Category: Maine

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Brewer/owner Jeremy Myers opened the new Aekier Brewing (website, facebook) tasting room in Wiscasset in early June. Aekeir is located at 111 Main Street. It’s open Wednesday/Thursday, 2 – 8 pm, and Friday/Saturday, 2 – 9 pm.
• The new Walter’s Cafe (website, instagram) opened in Brunswick on May 12th. It’s located in the Tontine Mall and is open Tuesday through Saturday, 8 am – 3 pm. (photo above)
• Mainebiz has published a report on the Lewiston restaurant community. “More than seven months after the mass shootings there, restaurants in Lewiston are still struggling to regain their customer base and make the dining scene as comfortable as possible for their patrons…”
• The Pen Bay Pilot reports that a new food truck called Taco Joe’s recently launched in Rockport.
• The new Midcoast edition of the Portland Food Map pocket guide launched earlier this week. You can pick-up a free copy of the guide at 8 different location in the Midcoast (and 2 in Portland). Packs of 25 copies of the Midcoast pocket guide are for sale online for anyone who may need them for an event or for their business.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• The Bangor Daily News reports the Whittle Bird Coffee owners Chris and Missy Wallace plan to open a cafe in Guilford.
• Also from the BDN is a report of a food truck called Sawyer’s Shave Ice launching this summer.
• Eater Boston has published an eating guide to Biddeford entitled One Perfect Food-Fueled Day in Biddeford, Maine.

For a statewide guide to eating and drinking see the Maine Food Map—a growing list of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and other food and dining businesses in all of Maine’s 16 counties.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Goods in Camden closed their retail store and bar/cafe on May 31st. They’re holding a 40% off sale of their remaining retail store items this Saturday.
• In Brunswick Vessel & Vine owner Nikaline Iacono announced that the shop’s in-house bar, Caballeras, will be closing at the end of June.
• Blake Orchard is holding the grand opening for their new Brunswick shop on June 9th. The Brunswick location is located at 2 Station Ave and is part of expansion plans the Portland-based business announced earlier this year.
• Salted Butter Farm Restaurant (website, instagram) in Sherman (photo above) has launched their restaurant. They’re open Thursday through Monday.
• Bay Bowls opened their Biddeford location this past Monday. It’s located at  288 Main Street across the street from Fish & Whistle.
• Anjon’s Ristorante is reopening in Scarborough. The restaurant had been in business for more than 60 years when it closed in 2019.
• The Lincoln County News reports that The Contented Sole has reopened for the season in a new location in Bristol. The former location in Pemaquid Harbor was knocked out of commission by storms back in January.
• Pleasant and Center has launched a new outdoor seating are at their cafe and market in Monson.
• Khristopher Hogg has announced plans to launch his new Swanville restaurant Circumstance (website, instagram) on June 15th.

