The new season of the Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil will be released May 25th. Season 5 includes an episode shot in Maine late last summer. The film crew visited Palace Diner, Leeward, Bite Into Maine, Terlingua, Rabelais, and other locations in the Portland area and in the Midcoast.
Category: Events
Women in Wine Dinner
Portland Wine Week has released the details for their opening day 5-course Women in Wine Dinner. The event brings together chefs Matt Ginn from Evo, Paolo Laboa from Solo Italiano, Jef Wright from Crown Jewel, Paige Gould from Central Provisions, and Victoria Nam by Siblings Bakery along with 10 sommeliers.
Each course will be paired by two of the sommeliers and the diners will have the chance to vote on which wine best matched each dish and which sommelier came up with the best pairing overall. Participating sommeliers are:
- Nikaline Iacono, Vessel & Vine
- Cecily Upton, Friends & Family
- Lizzie Legre, Helm
- Jessie Robb, Broken Arrow
- Kelly Nelson, Fore Street
- Kimberly Lund, Regards
- Brittany Saliwanchik, Magnus on Water
- Siobhan Sidoni, Wayside Tavern
- Stella Hernandez, Lolita
- Erica Archer, Wine Wise
Tickets are now on sale on the Portland Wine Week website.
Upcoming Events: Timber/Bay Bowls Opening, Beer wo/ Beards, GF Workshop
Tuesday – Timber is slated to re-open as the Timber Bourbon Bar & Lounge.
Wednesday – Lucky Pigeon will be hosting a Gluten-Free Chacuterie Workshop and Beer Tasting organized by Mrs. Gee Free Living, and Banded Brewing will be launching the Banded Taproom + Kitchen in Biddeford.
Thursday – Broken Arrow is holding a dinner with 100% of the proceeds going to support World Central Kitchen and their work to support refugees from Ukraine.
Friday – Bay Bowls is scheduled to open on Washington Ave.
Saturday – the Beer With(out) Beards festival will be taking place.
April 14 – Ruby’s West End is hold a party to celebrate their 1-year anniversary.
April 16 – Novare Res is holding Gasharoo, their annual celebration of beers from Allagash Brewing Company.
April 20 – Oxbow Brewing is hosting a Fermentation Fair organized by The Resilience Hub & Portland Maine Permaculture.
April 22 – May 1 – 4th Maine Seaweed Week will be taking place.
April 27 – the regular Portland Farmers’ Market season begins on Wednesday April 27th in Deering Oaks Park. The market has been in operation since 1768.
June 13 – The 2022 Beard Foundation Awards gala is taking place in Chicago. Five Maine chefs and restaurants are contenders for this year’s awards.
June 13 – 19 – the 5th Annual Portland Wine Week will be taking place.
July 21 – Magnus on Water chef Ben Jackson will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb.
July 23 – Chaval chefs Ilma Lopez and Damian Sansonetti will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Dandelion Spring Farm in Bowdoinham.
September 3 – Tender Table is holding their 2nd Annual Food & Art Fair in Congress Square Park.
October 9 – the Maine Cheese Guild is holding Maine Open Creamery Day.
2022 Down East Lobster Roll Competition
Down East magazine has put out a call to Maine restaurants, food trucks, and lobster shacks to participate in their 2022 Down East Lobster Roll Competition.
Customers will visit the participating businesses from May 2nd to July 17th and vote online for their favorite lobster roll. The first, second and third place winners will get ad space in Down East and promotion across all their online platforms and bragging rights of having the top lobster rolls in the state—see this page for all the details.
Restaurants interested in taking part can fill out this registration form.
Maine Wild Wine Fest
The inaugural edition of the Maine Wild Wine Fest (website, facebook, instagram) will be taking place May 21st at the Wolfe’s Neck Center Mallet Barn in Freeport.
The one-day festival will feature two attendance windows (10:30 – 1:30 and 1:30 – 4). Attendees will be able to taste the natural wines and talk with representatives from natural wine producers and importers.
The concept of natural wine aligns with the mission of understanding where our food and beverage comes from, and how to produce products in more responsible ways. This is a unique opportunity to meet and talk with the people who have shaped that movement in America, learning from them first hand, while tasting delicious and very special wines!
MWWF is being organized by Ned Swain and Margot Mazur. Tickets are now on sale at www.mainewildwinefest.com.
Upcoming Events: Choptails, Codex, LBT Pop-Up, Hungarian, Rose Series
Tuesday – the Choptails Cocktail Competition is taking place at Batson River. Chef Cody Finch will be holding the next dinner in his Codex series at Petite Jacqueline (5 courses @ $85/person).
Wednesday – Tandem Bakery will be re-opening for indoor seating for the first time since 2020, and Ramona’s will be opening for indoor seating for the first time ever. Liu Bian Tan will be holding a takeout pop-up at Sichuan Kitchen (2 – 4 pm). The New England Ocean Cluster will be holding a talk on Maine Oyster Aquaculture.
