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RestaurantWeekME

March 7, 2009 | Posted in General News, Events

Both the Portland Daily Sun and Portland Press Herald have run stories about RestaurantWeekME.
Also in today’s Press Herald is a news short on a pair of robberies at The Stadium and Five Fifty-Five.

Portland police are investigating the theft of $1,500 in fine wine from a downtown restaurant this week.

The owners of the 555 restaurant at 555 Congress St. reported Thursday that someone forced their way into the restaurant during the previous night and stole 30 bottles of wine, police said.

Details about the type of wine and vintage were not available.

Blog About Beer in Mutineer

March 5, 2009 | Posted in General News, Beer

Blog About Beer was mentioned in Mutineer Magazine‘s short list of brew blog must reads.

There’s a round-up of several food community news items in the Food & Health section of today’s newspaper. The article reports on the Portland Food Co-op, the Maine Senior FarmShare program, spring CSA shares, Eco Appetito and Tango & Tapas on Peaks.

Cajun Cookin’ Challenge Results

March 2, 2009 | Posted in General News

USM Free Press has a report on the competition at Cajun Cookin’ Challenge that took place last week. According to the article, Silly’s won best Cajun dish with a vegan entry.

Coffee Shop Burglaries

February 26, 2009 | Posted in General News

According to a report from the Portland Daily Sun, “A Portland man is charged with burglarizing one Coffee by Design store and attempting to break into another one early Wednesday”.

Fortune Cookie Museum

February 24, 2009 | Posted in General News

Portland in a Snap has a report on the Fortune Cookie Museum at Wok Inn.

According to the info in this mini-exhibition, the earliest Chinese fortunes were discovered in 1899 on fossilized ox and tortoise bones. Markings on these bones were made during the Shang Dynasty (1766-1122 BC). It’s pretty common knowledge that fortune cookies are a Western invention, but according to this display they claim a colorful place in history.

'09 Best of Portland Nominees

February 23, 2009 | Posted in General News

The Portland Phoenix has published the list of nominees for the ’09 Best of Portland award for you to vote on. The food categories range from Best Bagel to Best Wine List and everything in between.
This year there’s even a category for Best Food Blog. Portland Food Map is a nominee as are Accidental Vegetables, Commune Tested City Approved, Portland Psst! and Type A Diversions.

Portland City Council

February 20, 2009 | Posted in Under Construction, General News, Farming

This week’s meeting of the Portland City Council resulted in the passage of an ordinance to permit Portlanders to raise chickens, denial of a liquor license for Cactus Club (which will stay open pending an appeal), and passage of liquor licenses for two new establishments, Pearl and The Farmer’s Table.

Maine Food and Drink Ambassadors

February 18, 2009 | Posted in General News, People

This week’s edition of The Maine Switch includes an article on the Maine Food and Drink Ambassadors program recently launched by Margo Mallar.

When Margo Mallar volunteered at last fall’s Harvest on the Harbor festival, she realized Maine is filled with enthusiastic food lovers, but few have formal culinary training. So she’s decided to do something about it. The result is a brand new program called the Maine Food and Drink Ambassadors, which kicks off at the beginning of March with a series of classes exploring Maine-made cheeses.

Chickens, Pearls, etc

February 14, 2009 | Posted in Under Construction, General News

The Portland City Council is scheduled to meet Wendnesday night. Urban chickens are on the agenda (link is to a large PDF) as is a liquor license for Pearl, a bar that’s proposed for the former location of Onyx, revisiting the vote on the Cactus Club, as well as liquor licenses for The Farmer’s Table and Typerwriter Tavern. Paperwork submitted to the city confirms that Jeff Landry is behind The Farmer’s Table and includes a draft menu (see page 120 of the agenda).

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