For a statewide guide to eating and drinking see the Maine Food Map—a growing list of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and other food and dining businesses in all of Maine’s 16 counties.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Aekier Brewing (website, facebook) has been building out a tasting room in Wiscassett. They’ll be located at 111 Main Street and owner Jeremy Myers hopes to be open in early June. Myers will be doing some brewing onsite but the primary brewery for Aekeir will remain in East Boothbay. Myers moved to Maine from Virginia where he operated the Bad Wolf Brewing Company. Aekeir specializes in the brewing of sour beers.
• Cushnoc Brewing has leased space in Waterville where they plan to open the Cushnoc Cantina (instagram) which will serve beer and tacos and is slated to open this fall. For additional information see this article in Mainebiz.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Elevenes (website, instagram), a hobbit-themed all-day cafe and bakery, is under construction at 50 Maine Street in Brunswick in the space formerly occupied by Kings & Queens. Owners Nicole and Chris Juntura  hope to open Elevenses in late spring or early summer. They describe Elevenses as “a place where you can enjoy delicious and gourmet treats while having fun in a unique hobbitcore atmosphere”. They will offer all-day brunch, cocktails, late night snacks, sweets and specialty coffee drinks, as well as grab-and-go options. Watch for the menu to includes a full English breakfast as well as scones with clotted cream and jam. The Junturas also own Plot Twist Pretzels (facebook, instagram).
• The Lewiston Sun Journal reports that Mancini’s, an “Italian micro deli” is under construction at 5 Park Street in Lewiston.
• Cider Craft has published an article about Bon Vent Cider which is located in the town of Hancock.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Lorraine Fagela has purchased the building at 294 Main Street in Saco where she plans to open Sweets & Co. (instagram) a gluten-free bakery/cafe. Fagela will be offering breads, bagels, cinnamon rolls, quiches, pies, pastries, coffee and bubble tea. She will also use the space to teach hands-on gluten-free cooking classes. Sweet & Co. is expected to open in early Fall. Fagela was a co-owner of Roots Cafe in Westbrook and is the founder of Hand + Heart (instagram) which produces gluten-free flour and baking mixes.
• The Holy Donut will be opening their new Brunswick location on May 17th. They’ll be open 9 am – 4 pm with a ribbon cutting ceremony 9 – 10 am.
• Down East has published an article about Bon Vivant, the fine dining restaurant that opened last August in Lewiston.
• The Bangor Daily News has a report about three new food trucks launching in Bangor this year: Dreamer Food, Smoke & Steel BBQ, and Salt & Cedar Kitchen.
• The Lewiston Sun Journal reports that the new Brazilian steakhouse Food Point is getting close to opening. Food Point will be located at 413 Main Street and will be open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner.
• Bon Vent Cider (instagram) has launched a $15k crowdfunding campaign. They plan to use the funds to build out the tasting room for the cidery in Hancock, Maine.
• The Little Italy Bus (instagram) food truck has launched a $5k crowdfunding campaign. The funds will help with renovations needed to relocate to Belfast. The Little Italy Bus serves wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza, espresso, and infused Italian ice slushies.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Sam Ostrow, the owner of Festina Lente in Kittery, has launched a second restaurant called Secundo (instagram, menu) in South Berwick. Secundo is located at 279 Main Street and is open Tuesday through Saturday, 4 – 9 pm.
• Bake Maine (instagram) which operates the Pottery Cafe on Washington Ave in Portland, has opened is opening a second location at 2178 Post Road in Wells.
• Roger and Prudence Kiessling have leased the space adjacent to their shop The Kingfisher & The Queen in Damariscotta where they plan to open a European-inspired cafe call Rue 77 (instagram). The cafe will serve Stumptown Coffee, baked goods from Solo Pane e Pasticceria in Bath and gelato from Gelato Fiasco. The design will draw “inspiration from the old-school glamour of the late 1960’s/early 1970’s Italy, Amalfi Coast, Slim Aarons, and luxury sports cars (with a bit of understated chic French elegance thrown in), RUE 77 will transport you to a time and place that lives on in your imagination.” Watch for Rue 77 to open in late spring.
• AfroTaste is Lewiston will be closing down at their current location on April 28th. They hope to re-open this summer in a new location.
• Buttermilk Kitchen at Mariner’s (instagram) opened for business in Camden earlier today. Their hours are Monday and Wednesday through Friday 7 am – 2 pm, and Saturday/Sunday 8 am – 3 pm. For additional reporting, see this article in the Penobscot Bay Pilot.
• Swell Nitro Coffee (instagram) is opening for business on Saturday April 27th in Saco.  The shop is located at 200 Main Street.
• Mason’s Brewing Company’s new location in Machias opened for business on Wednesday. It’s located in the former Bluebird Ranch Family Restaurant space at 78 Main St.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Bay Bowls (instagram) is opening a location in Biddeford. Owners Sal and Soraia Matari hope to have the new shop open in May. Bay Bowls opened their Portland location in 2022 and the business is originally from Brunswick.
• The Courrier-Gazette reports that a new kitchen store called Mis en Place is under construction at 425 Main Street in Rockland. According to the article owner Eileen Gaughan hopes to open the store in May.
• The owners of Ruby Thailand in South Portland, Chonlathis Songprasert and Pavinee Ruangron, have opened a business named Sumrub Thai Cookery (website) in Richmond.
• The Bangor Daily News reports that the Shire Ale House in Houlton is closing.
• Cookbook author Nancy Harmon Jenkins be delivery a presentation entitled “The Extra Virgins: How to Choose Them, How to Use Them” at the Rockport Public Library on May 1st.
• South Portland’s El Rodeo has leased 2,898 square feet of retail space at 736 Sabattus St in Lewiston where the Lewiston Sun Journal reports they plan to open a restaurant.
• A branch of the NH/Massachusetts company Ohana Market is opening a new shop in the former location of the gluten-free sandwich cafe Toast in Kittery. Toast closed earlier this month.