Today’s Press Herald has a report on plans for a five-story building planned for the corner of High and York Streets—the current location of El Rayo.
The one-level structure that currently houses El Rayo, a traditional Mexican cantina, and the adjacent building that once housed the El Rayo Cantina will be torn down to make way for the new development, according to Veroneau.
“We don’t know at this point but certainly if El Rayo wants to be part of the project we’d love to have them,” Veroneau said.
El Rayo’s owners did not respond to several attempts to reach them Monday.
According to Facebook post on Sunday by Eat Maine, El Rayo is “closing for good at the end of September“.
Update: El Rayo has put out a press release confirming that they’ll be closing their York Street location at the end of September and will be holding a “Farewell Fiesta” on September 26th and 27th.
2nd Update: the Bangor Daily News has published an article about the transition of this space as well.