Haven’s Candies has a new owner. According to reports from MaineBiz, the Bangor Daily News and the Press Herald, Freeport businesswoman Erin Collins has bought the company from Andy Charles who has run the company since 2001.
Haven’s was founded in 1915 by Herbert Haven. The first store was located at 500 Forest Ave.
USA Today has had their “panel of beer experts picked 20 of the nation’s best cities for beer-centric travel” for their Best Beer Town readership survey.
Portland made the list and you can help Portland ride high in the polls by casting your vote for our city. The rules allow for one voter per day until the winners are chosen on October 13.
The Bangor Daily News has profiled The Farm Stand, a new butcher shop and local foods market that opened last month in South Portland.
Transmitting such intimate knowledge of the food people purchase and consume is one motivation driving The Farm Stand, a month-old store that operates like a year-round farmers market with walls. The joint venture between Jordan’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth and Farmers’ Gate Market in Wales aims to make buying locally raised and grown food easier for shoppers while helping farmers and food producers in the state find a year-round marketplace for their goods.
DL Geary Brewing’s new tasting room and retail store opened yesterday. During the fall and winter they plan on being open 11-4, Monday through Friday.
Geary’s is planning a launch party for the new room next Wednesday. The Maine Brew bus will be providing round-trip shuttle service, 4-7 pm from The Great Lost Bear.
Today’s Press Herald provides an inside look at the process Coffee by Design went through to reimagine their roastery when moving to their new 20,000+ square foot facility in East Bayside.
The process started with evaluating – at a microscopic level – the way they were currently working. Each employee was given a log and for two weeks was asked to record examples of waste they observed. When they regrouped to share findings, they had amassed 95 examples of waste, ranging from the time they spent packaging coffee orders to how many times a product crossed the same production space.
“It was mind-boggling,” Hardman said.
Tuesday — the monthly Local Foods Networking Breakfast will be held at Local Sprouts.
Wednesday — Five Fifty-Five is collaborating with GMRI on a sustainable seafood dinner, and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.
Thursday — the Wayside Food Programs are kicking off a three day food drive at Whole Foods, Black Tie is serving a farm dinner in New Gloucester, and The Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from 21st Amendment Brewing.
Saturday — Novare Res will be one of a select few beer bars in North America that are participating in the 2014 edition of Cantillon Zwanze Day, Rosemont is holding Harvest in the Hood on Brighton, Cape Elizabeth is organizing a kitchen tour, and the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place.
Sunday — Piccolo will be celebrating their 1st anniversary by serving a traditional 20-course meal paired with wines from Southern Italy, and Vignola/Cinque Terre is serving their 10th Annual Harvest Dinner in Greene.
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.
The Maine Sunday Telegram has reviewed Lolita.
These come with the local mushrooms and toast ($4) and an heirloom tomato salad ($9). I savor the freshness of the Black Kettle Farm cherry tomatoes with basil and the tang of the bleu cheese (that we left in this time), and find it goes well with the bite of the freshly sliced Bresaola, Crespone and Coppa salamis from Long Island and San Francisco. We also enjoy the warm, creamy sauce on the oyster mushrooms mixed with thyme and garlic, as well as the Jasper Hill Harbison cheese from Vermont and Lakin’s Gorges Prix de Diane from Rockport.
This week’s Phoenix includes an article on heirloom apples in Maine.
These aren’t far-off planets as envisioned by a science-fiction writer; rather, these unusual names and appearances describe heirloom apple varieties. As students trundle off to school, the nighttime temperatures begin to dip, and the daylight lessens, apple trees all across Maine are ripening. While we have come to think of apples as only “red” or “green” (and usually disappointingly mealy), local orchards are now offering apples with a plethora of tastes, textures, and uses.
Today, Sunday September 14th, is Maine Apple Sunday. Check out the Maine State Pomological Society website for a complete list of participating orchards.
The Blueberry Files has reviewed Fishin’ Ships.
The O.G. preparation of the fish and chips was certainly good – crispy batter, flaky fish, not unpleasantly greasy, with crunchy fries – but the taco was my favorite. Next time, I’ll explore the flavored batters and dipping sauces, as I’m more excited by the unusual flavors the rest of the fish and chips preparations have to offer.
Two new restaurants have submitted their liquor license applications with the city:
For information on all the restaurants under development see the Portland Food Map under construction list.