New restaurants, a recipe contest winner and Maine goes to Boston.
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Portland Wine Week returns in mid-June with tastings, dinners and seminars
This year, the emphasis will be on women in the wine industry, locally and farther afield.
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Dine Out Maine: A celebrated Manhattan chef comes home, which is excellent news for diners
Nina June’s Sara Jenkins has deep ties to Italy and Maine and both are deliciously evident on the plate at her Rockport restaurant.
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The Wrap: Ice cream (for all eaters), and shopping local – from farm and sea to table
A little something to sweeten your Memorial Day weekend – a new scoop shop on Portland’s West End.
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Summertime, and the eating is exciting
Here’s our annual look at the new restaurants due to open in southern Maine this summer.
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Chicago chef with 2 Michelin stars to open seasonal restaurant in Stonington
Chef Ryan McCaskey, who owns the Maine-inspired Acadia in Chicago, is opening a more casual version of the restaurant in Stonington in late June.
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Outdoor dining to extend into Portland parking spaces
The city is launching a pilot program this summer, allowing as many as 5 restaurants to use on-street parking spaces for seating.
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Dine Out Maine: Gross Confection Bar in Portland’s Old Port defies expectations at every turn
And for this dessert-only restaurant and bar, that’s excellent news.
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Do you know who’s actually running the kitchen at your favorite restaurant?
It’s often the chef de cuisine, technically the second in command. We learn what it’s like to do a lot of the work with little of the (public) credit.
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Vignola Cinque Terre in Portland closing, and building is under contract
Vignola Cinque Terre will close permanently at the end of dinner service Sunday. Joshua Miranda, owner of Blyth & Burrows, plans to open a new restaurant there in the fall.