Katie Made Open House

Katie Made had an Open House Saturday at their new location, 181 Congress Street, and will be open again today.

Open house was so sucessful we decided to do it again tomorrow!! If you weren’t able to come by today stop on over, see our new home, and try some yummy food…open at 9 a.m.! All on donation.

They’re still awaiting a final state inspection approval and in the meantime are operating on a donation basis.

Otto Pizza Expansion Now Open

I just stopped by for a glass of wine and a slice at the new bar space at the original Otto Pizza on Congress Street. Diners now have a choice between going in the center door for a quick slice to go, or either bar to the left and right for table service with wine and beer. The new bar area only opened at around 2 hours earlier but was quickly reaching full capacity.

The new bar area is about 50% larger than Enzo but with the same subway tile, vintage wood and exposed brick aesthetic.

Frosty’s Opening on Saturday

According to a tweet from Meredith Goad, Frosty’s Donuts will open their South Portland location Saturday at 9 am. Frosty’s co-owner, Nels Omdal, was recently interviewed for the business page of the Press Herald about his purchase and expansion of the 47 year-old business.

Q: How did you come to own Frosty’s?
A:
I was a regular customer who loved their doughnuts. When I saw the for-sale sign, I met with the Realtor to express interest in buying the business, and Bob [Frost] happened to drop by. I got to have a one-on-one with him for about an hour and we made a connection as we talked about life and doughnuts.

Food Truck Love: Love Cupcake & Teresa Esposito’s On the Go

The Portland Daily Sun checked in with Love Cupcake after the food truck’s first day of operation.

A year after building their food trailer, the owners of Love Cupcakes finally opened on Commercial Street in Portland this week. On Thursday, early customer response seemed to vindicate the owners’ efforts to navigate city government and gain permission to operate a mobile food trailer.

“It’s been a mix, a lot of tourists, but a lot of local and business people, too,” said Anna Turcotte on Thursday.

The article also reports that there’s a second food truck in operation on Riverside.

“The only other application we are working on is for Teresa Esposito’s On the Go, on private property at the Home Depot parking lot at 245 Riverside Street,” Gardner said.

Esposito has operated a food truck at the location under a “unique agreement” with the city, with a temporary food service license, Gardner said. Now, she has filed an official food truck application.

City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said, “The task force developed the policies, we put some rules in place, and now we’re in a wait and see mode to see how it goes.”