New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• Madeline Suhr, the owner of Periwinkle Pie Company (website, facebook, instagram) is constructing a building at 28 Bay Point Road in Georgetown where she plans to open a new bakery. Periwinkle currently operating out of the Robinhood Meeting house building and Suhr hopes to move to the new location in early 2027. Periwinkle now offers an assortment of sweet and savory hand pies, other baked goods and coffee. At the new location Suhr plans to expand the range of baked goods produced and to add espresso-based drinks to the beverage menu.
• The Kittery Wine Bar (website, instagram) held their grand opening Friday. The bar and bottle shop is being launched by owners Katie Howard-Smith and Jody Smith along with help from Howard-Smith’s sister Sadie Bell. The menu includes wine by the glass, bottle, and flights along with shareable snacks. The Kittery Wine Bar is located at 10 Walker Street and will be open Thursday through Saturday, 4 –10 pm, and Sunday, 11 am –3 pm. Here’s a look at the wine bar, and a field report from Eating Through the Seacoast. For more information, see this article from the Portsmouth Herald.
• The Bangor Daily News reports that a new food truck called T&D Eatery (facebook) has launched in Madawaska. According to the article, owner Amy Lagasse is serving a menu that includes “a little bit of everything with a focus on traditional Acadian cuisine.”
• The Bowdoinham Country Store (website, facebook, instagram) has opened for business (photos above). The business is being launched by Logan and Ashleigh Feeney with chef Nate Fenn. In addition to a wider range of market goods, the store sells sandwiches, salads, burgers and pizza to enjoy in their seating are or to grab and go. Later in the summer they hope to begin serving a dinner menu Thursday through Saturday.
• The Portsmouth Herald reports that Wiggly Bridge Distillery (website, facebook, instagram) in York has launch a food program named Wiggly Kitchen with a menu developed by chef Scott Samiya.
• The owners of the No Bones Grill (website, facebook, instagram) food truck have leased space in Old Town where they plan to open a brick and mortar restaurant. The Bangor Daily News reports that Daniel and Christine Terrill plan to hold a soft opening on July 14th and a grand opening July 20th.
• The father and daughter team Steve and Emily Brill have announced that the opening date for Brill’s Bakery (instagram) will be September 5th. The bakery is under construction in Wiscasset at 27 Summer Street.
• Kennebunk-based Pinsa has opened a second location in Ogunquit. They’ll be serving the same Roman-style sandwiches and will be open Wednesday through Saturday from their shop at 166 Main Street.
• Eating Through the Seacoast has published a field report from Siren & Sailor (website, instagram), a new cocktail bar and restaurant launched by the  owners of The Travelin Lobster in Bar Harbor.
• A new ice cream food truck called Salty Airs Scoops (instagram) has launched in York. The Ciampa family are serving ice cream from Shaker Pond Ice Cream in Alfred. See this article from the Portmouth Herald for additional information.
• The Portsmout Herald reports that Bandaloop in Arundel is under contract and the sale expected to close later this year. The new owners will be opening a new restaurant and not continuing to operate Bandaloop. Bandaloop has published a statement on facebook.
• Bowen’s Pizzeria & Deli in Belfast has announced they are closing. July 19th will be their last day in business. “We have some news we would like to share with you all. After many weeks of hard conversations and sleepless nights, we have made the difficult decision to close down the pizzeria. There are a lot of factors that led us to this decision. The volatility of the industry has gotten the better of us — the numbers just aren’t in our favor anymore.” For additional reporting see this article in the Bangor Daily News.
• Union Breakfast & Pizza in Lebanon will be going out of business. Their last day of service will be July 26th. The owners are focusing their energy on the launch of their new Azul Agave restaurants in Wells and Ogunquit.
• As previously reported, Banded Brewing in Biddeford will be closing at the end of August.
• The Bollard has published a breakfast review of Hank’s in Scarborough. “My friend ordered Hank’s Breakfast Sammy ($11 with meat, $8 without) with Vermont cheddar cheese. The English muffin from Not a Bakery was outstanding — airy, crisp and slightly chewy. The fried egg was expertly cooked, with lacy browned edges and a just-set yolk, and the irregularly shaped sausage patty was flavorful and well seasoned.”

