Category: Openings

Two more openings are scheduled for this weekend:

• Owner Greg Norton has announced plans to open the new Bier Cellar in Gorham Friday at noon.
• The Greeks of Peaks (instagram) food truck will be launching this Saturday.

Here’s a few pictures from the friends and family preview of Eaux (website, facebook, instagram), the new New Orleans inspired restaurant set to open on Wednesday at 90 Exchange Street.

Eaux (facebook, instagram) is scheduled to open this Wednesday May 23rd. It is located at 90 Exchange Street in the space formerly occupied by Crooners & Cocktails.

Chef/owner Evan Richarson will be serving a menu of “New Orleans and Southern inspired food…in a bistro setting” including Pork Belly Cracklin’, Chicken and Waffles and Gumbo Yaya.

Eaux will be open Wednesday through Monday, 11:30 am to 1 am.

Mainebiz has published a report on the Cape Whoopies/Rwanda Bean bakery cafe in South Portland that is set to open on Friday.

Definitive Brewing Co. (website, facebook, instagram, twitter) has announced plans to open this Saturday.

Definitive is now located at 35 Industrial Way across the street from Allagash.

Definitive is launching with a “15-barrel brewhouse and four 40-barrel fermenters, which is enough to make more than 1,000 gallons a week.”

A new food cart called Vantage Point Chowder (facebook, instagram) recently launched.

Owner Garrett Patteson serves clam chowder by the cup or bowl. You can generally find him and his cart on Commercial Street near Custom House.

Legends Rest Taproom (facebook, instagram, twitter) opened Friday in Westbrook. The new restaurant is located at 855 Main Street in the same building as Big Fin Poké. It is owned by Tom Minervino along with his sister Meg and business partner Mike Barton.

Locally Sauced (facebook, instagram, twitter) opened their new restaurant on Thompson’s Point Saturday. The new brick and mortar location serves barbecue in addition to burritos and tacos. Locally Sauced is located in the space formerly occupied by Big J’s Chicken Shack.

The Fahrenheit 225 (website, facebook, instagram) food truck is now operating in Portland Wednesday through Friday, noon to 6pm at 1321 Washington Ave. They plan to be at that location through the remainder of the year.

Owners Al and Linda Clark serve a menu of Carolina and Memphis style barbecue. According to their press release,

Fahrenheit serves the usual favorites: pulled pork and pulled chicken sandwiches, ribs, Maine-made sausage, and chili. Sides include mac and cheese, cole slaw, corn bread, BBQ beans, and more. The menu rotates except for the pulled pork: that’s a staple. It’s the featured ingredient in their unique “Pigs Gone Solo,” a big red plastic cup with a layer of cornbread, a layer of beans, a layer of pulled pork, and a layer of cole slaw, topped with a juicy rib. It’s great “walking around” food and really popular at festivals.

Blue Lobster Wine Co. (facebook, website, instagram) held a soft opening of their tap room on Anderson Street yesterday. Their official opening is scheduled for Friday April 20 4-7 pm.