Also, culinary bookstore Rabelais returns to Portland with a pop-up store; Bread & Friends brings back dinner; new PBS series features segment with Martha Stewart in Maine; and more.
Tim Cebula
Staff Writer
Tim Cebula has been a food writer and editor for 23 years. A former correspondent for The Boston Globe food section, his work has appeared in Time, Health, Food & Wine, CNN.com, and Boston magazine, among other publications. He is also a former judge for both the restaurant and journalism portions of the James Beard Awards. He was most recently senior editor at Cooking Light magazine, where he worked for 13 years. Tim lives in Old Orchard Beach.
Posted inDo This, Food
This Bath butcher shop’s burger is worth planning your Saturday around
Once a week, Kennebec Meat Co. puts out a smash burger that often sells out.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland boy, 12, apparently drowns in Presumpscot River
A diver from the Maine Warden Service located the victim shortly after 7 p.m. and pulled him from the river near the boat launch.
Posted inFood
Five sons in Maine’s restaurant business honor their fathers
From chefs working in the kitchen with their dads, to bar, restaurant and food cart owners using their businesses to commemorate their late fathers, there’s no shortage of father-son love in the Maine hospitality world.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: New Portland bars to offer board games, Latin focus
Also, Pot + Pan cannabis edibles opens a Woodfords Corner store; Onggi launches a café; Highroller opening a sister steakhouse; Blake Orchard expands to Brunswick; and more.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Angoor Wine Bar launches; Anjon’s to reopen in Scarborough
Also, a Maine-focused food hut for Commercial Street; the chef of Pot + Pan edibles competes on Food Network, and Luke’s hosts a benefit that touts Maine’s halibut fishery.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
Portland restaurant Broken Arrow closes after staffers quit
The 4-year-old restaurant is up for sale amid financial difficulties, according to its owners. Some staff members say they’ve had multiple paychecks bounce in recent months.
Posted inFood
Celebrating Portland’s wine scene, where women rule
The upcoming 7th annual Portland Wine Week helps remind us that – in a welcome twist from the gender dynamic in other major food cities – female sommeliers, wine directors and other professionals dominate the local wine scene.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Fish & chips coming to Washington Avenue, supper and cocktails to downtown
Also, 9 Maine food businesses win grant money; ChopTails competition is back; and the Casco Bay Seafood Festival is set for June.
Posted inFood
For better burgers, up your bun game with these Maine-made rolls
Local bakers put out some of the best burger buns you can buy. Here’s the lowdown on seven of them.