Monday — Ilma Lopez and Damian Sansonetti from Piccolo are the featured chefs at this month’s Flanagan’s Table dinner. Tuesday — Petite Jacqueline is serving a Bastille Day dinner. Wednesday — Fred Farber from Maine Craft Distilling and Joanna Corman from Vena’s will be the guest speakers at this week’s Peloton Speaks, Black Tie is […]
The City Council meets Monday, and among other items on the agenda are consideration and approval of liquor licenses applications for: The Old Port Slice Bar is taking over the space at 420 Fore Street formerly occupied by Joe’s NY Pizza. A draft menu (page 69) was submitted along with the application. The Sinful Kitchen(facebook, […]
2014 was a very busy year for the food and dining industry in Portland. I’ve scanned through the records for the past year and here’s my summary of the key events and trends: Best Newcomers – There were more than 40 openings in 2014. Some lasted a few months or less, and others are very […]
A new wine shop called Maine & Loire (website, instagram) is now under development. Maine & Loire will be a retail wine shop in Portland, Maine featuring well-made wines that are expressions of the people who craft them and the places they’re made. We will be the first store in Portland that solely focuses on […]
The Maine Sunday Telegram has reviewed the dinner service at Artemisia Cafe. You can’t go wrong at this relaxed eatery where evening chef Guy Frenette specializes in classic dishes – many Italian inspired – that are big on flavor and fresh, local ingredients. Groups of up to four will enjoy booths lining the walls of […]
A new night club and music venue called Studio 55 Mixology Show Lounge is under development on Market Street in the location that formerly housed the Big Easy. According to the cover letter supplied with the lounge’s liquor license they plan on serving a creative cocktail program, “With a wall full of containers of unique […]
Foundation House, an alcohol and drug addiction recovery program, has leased the former Portland & Rochester. They’re renamed the space Triangle Cafe and plan on using it as “a multi-function space that provides a nutritional and occupational based holistic component to our program as well as a location for our residents and alumni to gather.” […]
The Blueberry Files has published a first look at the Bramhall, There’s a great food menu too – which is very different than my recollection of the old Bramhall! We tried several items – the loaded crips were a standout. Thinly-sliced potato chips were topped with bacon, green onions, and cheese curds ($8). They disappeared […]
NPR has aired a report on Marshall Wharf’s brewing of Sea Belt, a beer that uses Maine sugar kelp as one of its key ingredients. At Marshall Wharf Brewing Co. on the Belfast, Maine, waterfront, new beers begin their journey into draft lines and pint glasses inside two large tanks. Marshall Wharf has a reputation […]
Speckled Ax will be holding an exciting Panamanian/Gesha coffee tasting this Sunday 7pm at their store on Congress Street. [W]e will be holding a cupping of 25 samples–give or take–from the upcoming best of panama coffee auction. Most of them will be of the gesha varietal, made famous when it was (re)discovered at Hacienda la […]