys & Pickles and Petite Jacqueline is screening Everyone Says I Love You.

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.

The Beer Babe has published an article about Rising Tide’s Saturday food truck series.

Until recently, however, Maine has not been able to enjoy the creative and funky foods from mobile vehicles. But recent rule changes have allowed a small fleet of trucks to start spreading out throughout the city, albeit to limited locations and times. As exciting as that is, it takes a few more partnerships before the “food truck culture” will sweep Portland. And this weekend, I think I witnessed a perfect union between two community-focused businesses – breweries and food trucks – as executed by Rising Tide Brewing in East Bayside.

The Blueberry Files and Dispatch have filed reports from last the May edition of Flea Bites.

Next I had to get my hands on some chicken and waffles from the Wicked Good Truck along with a spicy steak sandwich. (For those of you who are judging at this point, I had a salad for lunch and I brought some friends along to share with – OK?!? JEEZE!) I also couldn’t stop watching the little girl who I can only assume is the daughter of the Wicked Good Truck owners. When she wasn’t serving food from the truck to hungry customers she was masterfully hooping with one of two hula hoops hanging from the bright green truck. Super festy and awesome – I love Portland. [Dispatch]

 

Tuesday — Speckled Ax is celebration their first anniversary with free brewed coffee in the morning and espresso shots all day, the last Cloak & Dagger dinner is taking place, and there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont Market.

Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — Wayne Davis of Ocean Aerials will be giving a talk on offshore fishing and fish spotting at GMRI.

Friday — Barbara Damrosch will be at Longfellow for a book signing, it’s the first day of the Portland Kitchen Tour, it’s the first day of Sweet Weekend, and there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont.

Saturday — Urbain Coutteau from De Struise will be at Novare Res, 16+ De Struise beers will be on tap; The Kitchen Tour and Sweet Weekend are continuing, the Deering Oaks Farmers Market of 2013 is taking place. Gusto’s food truck will be at Rising Tide as part of the brewery’s weekly food truck series.

Sunday —  In’finiti is holding a De Struise Brouwers Brunch, call (207) 221-8889 for reservations.

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.