Category: Openings

Miyake’s beautiful new location on Fore Street opened tonight. The new Miyake is located in between the Portland Harbor Hotel and Paciarino. This venue replaces the sushi bar that Masa Miyake has operated on Spring Street since 2007.

The White Cap Grille is now open for business. The new restaurant is at 164 Middle Street, the space formerly occupied by Sebago Brewing.

East End Cupcakes is planning on opening today around noon and will be open in the evening for the First Friday Art Walk crowd. The cupcakery is located at 426 Fore Street.

For more information read the interview with owner Alysia Zoidis published by Mainely Mara.

The new Museum Cafe is opened on Thursday. This new iteration of the museum’s cafe is run by Aurora Provisions and is formerly styled the Museum Café by aurora provisions. You can see a detailed menu online.

Zapoteca is set to open today at 4:30. They aim to be Portland’s answer for the intersection of Mexican food and fine dining. At last count they were planning on offering 80 tequilas at the bar.

I’m especially looking forward to trying the Ceviche Veracruzano which the menu describes as “Fresh, locally caught whitefish marinated in tangy lime juice with tomato, tomatillos, jalapeño, manzanilla olives & avacado. Fresh tortilla chips.”

According to the floor plan the restaurant will seat up to 80 people.

Hella Good Tacos has been added to the Food Map list of food carts. They were located in Monument Square this evening.

Foley’s Bakery is scheduled to open Monday morning. Ed and Molly Foley who founded Foley’s and operated it for 5 years (1997-2002) are reopening the bakery in Monument Square.

Portlanders now have a new source for fresh donuts. Leigh Kellis has started up a new business called The Holy Donut. You can find her wonderful creations at several local coffee shops including Bard Coffee and Hilltop Coffee Shop. Kellis is also looking to expand into direct sales to offices. So if you need some snacks for your next morning meeting consider giving her a call.

Wild Burgers/Wild Burritos is now open at 581 Congress Street in the store front formerly occupied by Stir Crazy.

Cobblestones is now open for business. They’re serving a selection of soups, salads and sandwiches from the former Henry VIII’s space in Monument Square.

Two other new additions to the Food Map are Ariel’s Hummus and Bengi’s Port City Dogs. Ariel’s makes a weekly appearance on Tuesdays at the Public Market House and Benji’s is a food cart that today is operating on Commercial Street.