We are planning on closing down Old Port Spirits for about a month to clean and renovate, but when we open we hope to/will have the best liquor and beer selection in town! So if there is anything special you want to see, please let us know, we want to carry what you guys want!
Maine Today has posted an interview with the owners of Lolita, Guy and Stella Hernandez and Neil Reiter, about their new restaurant.
SA: So you’re going to be doing Italian-inspired food?
GUY: I would say Mediterranean more than Italian. Certainly we all have flavor profiles and dishes that we are attracted to and it is only in retrospect that we say, Oh, those are Italian, Oh, you’re really into those oily fish of North Africa and Spain or the Greek cultures of these slow-cooked foods or whatever it is. All of those things are what we like to eat and we secondarily say those are influences. It’s driven by ‘What do you want to eat? Oh, this is what I like .. Great.’ And that makes it easy for us to say ‘Should this be on the menu? Well would you buy it?
The partners hope to open Lolita (facebook, website) in mid-May.
Urban Eye has posted an update on The Jewel Box, a new cocktail bar being launched by Nathaniel Meiklejohn.
For the jaded drinker, who has been there, sipped that, there will be themes.
Take monk night for instance. Meiklejohn will coordinate music (Thelonious) with monk-made liquor like Bénédictine and chartreuse.
These herbal elixirs developed in 17th and 19th century France make prohibition cocktails sound quaint.
Visit thebeardedladysjewelbox.com for news and to sign-up for the bar’s mailing list.
MOO Milk (twitter, facebook, website) will be launching a “mobile dairy bar” later this year which will serve up “shakes, ice cream creations and other dairy treats” at “dozens of fairs, music, food, art, athletic and other events” in the State.
Check-out Craigslist for more details and their help wanted ad for staff to manage the truck.
Three new ventures are up in front of the City Council Monday for their liquor license applications. Here are all the details:
Pepperclub has lost there lease and is searching for a new space to relocate to, according to a report from Maine a la Carte.
The Pepperclub/Good Egg Cafe on Middle Street has lost its lease and will be moving to a new location by September.
Mary Ledue Paine, a fixture at the Pepperclub for the last 25 years, and at the original Good Egg before that, says increased competition, rising food costs and high overhead – the restaurant can seat 100 people – have all led to this sad but inevitable conclusion.
For more information see this article from the Bangor Daily News.
A new eatery named Red Sea Restaurant is under construction at 30 Washington Ave in the space that had been occupied by Safari. According to a sign in the window they hope to open soon, perhaps by the end of March.
The Forecaster has posted an update on Otto’s 2nd South Portland location.
According to Community Planner Stephen Puleo, approval would allow Otto to build a prep kitchen for storage of supplies and ingredients, as well as a 36-seat restaurant.
Foodworks, the catering company and sandwich shop located at 47 India Street, is planning to move to 61 India Street—where the Blue Lobster Urban Winery was originally planning to locate.
