Monday – Hugo’s and OurCookQuest are collaborating to offer a Koji Workshop.

Tuesday – Poke Maine is set to launch, as is A&C Food Factory.

Wednesday – it’s the official opening day for Luke’s Lobster, there will be a wine tasting at the Old Port Wine Merchants, RedPoint is teaching a Social Media workshop, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – The Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from Oxbow.

Friday – Rosemont is holding a Portuguese wine and food event at their store in Cape Elizabeth, and there will be a wine tasting at the West End Rosemont.

Saturday – 22 businesses are holding the 3rd Annual Inner Washington Ave Block Party, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – the last Old Port Festival is taking place.

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.

 

To celebrate their 40th anniversary, The Great Lost Bear has hidden 100 small stuffed (lost) bears all over Portland which are redeemable at the TGLB for a prize.

The 2nd Annual Portland Wine Week (website, facebook, instagram, twitter) is taking place June 17 – 23 at various venues across the city. 73 events are on the calendar. Here are some of the highlights:

• A grand opening Women in Wine dinner featuring 5 women chefs (Cara Stadler, Melissa Kelly, Ilma Lopez, Paige Gould, Shanna Horner O’Hea) and the 10 women sommeliers.
• Classes and seminars such as one on Rancio wine by Patrick McDonald and Lauren Clarke, and a panel discussion on “What Really is Natural Wine?”
• Numerous special events and tastings including the opportunity to meet winemakers like Brianne Day who will be at Maine & Loire and Cedric Guyot who will be at Eventide, as well as importers like Karen Ulrich from T. Edwards Wines
• There’s a Women in Wine track running through all 7 days of Portland Wine Week
• 22 wine lunches and wine dinners. A few highlights include a Chateau Musar lunch at Evo, a 4-course dessert and sherry tasting at Chaval, a 3-course dessert, port and madeira tasting at Gross Confection Bar, and a 5-course dinner at Lio featuring wines from Patricia Green Cellars
• And for those of you who want to enjoy your wine and work off a few calories too there’s a PWW run with Ned Swain as well as a Barre and Bubbles class.
• And a wide variety of non-ticketed events that you can take advantage of throughout the week.
• 25 restaurants are participating in a wine passport program

In short, unless you really don’t like wine at all (and really, how could you not?) there’s something for everyone in the PWW calendar.

Monday – It’s Memorial Day, the informal start of Summer.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Friday – Flood’s (website, instagram, facebook) will open its doors to the public, and there will be a wine tasting at the Brighton Ave Rosemont Market.

Saturday – Caffeine Crawl has produced four different tours of Portland coffee shops, the 2019 edition of Street Eats and Beats is taking place, as is the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market.

Sunday – Po’ Boys is holding the 8th Annual Crawfish Boil,  Cong Tu Bot will be on the road for an event at the Oyster River Winegrowers, 3 Portland distillers are releasing their collaboration spirit Rum Riot Rum and raising a toast to the memory of John Robbins, the 22-year-old sailor from Deer Isle who died in the 1855 Portland Rum Riot. Hugo’s and OurCookQuest are collaborating to offer a Koji Workshop.

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.