Why fix a problem that doesn’t exist and take money away from people who are making a good living?
restaurant industry
No-tipping experiment fails to pay off at 2 popular Maine restaurants
Owner/chef Cara Stadler drops the policy, at least for now, after profits decline at Bao Bao in Portland and Tao Yuan in Brunswick, but legislation may offer another option.
El Corazon will open a new restaurant in May
The food truck has leased space in Longfellow Square
Beloved Le Garage bids adieu to Wiscasset
The restaurant closes Sunday after 40 years, and its staff and customers feel as if they’re losing family.
Cousins Maine Lobster is coming home
Five years after the TV show ‘Shark Tank’ helped launch the business, it is opening its first Maine food truck.
Portland’s robust restaurant scene about to get a lot more crowded
Residents and visitors will be served a big helping of new places to try this spring and summer.
Another Portland restaurant closes
3Buoys Seafood Shanty & Grille has closed its doors and the space is for rent.
Building that housed Portsmouth restaurant collapses in fire
No one is hurt after a structure that held the State Street Saloon succumbs to the blaze early Monday.
Our View: Maine lawmakers should study tipped wage, not cut it
It would be premature to change the state’s new minimum-wage law before seeing if it works.
Bangor festival celebrates beer with bacon
The Bangor Beer Festival has added a “bacon bar” to its June 17 event.