According to a report in the Press Herald, Trader Joe’s plans to open their new Portland store on Friday, October 29.
Trader Joe’s spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said the Portland store will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. She said more information will be released sometime next week about the grand opening, which will feature a lei-cutting ceremony and other festivities.
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald provides an overview of Harvest on the Harbor, the Portland food festival taking place later this month. The article includes interviews with chefs and highlights of some of the key events.
Chef Michael Ruoss has enjoyed watching Portland’s reputation as a food town grow ever since he toiled in the student kitchens at Southern Maine Community College.
Ruoss worked at the Seaman’s Club and the Snow Squall just across the bridge, then went on to make a name for himself in New Orleans.
He worked his way up to chef de cuisine at Emeril Lagasse’s flagship restaurant, NOLA, and now works on developing new restaurants with a restaurant group called 3 of a Kind.
Immigrant Kitchens has published photos and recipes from an Iraqi cooking class held in Portland last Friday.
The kitchen of St. Pius X Church at the north corner of Payson Park (429 Ocean Ave., Portland, ME) was particularly steamy on the unusually hot night of October 1st. Forty people were inaugurating a new international cooking class series taught by refugees, a project of the Catholic Charities Maine Refugee & Immigration Services. The head cook was a woman from Iraq. She’d been an architect there, working for the U.S. government in reconfiguring Saddam Hussein’s palaces for new uses, but had to flee because her colleagues and their families were being kidnapped and killed
Appetite Portland has published a review of Bar Lola.
I love the food. I love the menu structure. I love the complete lack of pretension of owners Guy & Stella Hernandez. In short, I am horribly biased.
So, if you abhor odes – you might as well stop reading now.
But, if you want to know why Bar Lola is one of the best, most consistent and welcoming restaurants in Portland – read on.
Tuesday — Bar Lola is hosting a Piedmontese wine dinner.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching the first of 2 classes on sparkling wine at The Wine Bar.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — The state-wide Open Creamery Day is Sunday, and Mycologist Greg Marley, author of Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore and Mystique of Mushrooms, will be at Rabelais for a book signing.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.
Tuesday — Bar Lola is hosting a Piedmontese wine dinner.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching the first of 2 classes on sparkling wine at The Wine Bar.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — The state-wide Open Creamery Day is Sunday, and Mycologist Greg Marley, author of Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore and Mystique of Mushrooms, will be at Rabelais for a book signing.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.
Local Sprouts Cafe has received 3 stars from the Taste & Tell review in today’s Maine Sunday Telegram.
With changing entrees nightly, Local Sprouts Cafe presents local produce, meat and more with some panache in preparation — dinner can be quite good.
The 10 eateries looked up most often in September were:
The numbers in parentheses indicates their rank last month.
Happy Teriyaki has changed it’s name and menu and reopens today as Korea House which will be Portland’s only restaurant to serve an all Korean menu. A press release from the restaurant indicates they plan to prepare “authentic Korean dishes for both the epicure and casual eater”.
The polls are now open for the 2010 Indie Biz awards. This is the third year that Portland Buy Local has run this program to celebrate the best independent run businesses in the Portland area. Portland food businesses are nominated in nearly every category from Soul of Portland to Global Hero.