Monday – Great Wave will be teaching a sushi making class at Good Fire Brewing. Chef Adrian Arvizu will be holding a Tacos by Tio pop-up at the Local 188 event space.
Saturday – Chaval is serving a Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner.
Sunday – Farms for Food Equity is holding a dinner in Portland in collaboration with Ocotillo.
December 24 – Regards is serving a Fest of the Seven Fishes dinner.
December 25 – It’s Christmas Day. Check with your favorite local restaurants to see who may be open.
December 27 – Browne Trading is holding their annual Champagne and Caviar Tasting.
New Year’s Eve – We’re be putting together a list of special New Year’s Eve food and dining events. New additions will be made as businesses announce their plans.
- Catbird (South Berwick) – will be serving a 4-course dinner; $84 per person.
- Chaval (Portland) – will be serving a multi-course dinner; $121.77 (including tip) per person.
- Canopy Hotel (Portland) – Luna and Salt Yard will be serving NYE special menus along with live music earlier in the evening and a DJ until midnight.
- Douro (Portland) – will be serving a 4-course dinner; $95 per person.
- Evo (Portland) – will be serving a multi course dinner; $140 per person.
- Five of Clubs (Portland) – will be offering oysters with caviar and crème fraîche, and bubbles “because why not end the year in style?”
- Isa Bistro (Portland) – will be serving a 3-course dinner; $120 per person.
- Knotted Apron (Portland) – will be serving a 5-course dinner with a Champagne toast, and optional wine pairings; $145 per person.
- Lucky Cheetah (Portland) – will be serving a 7-course dinner with a glass of Champagne; $150 per person.
- Magissa (Portland) – will be serving a 4-course dinner; $80 per person.
- Magnus on Water (Biddeford) – will be serving 4-course dinner (5 – 9 pm, followed by an after party); dinner is $95 per person
- Maine Street Bistro (Brunswick) – will be serving a 5-course dinner with a glass of Champagne; $100 per person.
- Miyake (Portland) – will be serving a 5-course omakase dinner; $130 per person with optional sake pairing for $55.
- MK Kitchen (Gorham) – will be serving a 4-course dinner; $99 per person.
- Mr. Tuna (Portland) – will be serving an omakase dinner in the former Bar Futo space on Fore Street; $225 per person.
- Nina June (Rockport) – will be serving a prix fixe dinner; $120 per person.
- Phoenix Fine Wines (Eastport) – will be serving a 4-course dinner; $70 per person with optional $30 wine pairings.
- Portland Beer Hub (Portland) – will be holding am early evening New Year’s Eve party.
- Provender (Ellsworth) – will be serving a prix fixe dinner.
- Pacifico (Saco) – will be serving 3-course dinner; $80 per person.
- Side Street Cafe (Bar Harbor) – is holding a New Year’s Eve party.
- Sur Lie (Portland) – will be serving 4-course dinner; $100 per person.
- The Good Table (Cape Elizabeth) – will be serving a 4-course dinner; $125 per person.
- The Harpswell Inn (Harpswell) – will be serving a traditional Cantonese New Year dinner; $180 per person.
- Twelve (Portland) – will be serving a 7-course dinner; $215 per person with optional wine pairings for $120.
- Woodford F&B (Portland) – will be serving dinner with “plenty of bubbles & festive embellishments”
January 1 – Woodford F&B will be serving a New Year’s Day brunch, as will Douro. and Dolce Amici in Norway.
January 17 – Chef Damian Sansonetti will be teaching a Coq Au Vin cooking class and Burgundian wine class at Chaval.
January 24 – Courntey Loreg from Woodford’s Food & Beverage will be the guest chef at a Flanagan Farm Supper Club dinner. Asher Boisvert is teaching a vermouth class at Chaval.
January 30 – Adrian Arvizu from Big Tree Hospitality will be the guest chef at a steakhouse themed Flanagan Farm Supper Club dinner.
February 7 – Chef Damian Sansonetti will be teaching a pasta & negroni class at Chaval.
February 8 – Ilma Lopez and Damian Sansonetti will be the guest chefs at a Flanagan Farm Supper Club dinner where they’ll celebrate the menu of their former restaurant Piccolo.
February 13 – Devin Finigan from Aragosta on Deer Isle will be the guest chef at a Flanagan Farm Supper Club dinner.
March 1 – Chef Damian Sansonetti will be teaching a Whole Hog Butchery class at Chaval.
March 6 – The Maine Craft Brew Summit is taking place. Natalie Cilurzo, co-owner and President of Russian River Brewing Company, will be the keynote speaker.
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