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Hospitality industry grapples with seasonal worker shortage

Low unemployment levels and new restrictions on visa programs have strained businesses that cater to tourists, sometimes with extreme results.

The restaurant’s owners plan to focus their efforts on their two other locations, in Freeport and Windham.

The Portland breakfast spot made national headlines last year after a spat between owner Darla Neugebauer and the mother of a fussy toddler.

by Steve DiMillo Special to the Press Herald July 5, 2016July 4, 2016

Higher pay will eat into profit margins and could force eateries to lay off workers or even close.

Only two Bugaboo Creek Steakhouses remain open after the Bangor restaurant closed last week.

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David’s Opus 10 on Monument Square is hosting the July 12 event.

The popular breakfast and lunch spot closed its Portland location, on Forest Avenue, after a fire this year.

by From Staff Reports May 18, 2016May 18, 2016

The restaurant, which replaces Ebb & Flow, will serve northern Italian cuisine.

The restaurant will feature upscale pub food, with some dishes that pull from chef Dave Mallari’s Filipino heritage, plus a full bar.

But the owner says he plans to reopen soon in a new spot outside Portland, but ‘very close.’