Category: Events

Joshua McFadden, chef of Ava Gene’s and Tusk in Portland Oregon, will be serving a multi-course dinner at Palace Diner in Biddeford next week. The dinner will feature dishes from McFadden’s new book Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables. The dinner will feature dishes highlighted in the book.

Earlier this year, Food & Wine named Tusk one of the 10 best new restaurants of the past year.

Palace’s co-owners Greg Mitchell and Chad Conley and McFadden met while they were all working on Eliot Coleman’s Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine.

Don Lindgren from Rabelais Books will be at the dinner selling copies of McFadden’s book.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite.

Monday – Village Vitals is serving a Mississippi pop-up dinner at Fork Food Labs.

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

Thursday – there will be a Stone Fence spirits tasting at the Public Market House.

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

Saturday – the Brewers Guild is holding their Summer Session Beer Festival, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Local 188 is serving a dinner featuring cuisine from Seville, Spain.

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.

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

Thursday – Little Giant (facebook, instagram) is holding their grand opening, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival will be holding a community concert at Rising Tide.

Friday – Devenish Wines will be holding a sparkling wine event at Tandem Coffee on Congress pouring four unusual and rare Italian sparkling wines, and a wine tasting at Rosemont on Commercial Street.

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.

Wednesday – Noble Barbecue is scheduled to open at 11:30 am, there will be a wine tasting at Browne Trading, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Friday – Petite Jacqueline is holding their annual Bastille Day Dinner, and there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont on Congress.f

Saturday – the Pils & Love beer festival is taking place, the Fork Food Lab is holding a market, 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.

Tuesday – it’s the 4th of July. Head to the Eastern Prom at 7:30 for an outdoor concert by the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the annual firework display over the water.

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

Friday – Rosemont on Brighton is holding wine tasting.

Saturday –the Down East Lobster Roll Festival is taking place on Thompson’s Point, LeRoux Kitchen is holding a wine tasting, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market are 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.

Full Plate Full Potential, the Maine organization fight childhood hunger in the state, is expanding to the Midcoast with an event at 250 Main in Rockland. Chef Kerry Altiero from Cafe Miranda, Michael Mastronardi from Yardbird Canteen, Maine Street Meats, and Chartrand Imports  are participating in the event.

The businesses along the in-town stretch of Washington Ave are having a block party this Saturday.

Participating food vendors include: Oxbow, Maine Mead Works, Hardshore Distilling, Terlingua, Izikaya Minato, Silly’s, Cong Tu Bot, Coffee by Design , Flying Fox, A&C Grocery, Portland Pottery.

Tuesday – influential Boston bartender Brother Cleve will be guest mixing tiki cocktails at the Hunt and Alpine Club, 5-7 pm.

Wednesday – Hugo’s is holding a dinner featuring food and wine from southern France, there will be wine tastings at Browne Trading and the Old Port Wine Merchants, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – there will be a Champagne wine dinner at Petite Jacqueline.

Friday – Yes Brewing is scheduled to open at 3:30. They’re located at 609 Main Street behind Mister Bagel.

Saturday –the 2017 Craft Brew Race and Festival and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market are 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.

Wednesday – the Falafel Mafia (facebook, instagram) food truck is set to launch, they plan to be on Commercial Street for lunch time and then head up to the Eastern Prom for dinner. The Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – it’s the first day of the Holy Trinity Church Greek Festival, there will be a latte art competition at Bard Coffee at 8pm, the Portland Food Festival Will be at Thompson’s Point, Slab is holding the the 3rd Annual Barreled Souls tape takeover, the next meeting of the Portland Spirits Society is taking place and Woodford F&B, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Allagash.

Friday – the Cape Farm Alliance Lobster Bake & Pig Roast is taking place, and there will be a wine tasting at the West End Rosemont.

Saturday –the Allagash Street Fair, the 9th Annual Strawberry Festival and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market are taking place.

Sunday – Sur Lie, Lolita, Union, Piccolo and David’s are collaborating on a 5-course fund raising dinner to benefit the Maine Children’s Cancer Program, and Miyake is holding a farm dinner at Wolfe’s Neck Farm.

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.

Wednesday – Old Port Wine Merchants will have a Burgundy tasting, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Rising Tide.

Friday – there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont on Commercial Street, and Louie’s from Portsmouth, New Hampshire will be serving a pop-up dinner at Tipo.

Saturday – Foulmouthed Brewing is celebrating their 1-year anniversary, 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.