The Cape Elizabeth native spent 10 years with the Prentice roster of restaurants.
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Three southern Maine food venues shuttering this month
Small restaurants in Saco, Biddeford and Kennebunk are shutting their doors before 2025.
These 11 Greater Portland restaurants and bars are slated to open in 2025
Here’s what you need to know about the new wave of venues opening in the coming months.
Shuttered restaurants cite rising costs, post-pandemic shift
Small restaurants in Saco, Biddeford, and Kennebunk are shutting their doors before 2025.
The Wrap: 3 Portland restaurants get national praise; Apéro has opened
Also, Via Sophia in Kennebunk and Auburn brewery Side by Each to close, plus local food events in Camden and Portland.
Via Sophia by the Sea closing in Kennebunk
The Western Avenue restaurant opened in June 2022.
Three Portland restaurants named among the country’s best
The New York Times, Esquire and Food & Wine magazine give high praise to Mr. Tuna, Ocotillo and Oun Lido’s.
Blaze Pizza to open in Scarborough
The fast-casual pizza restaurant will be located near Starbucks on Payne Road.
The Wrap: Dizzy Birds Rotisserie to close, new bakery opens in Windham
Also, luncheonette coming to Portland and Allagash named to 2024 Fast Co. list of honorees.
Casual restaurant bankruptcies accelerate as customers retreat
Casual restaurants have seen more pronounced difficulties because they depend on customers with lower incomes and have to compete with fast food chains employing the same tactics.