Thursday – the cafe at the Washington Baths will be holding a pop-up featuring Hungarian food in collaboration with chef Andrew Barton of Secret Restaurant Portland (Oregon).
Friday – it’s the start of the Rose Foods guest chef series.
Saturday – it’s the Grand Opening of the Rosemont/Harbor Fish market in Scarborough.
April 5 – Timber is slated to re-open as the Timber Bourbon Bar & Lounge.
April 6 – Lucky Pigeon will be hosting a Gluten-Free Chacuterie Workshop and Beer Tasting organized by Mrs. Gee Free Living.
April 8 – Bay Bowls is scheduled to open on Washington Ave.
April 9 – the Beer With(out) Beards festival will be taking place.
April 16 – Novare Res is holding Gasharoo, their annual celebration of beers from Allagash Brewing Company.
April 20 – Oxbow Brewing is hosting a Fermentation Fair organized by The Resilience Hub & Portland Maine Permaculture.
April 22 – May 1 – 4th Maine Seaweed Week will be taking place.
June 13 – The 2022 Beard Foundation Awards gala is taking place in Chicago. Five Maine chefs and restaurants are contenders for this year’s awards.
June 13 – 19 – the 5th Annual Portland Wine Week will be taking place.
July 21 – Magnus on Water chef Ben Jackson will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb.
July 23 – Chaval chefs Ilma Lopez and Damian Sansonetti will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Dandelion Spring Farm in Bowdoinham.
September 3 – Tender Table is holding their 2nd Annual Food & Art Fair in Congress Square Park.
Maine Maple Sunday
Maine Maple Sunday is taking place this weekend. 101 maple syrup producers from all over the state are taking part. Visit the Maine Maple Producers Association website to find a maple sugaring operation near you.
For additional information see today’s article in the Press Herald.
Upcoming Events: Paper Tiger, Piedmontese Wine at Solo Italiano
Monday – Paper Tiger (website, facebook, instagram) is scheduled to open today.
Wednesday – winemaker Giorgio Bava will be at Solo Italiano, and the restaurant will be featuring his wines by the glass and serving some dishes inspired by Bava’s region of Piedmont.
March 29 – the Choptails Cocktail Competition is taking place at Batson River. Maine’s newest cidery the Absolem Cider and Oxbow Brewing will collaborating on a beer/cider dinner at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford. Chef Cody Finch will be holding the next dinner in his Codex series at Petite Jacqueline (5 courses @ $85/person).
March 31 – Eat It & Beet It (instagram) will be launching their food truck at Goodfire Brewing in East Bayside.
April 1 – it’s the start of the Rose Foods guest chef series.
April 9 – the Beer With(out) Beards festival will be taking place.
April 20 – Oxbow Brewing is hosting a Fermentation Fair organized by The Resilience Hub & Portland Maine Permaculture.
April 22 – May 1 – 4th Maine Seaweed Week.
June 13 – The 2022 Beard Foundation Awards gala is taking place in Chicago. Five Maine chefs and restaurants are contenders for this year’s awards.
June 13 – 19 – the 5th Annual Portland Wine Week will be taking place.
July 21 – Magnus on Water chef Ben Jackson will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb.
July 23 – Chaval chefs Ilma Lopez and Damian Sansonetti will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Dandelion Spring Farm in Bowdoinham.
Rose Foods Sandwich Series
Rose Foods has announced the schedule for their annual guest chef sandwich series. Each Friday through Sunday, a specialty bagel sandwich designed by that week’s guest chef will be featured on the menu. Here’s the schedule:
- April 1 – 3, Mr. Tuna
- April 8 – 10, Onggi
- April 15 – 17, Taj
- April 22 – 24, Baharat
- April 29 – 31, Mamelah’s
- May 6 – 8, Sichuan Kitchen
- May 13 – 15, Quiero Cafe
- May 20 – 23, Duckfat
Upcoming Events: Beard Nominees Due Out Wednesday
Wednesday – the short list of final nominees for the 2022 James Beard Awards will be released; 10 Maine chefs and restaurants were named as semifinalists this year.
Friday – Union Bagel is re-openning their shop on Cumberland Ave.
March 29 – Maine’s newest cidery the Absolem Cider and Oxbow Brewing will collaborating on a beer/cider dinner at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford, and chef Cody Finch will be holding the next dinner in his Codex series at Petite Jacqueline (5 courses @ $85/person).
April 9 – the Beer With(out) Beards festival will be taking place.
April 22 – May 1 – 4th Maine Seaweed Week.
June 13 – 19 – the 5th Annual Portland Wine Week will be taking place.
July 21 – Magnus on Water chef Ben Jackson will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb.
July 23 – Chaval chefs Ilma Lopez and Damian Sansonetti will participating in the Outstanding in the Field series with a dinner at Dandelion Spring Farm in Bowdoinham.