For a statewide guide to eating and drinking see the Maine Food Map—a growing list of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, bakeries, cafes, plus other food and dining businesses in all of Maine’s 16 counties.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:

• The New Gloucester Village Store (website, facebook) has re-opened (above). Owner Sam Coggeshall and his team are serving a limited menu that includes pizza (12 and 16 inch pies, slices and Sicilian slabs), salads, sandwiches and entrees like pulled pork plate on polenta with slaw as well as beer, wine and nonalcoholic drinks. Coggershell expects to add additional hours, menu items and to stock their market shelves in the coming weeks. For now they’re open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 am – 8 pm. It’s located at 405 Intervale Road in New Gloucester. This is a relaunch of the village store which Coggershell ran 2008-2022. It has been supported by $250k gathered from members of the local community.
• A new Nigerian-inspired coffee shop called Kirí Coffeehouse (instagram) recently opened in Rockport. The Midcoast Villager reports that owner Ebinumo Amabebe is serving coffee “from a pair of micro-roasters in Brooklyn, Devoción and Sey, that are known for pushing at the margins of what coffee can taste like, with roasts that tend more toward the acidic and fruity side of the flavor spectrum than what most people are accustomed to.” Kirí is located at 47 West Street in Rockport and is open Monday and Wednesday through Saturday, 6:30 am – 2 pm, and Sunday 9 am – 2 pm.
• The Deer Isle Oyster Company has launched The Stoop (instagram). The new Blue Hill oyster bar is serving a menu of tinned fish, cheese, salad, pretzels, and oysters as well as wine, beer and cocktails. It is located at 27 Water Street an will be open Friday through Tuesday, 4 – 8 pm.
• In nearby Brooksville a new coffee and ice cream shop called The Old Post Office (instagram) has opened. They’re serving 44 North coffee, baked goods from Ebee’s Sweets (instagram) in Castine, and ice cream from John’s Ice Cream Factory (instagram) in Liberty. The Old Post Office is located at 715 Coastal Road and is open Tuesday through Sunday, 7:30 am – 4 pm.
• A new food truck called Beaux Reves (facebook, instagram) has launched in Rockland. They’re located at the corner of Park Drive and Main Street and are open daily 11 am – 4 pm (except Wednesday and Sunday). The self described Southern Acadian Street Kitchen is serving a menu that includes po’boys, crab cake sandwiches, lobster rolls, muffulettas, and shrimp and grits.
• Stacy and Radu Fulea have launched The Idle Hour (instagram) in Rockland. It is located at 273 Main Street and open Friday through Tuesday, 11 am – 9 pm.
• The Bangor Daily News reports that a new herb and tea shop called Tender Nettle Herb Company (instagram) has opened in Belfast in the spot formerly occupied by Daily Soup at 118 High Street. The BDN also reports that Lone Star Latte (instagram) has opened at 473 Shore Road in Northport and that The Scone Goddess in Northport will be closing their retail shop at the end of this summer and continue operating out of their production kitchen in Belfast.
• Rabbit Rabbit Wine Company (website, instagram) has released of their first wine. Owners Lindsay Benson-O’Caoimh and Colm O’Caoimh have produced 22 cases of Étaín’s Pour. It is a blend of Verona, LaCrescent, Sabrevois harvested in Maine and Vermont. You can find it at Oyster River Wine Growers in Warren, Crooked Face Creamery in Skowhegan, and at both Winona’s and First Fig in Camden.
• Sweetgrass Winery & Distillery, in collaboration with Mossy Ledge Spirits, has relaunched their award winning Back River Gin.
• The Prentice Hospitality Group has relaunched The Good Table (website, facebook, instagram) in Cape Elizabeth as a pizzeria and pastry cafe. They’re holding a soft opening today (noon – 8 pm) with a full official opening scheduled for Friday. They’re serving pizza, salads, breadsticks, pastries, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks.
• Morning Glory Natural Foods has announced they’ll be launching their new Brunswick Landing location on August 1st.
• The Midcoast Villager has released the results of their 2026 Best of the Best readership poll. It includes a number of food and beverage categories like Lobster Dinner (Claws), Asian Restaurant (Long Grain) and Cocktails (Lemon Bar).
• The Moxie Festival is taking place in Lisbon this weekend, Friday through Sunday.
• Rachel Alexandrou is holding a Wild Foods Picnic on July 18th at the Langlais Art Preserve in Cushing.
• Circumstance in Swanville is holding a wine dinner on July 18th featuring natural wines from Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.
• The Animal Welfare Society is holding Woofstock on July 25th in Kennebunk. 10 food trucks and 9 Maine breweries are participating in the event.
• As previously reported, The Rooting Pig in Bristol relaunched on Thursday.

For a statewide guide to eating and drinking see the Maine Food Map—a list of more than 100 coffee shops, bars, restaurants, bakeries, cafes, plus other food and dining businesses in all of Maine’s 16 counties.