This winter’s Closing Season numbers continue to add up with the demise of the retail stores in Portland and Yarmouth for Ice It Bakery, as reported by the Press Herald,
Ice It! Bakery has closed both of its retail locations in Portland and Yarmouth, but will continue selling wholesale baked goods and booking birthday parties, according to a notice posted on the bakery’s website.
The Blueberry Files has posted a first look of Gross Confection Bar.
The menu describes the dishes as a list of ingredients, which creates an element of surprise around what will actually land in front of you. I’m into that—I think part of the fun of Gross is wondering what the kitchen has come up with and encountering flavor combinations you haven’t before.
Little Bigs owners, Pamela and James Plunkett, have announced that after 6 years in business they’ve closed their South Portland bakery.
Dear beloved customers – it’s been 6 years of high highs & low lows, and it’s time to finally say goodbye. We’ve done our best, all for you; thank each and every one of you for loving our food. Here’s hoping our paths cross again.
Wednesday – Old Port Wine Merchants is holding a Cru Beaujolais wine tasting.
Thursday – the former Aurora Provisions building is getting auctioned at 11 am, Time & Tide is holding coffee roasting seminar/tasting, and The Great Lost Bear is holding the Industrial Park Challenge.
Friday – the A&C Grocery Luncheonette is launching their Counter Culture pop-up dinner series with a “casual pan-Asian 3 course meal celebrating Maine’s edible bounty” by guest chef Will Gibney, and Rosemont is holding a wine tasting in the West End.
Saturday – there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday – The Purple House is holding a sold out Quebecois Dinner.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.
The Bollard has reviewed brunch at Highroller Lobster Company,
First off, let me say that at any other time of day, I love Highroller. Both their mobile and brick-and-mortar kitchens put out a killer lobster roll, their crispy-cheese-shell lobster taco is the stuff of dreams, and they have an outstanding selection of local beers. But after a recent visit for Sunday brunch, I can’t recommend their morning meal.
Brant Dadaleares’ new dessert/cocktail destination, Gross Confection Bar (website, facebook, instagram) is scheduled to open today. You can see a full menu of desserts (ranging in size from tastes to large format dishes intended for 4 people), cocktails, mocktails, and wines on the Gross website.
Gross is located in the 2,000 sq ft former location of Christmas Noel at 57 Exchange Street.
Tonight’s hours are 5 pm to 12:45 am.
The new owners of Mellen Street Market are planing to repurpose some of the space within the 79 Mellen Street building to include a dining area, bar and kitchen. Co-owners Tim Ly and Shawn Freeman, are calling the new element of their business Quinn’s Bardega (facebook). The 44-seat Quinn’s will be serve “cafe style, full course, plated meal service” with a full liquor license.
Ly and Freeman have shared a draft menu (page 134) as part of the materials supplied with their liquor license application. Here’s an excerpt,
Also up before the City Council on Monday for their liquor license applications are Three Dollar Deweys and Luke’s Lobster which have been previously reported on.
NOW, “Toronto’s weekly news and entertainment voice”, has published an eating guide to Portland.
You, skeptical Torontonian, may be thinking, “Okay, but Portland’s got 2 per cent of our population — what can they possibly have that we don’t?” But if you make the trek (about a three-hour flight time or a two-hour drive from Boston), there’s plenty of eye-opening eats to discover. Here’s what you should make sure to zero in on while you’re in town.
Here’s a look at the top stories from a decade ago in January 2009: