Category: Openings

The El Rayo Cantina, a companion eatery and watering hole to El Rayo Taqueria, opened tonight. For tonight, tomorrow and Monday they’ll be open 5-9 pm, they’ll expand hours to 9 pm – 1 am starting Tuesday.

Sabor Latino celebrated their Grand Opening on Saturday. The restaurant is located at 249 Saint John Street, formerly the home of Viet Bangkok Cuisine. They plan on serving Mexican, Salvadoran and Cuban food and the draft menu submitted to the city indicated they’d also be open for breakfast so perhaps Portland has one more destination for Sunday Brunch to try out.

Silly’s with a Twist opened Saturday night. According to the Silly’s Facebook wall, “Full silly’s menu available with the same great people serving it.”

The Edge, a new bar run by the owners of the Spring Point Tavern in South Portland, has opened at 420 Fore Street. According to an article in this weekend’s Portland Daily Sun the bar had a soft opening on Black Friday and is planning a Grand Opening for January 7.

A new Somali restaurant called Al Huda has opened in Morrill’s Corner next to Banadir Halal Market in the space formerly occupied by Shack’s Pub.

The Bakery on the Hill plans to open for business today at noon. The bakery is located in the foothills of the East End just a couple doors down from Figa.

Plush West End opened tonight. The cocktail/wine/tapas bar is at 106 High Street in the space that was the original home of Katahdin.

GoBerry, a frozen yogurt shop, opened for business Wednesday. The business is located on Fore Street across from Gritty’s. GoBerry also has 2 locations in Western, Mass.

A pair of new entries have been added to the PFM blog list:

• Urban Jungle Beekeeping is the online journal of the volunteer beekeeper who manages the hive at the Urban Farm Fermentory.
• Mainely Eating is written by Lady X who shares her experiences eating out (see reviews of Kon, Ribollita and Aroma) and at home. Her latest entry is part one of a series on brewing mead.

Crepe Factory has been added to the PFM directory. Crepe Factory originated in Old Orchard Beach and plans on spending the remainder of the 2011 food cart season  in Portland. This morning they were located out in Front of DiMillo’s on Commercial Street.