The popular restaurant closed Saturday, stating it was due to ‘unforeseen circumstances.’ No timeline for reopening has been established, but a sign on the door says it is temporary.
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Future of Shaw’s Supermarkets unclear post Kroger-Albertsons merger
Albertsons owns 19 Shaw’s stores in Maine that are part of a pending $24.6 billion takeover by Kroger.
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L.L. Bean Bootmobile meets Planters Nutmobile in corporate crossover
A 13.5-foot-tall boot and an 11.5-foot-tall peanut — both on wheels — met in the L.L. Bean employee parking lot Sunday. Instagram handles, honey-roasted peanuts and miniature L.L. Bean boot keychains were exchanged.
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Bagel craze spreads through central Maine
Augusta-area residents’ appetite for the beloved ring-shape bread is growing. Two bagel shops have opened in the city in the last year, and another is set to open in Winthrop at the end of October.
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UNH researchers study a prized buckwheat variety, and it’s growing in Maine
Crop scientists at the University of New Hampshire are studying tartary buckwheat, the highly nutritious and hardy variety grown in northern Maine that also is gluten-free.
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The Wrap: Hospitality group buys The Good Table; Banded Brewing closes Portland tasting room
Also, a nitro cold brew coffee shop comes to Saco; a nonprofit supper series starts; and more.
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Bugs: It’s what’s for dinner
Selling everywhere from online to giant Iowa truck stops, a Lewiston company is helping to change consumer tastes about crickets, mealworms, scorpions, ants and other crawling and flying edibles.
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Nonprofit plans commercial kitchen to boost Skowhegan food economy
Main Street Skowhegan is working to raise at least $1 million to help small food businesses cut overhead costs and increase their following with a shared commercial kitchen and food hall at 185 Water St.
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This isn’t what I ordered: Lawsuits accuse Burger King, others of ads that misrepresent their foods
Food ads have long made their subjects look bigger, juicier and crispier than they are in real life.
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The Wrap: Rabelais bookstore closing in Biddeford; new owners for Little Tap House
Also, Bow Street Beverage opens a location in Wells; a new bar launches on Broadway in SoPo; Brunswick’s 40-Mile Food Festival; and Unity’s Common Ground Country Fair.