The pandemic has complicated travel, but ordering food from elsewhere – for yourself and for others – is one way to experience other places, and to connect during these pretty strange times.
Restaurants
Posted inBusiness, Food
Dine Out: Maine restaurants warm up to prepaid tickets
Some local restaurant chefs are experimenting with a prepaid, ticket-based model for dinners, which hold special appeal during a pandemic.
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Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: A new bakery in Brunswick, a new Holy Donut in Auburn
Salt Pine Social closes, and Anoche wants your spare apples.
Posted inDo This, Food
Run & Eat: Warm up with Mi Sen Noodle Bar
As the weather grows cooler, consider trying some of Mi Sen’s excellent – and warming – noodle soups and entrees.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Sande’s Picks: Steakhouse experience can be found locally
Normally, by this time in the year my husband and I would have made two or three trips to Boston to see a show, to stroll the Public Garden and yes, to eat. Our first reservation is always at a classic steak house like The Capital Grille, Morton’s, Del Frisco or The Palm. We love […]
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: New restaurants and new seasonal drinks for fall
A new Mexican restaurant is coming to Biddeford, and a new tavern prepares to open in the Old Port.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Scorsese pays a visit, plus new restaurants, breweries and bakeries
Bar Harbor Lobster Co., Speckled Ax and Banded Brewing get second locations, Little Lad’s goes retail, and 2 more restaurants close.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Fast-food restaurants can’t find workers even with historic unemployment
Since service-sector jobs now mean a higher chance of infection, even higher pay isn’t coaxing workers into the kitchen.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Lost Kitchen opens, Vinland closes
New restaurants, garden tours, and chocolate on the radio.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Mulling over what made Drifters Wife and Piccolo so special
The two restaurants have both closed for good, casualties of the pandemic. Our restaurant critic reflects on their legacy of trust.