Siblings Bakery, The Purple Whisk, and Coveside Coffee are working together on a Bake for Ukraine pastry box which will include everything cream cheese scones, ginger sables, Meyer lemon crullers and a sweet and tart layer cake. Pick-up for the pastry boxes is taking place Saturday at Coveside Coffee.
For more info and to pre-order your pastry box visit the Siblings online shop.
Through to Saturday – Maine Restaurant Week.
Monday – a 5-course Bissell Brothers beer dinner.
Thursday – the Roma Cafe is holding a 4-course Tuscan wine dinner.
Saturday – it’s pick-up day at Coveside Coffee for the Bake for Ukraine pastry box being prepared by Siblings Bakery and The Purple Whisk.
Sunday – Judy Gibson and Lorne Wine are teaming up on a 4-course wine dinner.
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.
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.
Tuesday – March 12 – Maine Restaurant Week.
Friday – a new food cart called Slide Street Co. is holding a pop-up at Fork Food Lab, and it will be the grand opening of Dila’s (menu) at the Public Market House.
Saturday – the launch party for Absolem Cider is taking place at Anoche on Washington Ave, and Belleville is re-opening their North Street shop, 8 am to 2 pm.
March 7 – a 5-course Bissell Brothers beer dinner.
March 10 – the Roma Cafe is holding a 4-course Tuscan wine dinner.
March 13 – Judy Gibson and Lorne Wine are teaming up on a 4-course wine dinner.
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.
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.
Maine Restaurant Week kicks off this Tuesday and runs through March 12th. 40 restaurants and bars in the Portland area are taking part.
This year’s program also includes Spirit Quest, a “self-guided cocktail and paired bites walking tour that takes participants to Old Port and Congress Street Arts District restaurants and bars.”
Tuesday – a Codex pop-up dinner is taking place at Petite Jacqueline.
Thursday – Judy Gibson is holding a Portuguese wine dinner, and there will be a 5-course Spainish/Portuguese wine diner at Evo.
Sunday – Allagash’s annual Drink It Now virtual event is taking place. Drink It Now that encourages beer enthusiast to pull those special bottles they’ve been holding on to out of storage and #DrinkItNow.
March 1 – 12 – Maine Restaurant Week.
March 4 – a new food cart called Slide Street Co. is holding a pop-up at Fork Food Lab.
March 5 – the launch party for Absolem Cider is taking place at Anoche on Washington Ave.
March 7 – a 5-course Bissell Brothers beer dinner.
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.
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.
The family that ran DiPietro’s on Cumberland Ave is holding a one-day pop-up event at the Gold Room on Warren Ave this coming Saturday, 1 – 7 pm. The event is raising funds for a heart and lung transplant operation that David Grondin, a family member, needs.
For sale will be the classic DiPietro’s large ham Italian ($7), Team David t-shirts, and raffle tickets.
The DiPietro family operated their sandwich shop and market at 171 Cumberland Ave for 69 years before closing in 2013. The building is now occupied by Banh Appetit.
Monday/Valentine’s Day
Thursday – The Porthole is holding a wine dinner.
February 24 – Judy Gibson is holding a Portuguese wine dinner., and there will be a 5-course Spainish/Portuguese wine diner at Evo.
February 25 – a new food cart called Slide Street Co. is holding a pop-up at Fork Food Lab.
April 22 – May 1 – 4th Maine Seaweed Week.
March 1 – 12 – Maine Restaurant Week.
March 5 – the launch party for Absolem Cider from Winthrop Maine is taking place at Anoche on Washington Ave.
March 7 – a 5-course Bissell Brothers beer dinner.
March 29 – Maine’s newest cidery the Absolem Cider Company and Oxbow Brewing will collaborating on a beer/cider dinner at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford.
April 9 – the Beer With(out) Beards festival will be taking place.
June 13 – 19 – the 5th Annual Portland Wine Week will be taking place.
Mainebiz has a report on the Beer With(out) Beards festival taking place in Portland this April.
The craft beer industry is heavily hirsute, but a female-focused festival coming to Portland in April is looking to change that.
The Beer With(out) Beards Festival will celebrate the achievements of women in craft beer, and will showcase over 35 breweries nationwide that are owned or led by women and femme-identifying people, organizers recently announced.
Tickets are now on sale, for more information see this page on www.hopculture.com.
February – Visit Freeport is holding their annual Flavors of Freeport this month including their Freeport Foodie Lotto challenge.
Thursday – The Maker’s Galley is teaching a mushroom-focused cooking class, The Yard is hold a pre-Valentine’s Day Dueling Pianos event, Evo is holding a dinner in support of the Dempsey Center with seatings at 5:30 or 7:45, and there will be a gluten-free tasting event at Apres.
Sunday – Great Wave Sushi is teaching a sushi cooking class.
Valentine’s Day – this list continues to grow as restaurants announce their plans.
February 17 – The Porthole is holding a wine dinner.
February 24 – Judy Gibson is holding a Portuguese wine dinner.
March 1 – 12 – Maine Restaurant Week.
March 5 – the launch party for Absolem Cider from Winthrop Maine is taking place at Anoche on Washington Ave.
March 29 – Maine’s newest cidery the Absolem Cider Company and Oxbow Brewing will collaborating on a beer/cider dinner at the Oxbow Beer Garden in Oxford.
April 9 – the Beard With(out) Bears festival will be taking place.
June 13 – 19 – the 5th Annual Portland Wine Week will be taking place.
Fish and Whistle, the new restaurant under construction in Biddeford, will be working with Lorne Wine to hold a pop-up event on Valentine’s Day. The pop-up is taking place February 14th, 4 – 9 pm.
Here’s a look at the food menu for the event. Lorne will have wine and beer specials all night.
Fish Sandwich – $14
Battered and fried fish, milk bread bun, tartar, lettuce, pickles on side
Fish Chowder – $9
Cream, clam and fish stock, saltines
Fries – $5
Hand cut fries, salt, malt vinegar, mayo
Oysters – 6/$15 12/$30
Mignonette, lemon
Mango Tart – $5
Mango curd, whipped cream cheese, honey