Category: Maine

Here are some updates from around the state:

• Ancho Honey owner Malcolm Bedell has announced he’s leased a space in Thomaston where he plans to open Honey’s. The menu at Honey’s (website, instagram) will feature the fried chicken sandwiches that Ancho Honey has become a destination for. It will be located at 153 New County Road in the space formerly occupied by China Fortune. Bedell has listed Honey’s on MainVest where people can support the launch of the restaurant. Ancho Honey is located in Tenants Harbor. Bedell formerly operated the ‘Wich, Please food truck in Rockland.
• Mainebiz has published a report on Main Street Provisions which recently opened in Waterville.
• A new market called Poland Provisions (website, facebook, instagram) opened in late September. Owners Charles and Sheila Foley and their staff operate a cafe and general store Tuesday through Saturday. The business is located at 120 Maine Street.
• Chef Jimmy Leftis began a chef residency program at Table Bar in Gardiner back in May. His Friday and Saturday night dinners have been so well received that the summer experiment will now be a permanent element at Table Bar. Starting in November you’ll find Leftis at the now 31-seat Table Bar Wednesday through Saturday nights.
• A new wine bar called Good Wine Bar is under construction in Saco.
• The Prentice Hospitality Group is taking over operation of The Good Table in Cape Elizabeth.

Here are some recent food and dining highlights from around the state:

• The Morning Sentinel reports that Main Street Skowhegan is working on a $1M+ project to launch a shared commercial kitchen and food hall in downtown Skowhegan.
• A new business called Main Street Provisions (instagram) recently opened in Waterville. The shops stock beer, wine, and specialty foods sourced from local/regional producers.
• Miller’s Market (website, instagram) is under construction at 29 School Street in Gorham center. Miller’s will be a butcher and seafood shop, sandwich shop and caterer. Owner Sam Smith hopes to be open on November 1st.
• A coffee shop specializing in nitro cold brew coffee called Swell (instagram) is under construction in Saco (right photo). The shop will be located at 200 Main Street. In addition to nitro cold brew, Swell will serve teas and seasonal drinks as well as a small selection of baked goods. They will be sourcing their beans from Carrabassett Coffee Company. Swell is being launched by Kelsey and Peter Vacca along with business partners Chrissy and Taylor Archambault.
• The Midcoast pop-up kitchen Albatross (instagram) has leased the former Gypsy Rose in Camden (left photo) where owners Maggie and Jeffrey Harris plan to transform their business into a brick and mortar restaurant. Albatross plans to serve a menu of globally-inspired small plates plus some sandwiches.

Here are some recent food and dining highlights from around the state:

• Travel and Leisure recently declared the Blue Hill peninsula “One of the Best Places to Eat in the U.S. Right Now“. The article mentions Aragosta, Blue Hill Wine Shop, Tinder Hearth, Fin & Fern, Stonington Ice Cream Company, 44 North, Milkweed & Monarch, El El Frijoles, Barncastle, and more.
• The September issue of Down East includes an article about The Rooting Pig in Bristol.
• The Bangor Daily News reports that restaurateurs from Bar Harbor have bought the Stonington building that originally housed Aragosta with plans to open a new establishment called 27 Fathoms Waterfront Grille.

Here are some recent food and dining highlights from around the state:

• The Sun Journal reports that a new brewery called Hazywater Brewery and Taproom is under construction in Turner. Owner Bob Doyon hopes to launch by early October.
• The Bangor Daily News recently reported on a new restaurant under construction in the town of Sherman in Aroostook County. Chefs Jon Purdy and Jenny MacArthur are converting an old Victorian house into the future home of Salted Butter Farm restaurant. They hope to be open by the end of October. You can see a copy of their draft menu on facebook.
• Mainebiz reports that the Rooster Brother kitchenware store in Ellsworth is for sale.

Here are some recent food and dining highlights from around the state:

• • Mainebiz has provided an overview of several new restaurants, bars, coffee shops and food retail shops in downtown Bangor including SugarRay Baking, The Stage Door, Chimera Coffee, Smoke & Steel, Utopia, The Nest Cafe, Tavola, Lazy Hound.
  • Rise Pizza & Pub (instagram) has opened for business in Cumberland.
  • Heather Thompson Paquette will be the new president of the Good Shepherd Food Bank. She’ll be taking over leadership of the organization starting in September. Paquette has had a 24-year career with the parent company of Hannaford.