Category: Under Construction

A pair of under construction updates:

• The White Cap has submitted a draft menu (see page 94) as part of the back up material for the liquor license application.
• Plush West End has also submitted a draft menu (see page 163) with their application

Both the Munjoy Hill News and Press Herald have reported on this Sunday’s close of Sebago Brewing’s location at 164 Middle Street and the reopening of the brew pub in the new hotel on Fore Street. Sebago expects to open its doors on Fore street on May 27.

Elise Loschiavo, marketing manager for Sebago Brewing Co. answered one of the more pressing questions posed by mhn.com during the evening: What about the Jordan’s sign community activist Markos Miller saved from the demolition of the former meat packing facility?  “It will be hung in a place of honor,” she said, grinning.  That is on a large wall opposite the bar.  For many years, the meat packing facility was a major business on the Hill – until Tyson’s foods bought it and then closed it shortly thereafter.

The Portland Daily Sun interviewed Wild Burritos owner Miguel Collins about his cross-Congress expansion into the former site of Stir Crazy.

The expansion is part of Collins’ goal of providing more affordable dining options in the Arts District.

“[In] Portland it’s so expensive to go out to eat. Wild Burritos offers you something for $5 or less. Everything we have is affordable, everything is under $6 and made with all natural ingredients,” he said.

Today’s Portland Daily Sun reports that the White Cap Grille will take over the space being vacated by Sebago Brewing at 164 Middle Street. Sebago is moving into the new hotel on Fore Street.

White Cap Grille is a spinoff of the Black Cap Grille, located in North Conway, N.H. at the intersection of routes 16 and 302 between EMS and L. L. Bean in the Settlers’ Crossing shopping plaza.

Here’s a few under construction updates:

• The soup and sandwich cafe taking the place of Henry VIII’s on Monument Square is slated to be called Cobblestone’s.
• The cupcakery under construction on Fore Street has changed its name from Buttercup to East End Cupcakes.
• Gingko Blue is getting set to open. Portland Daily Photo has posted a nice pic of the entrance. If you happen to be in the Old Port at night stop by and look in the window. The bar literally glows blue and white.
• The eatery replacing Stir Crazy on Congress Street will be called Wild Burgers and Burritos. Presumably it’s the new location and concept for Wild Burritos.
• Taco Trio at 119 Ocean Street in South Portland is scheduled to open on Monday at 11 am.
• After a 22 year hiatus, the Bathras Market reopened this past week in South Portland’s Willard Square.

Buttercup Cupcakes has leased the space at 426 Fore Street. Owner Alysia Zoidis hopes to move quickly on refitting the space and open by early June.

A new eatery is under construction at 15 Monument Square at the former location of Henry VIII. The sign in the window promises “soup, salad and sandwiches” are “coming soon”. According to a job posting on Craigslist they plan on opening in May.

The Business section in today’s Press Herald also includes an interview with Ed & Molly Foley who are bringing Foley’s Bakery back to life in Monument Square.

Ed and Molly Foley of Gorham started and ran the original Foley’s Bakery at 341 Congress St. from 1997 to 2002. They are returning to the baking business after taking a nine-year break to focus on raising their two sons.