Category: Openings

Three new or returning seafood restaurants have recently opened:

• Fishermen’s Grill (website) has reopened at their new location, 650 Main St, Westbrook. They plan to eventually add Italian options to their usual menu during dinner service and will be opening a small bar in late July.
• Miller Brothers Seafood (facebook) has opened in the former Fishermen’s Grill space, 849 Forest Ave. I’ve heard they make some excellent onion rings.
• Linda Kate (facebook) has opened at 1035 Ocean Ave near the border of Portland and Falmouth. Chef Sam Bergeron is serving a menu of lobster bisque, clam chowder, two types of lobster rolls, crab lettuce wraps and lobster tacos.

A new food cart called Strictly Cold Brew (instagram, facebook) launched on July 2nd. As the name suggests, they cold brew coffee and are using beans from Swift River Coffee in Raymond.

You should be able to find them on Commercial Street this weekend.

Portland Pulp (website, facebook, instagram) is scheduled to open on Friday.

They are co-located with Head Games at 116 Free Street. Portland Pulp promises a menu of juice, smoothies and chopped salads.

Owners Martha Leonard and Niky Walter plan to open Maiz Colombian Street Food (facebook) this Saturday.

Maiz is located on the second floor of the Public Market House. Maiz will serve “modern twists on the traditional Colombian” arepas. In the morning they will also have on the menu a “pan-de-bono, a savory cheese bread made with yucca flour”. Maiz will also serve Colombian coffee and lemonades in fruit and coconut flavors.

Edible Maine released the first issue of their magazine yesterday.

Editor Michael Sanders has assembled a strong team of writers and photographers including Russell French, Ted Axelrod, Claire Jeffers, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, John Myers, Christine Burns Rudalevige and Kate Shaffer.

Eighteen Twenty Wines released their first batch of rhubarb wine yesterday. The East Bayside business delivered  the first few bottles to Hannigan’s Island Market on Peaks Island.

North43 Bistro has opened. The South Portland restaurant is located at 1 Spring Point Drive in the location formerly occupied by Joe’s Boathouse.

Stephanie Brown is the chef at North43. Bowman was the chef/owner of Sea Grass Bistro in Yarmouth for a number of years before closing the restaurant in 2013.

Gorgeous Gelato launched their new Commercial Street gelato cart over the weekend.

Blyth & Burrows (website, facebook, instagram, twitter), a multifaceted cocktail bar located at 26 Exchange Street, is scheduled to open today at 4pm. The bar is owned by Josh Miranda.

Blyth & Burrows held a media preview earlier this week. You can more about the bar, its menu and the layout of its space in articles by The Blueberry Files, Peter Peter Portland Eater, and Urban Eye.

Here’s an excerpt from TBF’s article,

When you first enter off Exchange St., you’re in the showiest part of the space, complete with a library ladder to access top shelf bottles. The bar staff is made up of Sur Lie and EVO alums, so expect a similar style bar menu, with specialty cocktails involving lesser known ingredients like Carpano Antica and housemade ingredients like a spruce tip cordial.

The name is a reference to Captain Samuel Blyth from the HMS Boxer and Lieutenant William Burrows of the USS Enterprise who were buried in the Eastern Cemetery and died during an naval battle between their ships in Casco Bay in 1813.