Urban Eye has posted an article about the new CBD in East Bayside.
An experimental lab for everything emergent in coffee science is percolating in East Bayside. When Coffee By Design’s new Portland cafe opens March 4th (mark it down coffee pilgrims) the 20 year-old company will finally live up to its name.
CBD’s new cafe is scheduled to open on March 4th at 6:30 am.
Port Bean will be temporarily closing at the end of March, and reopening at a new location before the start of Summer. There’s a strong possibility of it relocating nearby on Commercial but details are still be worked out with a property owner.
The owners of the Schwartz Building, 600 Congress at the intersection of High and Congress, gave an interview to the Portland Daily Sun and indicated they’re planning for a “sit-down-with-linen style restaurant”. No other details were provided in the article.
Arlin Smith, Mike Wiley and Andrew Taylor are leasing 34 Vannah Avenue. The new location will serve two functions for the owners of Hugo’s and Eventide: providing much needed additional kitchen capacity located just a few minutes way from Middle Street, and opening a small 600 sq ft eatery to serve the local neighborhood.
Lolita (facebook) will be the name of the new restaurant that Guy and Stella Hernandez along with business partner Neil Reiter have under construction at 90 Congress Street. Lolita will serve “American cuisine with a Mediterranean flare” in a completely renovated 28-seat space which includes a custom designed zinc bar for 10.
Check out the Lolita facebook page for more information and to stay up to date on the latest developments as they make progress towards an opening date in May.
Lolita’s website is at www.lolita-portland.
Bite into Maine has purchased a new vehicle and plans on launching a second BIM food truck later this year. The truck is a 1965 Grumman Olson Kurbside, which in the 1980’s was used as hot dog truck at a car dealership in South Portland.
Here are a few under construction updates:
Black Dinah Chocolatiers (facebook, website, twitter) are planning to move to the Portland area, according to a report from the Bangor Daily News.
After a Christmas season of rough weather and doubling sales, the owners of Black Dinah Chocolatiers on Isle au Haut are charting a course for Portland.
“Resources are difficult and limited here,” said Steve Shaffer, who has run the high-end chocolate business with his wife Kate Shaffer on the Penobscot Bay island for eight years. “We have to bring everything out here, take everything off the boat. Our utilities and insurance are three times as much as the mainland.”
For more detail on new restaurants and food producers under development in Portland see the PFM Under Construction list.
Booze, Fish & Coffee has posted an interview with Tao’s chef/owner Cara Stadler. Among other topics, they discuss Stadler’s plans to launch a Chinese dumpling shop in Portland later this year (late night hours, full bar, likely launching in late spring/early summer). Stadler also provides a rundown of some of her favorite eating destinations in Portland.
According to Eater Maine, a new bar called Arcadia National Bar (facebook, twitter) is the early stages of development in Portland.