Category: Events

 

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.

Tuesday – Solo Italiano chef Paola Laboa will be teaching a pasta-making class.

Wednesday – there will be a Greek wine tasting at RSVP, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Friday – Grace is hosting an Opera Cocktail Party, there will be a tequila and mezcal event on Thompson’s Point, and Novare Res will be featuring beer from Stillwater Brewing.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market 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.

Monday – Quiero Cafe (website, facebook, instagram) is opening in Bramhall Square (10 am – 9 pm), and the PSO’s Symphony & Spirits is taking place.

Wednesday – Knack Factory is hosting an iPhone photography workshop led by photographer Kari Herer, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – local baristas are gathering at Tandem Bakery for a latte art competition.

Friday – Oxbow is releasing three new beers (Principesca, Abrico, Cherry Jackpot), there will be a wine tasting at the Munjoy Hill Rosemont, and the Bier Cellar is holding a Sasanoa Brewing tasting.

Saturday – there will be a beer tasting at RSVP, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Bow Street is holding their monthly wine seminar, and chefs Sam Hayward, Melissa Kelly, Rob Evans, Mark Gaier, Clark Frasier, Ilma Lopez, and baker Alison Pray will be preparing a fundraising dinner for Full Plates, Full Potential at Flanigan’s Table.

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.

Monday – The James Beard Foundation awards gala is taking place in Chicago. Rob Tod is a nominee in the Outstanding Wine, Beer and Spirits Professional category. Portland food Map is in Chicago today to cheer him on and report on the results.

Tuesday – Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh will be at Little Giant for the launch of the Bolivian Brandy he owns called Singani 63, and Giant is holding their monthly Hush Hush event.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place, Local 188 is celebrating their 20th Anniversary, and 9 restaurants are holding Italian wine dinners.

Saturday – Giant is launching their espresso service, the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market 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.

The Boston Globe has published an article about this year’s upcoming Portland Wine Week (June 17 – 23).

Restaurants, bars, and shops all over town will present a multitude of offerings, from the budget-friendly to the splurge-worthy. Sip a gently priced glass of bubbly alongside freshly shucked oysters at a shellfish market, or learn to craft your own spritzer at a stylish cocktail lounge. In the evening, drop by a restaurant you’ve been wanting to try, and get acquainted with a winemaker over a prix fixe repast. The next morning, hop aboard a sailboat and enjoy a scenic brunch on Casco Bay. Tickets to events are sold a la carte, so it’s a snap to customize your own adventure.

Monday – Seaweed Week continues with restaurants across the city participating by having seaweed based dishes and drinks on their menu. See the Seaweed Week website for a list of participating venues in Portland and across the state.

Tuesday – Solo Italiano is holding a Pasta with Paolo pasta making class.

Wednesday – the 1st Monument Square Farmers’ Market of the year is taking place, there will be a Greek wine tasting at Old Port Wine Merchants, and Jake Parrot will be at Little Giant for a Haus Alpenz cocktail and wine dinner.

Thursday – Jake Parrot will be at Maine & Loire for a Haus Alpenz wine tasting, and the Great Lost Bear will be featuring beer from Banded Horn.

Friday – there will be a wine tasting at the West End Rosemont.

Saturday – Devenish Wines and Belleville are teaming up on a sparking wine pizza night, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market 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.

This weekend (Friday – Sunday) the Maine Oyster Company on Portland Street will be holding Spring Slurpfest 2019.

The oyster festival will include, “Free oyster schwag from growers,  daily prize giveaways including private farm tours, club memberships & oysters, free shucking demonstrations, speciality oyster dishes” and on Sunday they’ll be holding the first of four Slurp Madness (an oyster eating contest) qualifying events.

 

Monday – Chaval is featuring ciders from ANXO and serving some additional menu items to pair with them.

Tuesday – Chefs Matt Ginn and Christian Hayes will be at One Longfellow Square for an onstage MaineVoices conversation,  and Chaval is featuring wines from Greek winemaker 14/27 and serving some additional menu to pair with them.

Thursday – Mary Ann Esposito will be at Solo Italiano for a wine dinner, GMRI is holding their annual Seafood Celebration, and the 33rd Annual Chocolate Lover’s Fling is taking place.

Friday – Seaweed Week kick’s off, and there will be a wine tasting at the West End Rosemont.

Saturday – the 1st Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market of the year is taking place, Allagash is releasing their Coolship la Mûre, and both Blue Lobster Wines and Eighteen Twenty Wines are opening in their new digs on Anderson Street (they swapped spaces).

A Look Ahead – here are a couple events happening a little further out that you may want to check out.

• • Nine Maine restaurants are collaborating with Winebow/Leonardo Locasio Selections to hold Italian wine dinners on May 8th: Enoteca Athena, Evo Kitchn + Bar, Inn by the Sea, Lolita, Paciarino, Solo Italiano, Tipo, Union, Varano’s.
  • Hop Culture is holding their Juicy Brews Craft Beer Festival to Mast Landing Brewing Company in Westbrook on June 29th.

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.