Category: Openings

This summer the Friends of Deering Oaks is running a bake sale in the park during the Saturday Farmers’ Market. Baked goods are sourced from Standard Baking, Bam Bam, Ten Ten Pié and C-Salt and the coffee is from CBD.

The bake sale has been getting a steady stream of customers the first couple weeks they’ve been in business from farmers and market customers. Bake sale manager Norine Kotts tells me the hope to soon have some patio furniture set-up at the Castle as well.

The City and Friends of Deering Oaks also hope that having the building open and in use may inspire some local food entrepreneur to lease the space and open a year-round cafe in the park.

A new frozen yogurt shop called Yogurt Valley(facebook, twitter) is now open at 1140 Brighton Ave adjacent to Kon Asian Bistro.

A new sandwich shop called Pockets opened yesterday. Pockets is located in the former Orange Leaf/Dunkin Donuts space on the corner of Fore and Market Streets.

The new Soakology(website, facebook, twitter) tea room and spa on Congress Street opens today a 11 am. Located at 511 Congress Street next to Golden Lotus, the new Soakology features an expanded dedicated space both the tea room and foot spa portions of their business.

The launch and initial bottle release of Portersfield Cider(facebook) took place yesterday at the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market. Portersfield currently has two different styles: Original Dry and Aronia.

A new food cart called Yellow Cart(facebook) launched on Thursday. Owner Joel Glatz serves a menu which includes lobster rolls, fish tacos, grilled cheese sandwiches. Yellow Cart was in Monument Square yesterday and expects to operate on Commercial Street on weekdays.

The new Texas BBQ restaurant on Washington Ave called Terlingua(website, instagram, facebook) is now open.

The Blueberry Files has published a first look at Terlingua,

Everything was fantastic – the pork belly that hard-to-achieve combo of tender, but cooked enough to render the fat palatable, then topped with the crunchy pork skin. The whitefish was very smoky and flecked with crunchy bits of onions and peppers. The accompanying habanero dip added a nice slow burn. 

Two new businesses are now open on Forest Ave:

• Abilene is located in Woodfords Corner next to Bayou Kitchen. They opened on Friday serving lunch, dinner and brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Today’s brunch menu includes options like Spicy Sausage and Sweet Potato Hash, a Roasted Vegetable Benedict, and a Pork Belly LT sandwich. The entrance is at 539 Deering Ave across from Big Sky.
• Joy’s Crepe Cafe(facebook) opened a couple weeks ago. They’re located at 849 Forest Ave in the former Haggarty’s space. They serve a wide range of sweet crepes, as well as some savory options with lobster, crab, and one with capicola, Canadian ham, pastrami and buffalo turkey.

Tempo Dulu(facebook, website, open table) held a friends and family-ish dinner dry run last night and opens to the public tonight. The Indonesian restaurant is located in the Danforth Inn at 163 Danforth Street in the West End. Chef Lawrence Klang leads the kitchen and Trevin Hutchins is the creative talent behind the bar.

For more information and photos of the space see this article from Maine magazine.

Pictured on the right is a quail egg amuse bouche from last night’s dinner.