restaurant industry – Page 96 – The Portland Press Herald

Spat Oyster Cellar opens in Kennebunk

The new restaurant is owned by New York chef Rebecca Charles.

Food

Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland and the Oxford House Inn in Fryeburg are named some of the best restaurants around.

Some 60 employees lose their jobs, but a company spokesman says they will be offered employment at one of its other restaurants in the area.

Proper Charlie’s will open in November and serve high-end spirits.

Food

The restaurant, which opened in 2014, may re-open in a new location.

The Owl & Elm, located next to Handy’s, will serve comfort foods made from scratch.

With the restaurant in Bangor closed, the once-ubiquitous chain is now down to one location, in New York.

The Italian restaurant, run by the owners of Central Provisions, will serve wood-fired oven pizzas and handmade pastas.

The expansion will help shorten bagel lines in Willard Square and includes a new toast-and-bagel bar, to open in late fall.

The restaurant that followed in the footsteps of award-winning Arrows is up for sale for $1.3 million.