Local barkeeps and restaurateurs say the national ‘taxidermy chic’ bar trend from 10 to 15 years ago doesn’t account for their design decisions. In a state loaded with avid outdoorspeople, the hunting theme makes sense.
Tim Cebula
Staff Writer
Tim Cebula has been a food writer and editor for 23 years. A former correspondent for The Boston Globe food section, his work has appeared in Time, Health, Food & Wine, CNN.com, and Boston magazine, among other publications. He is also a former judge for both the restaurant and journalism portions of the James Beard Awards. He was most recently senior editor at Cooking Light magazine, where he worked for 13 years. Tim lives in Old Orchard Beach.
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Supply-chain delays push back openings of new restaurants in southern Maine
Supply and labor shortage issues have upended the timelines for launching some Greater Portland food businesses, leaving owners to pay rent with no revenue coming in.
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At Anthony’s Italian Kitchen, a tight-knit family wants you to taste the love
Anthony’s Italian Kitchen is a family affair, through and through. Anthony Barrasso, 82, opened the restaurant in 1992 on Middle Street in Portland, near the courthouses. It was a second career – maybe a third, if you count a brief stint selling Cadillacs – that was inspired by working at his mother Lucy’s East Boston […]
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DNA testing sheds light on the vast, mysterious world of heirloom apples
Genetic testing is helping identify older varieties of Maine apples, and may promise more delicious, more diverse fruit in our future.
Posted inMaine, News
Leeward and Twelve make New York Times best restaurant list
Portland finds itself on even footing with major restaurant cities across the country in the rundown of the ’50 places in America we’re most excited about right now.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Arizona lobster roll chain buys processing plant and wharf in Maine
Owning the facilities eliminates middlemen, which the company says allows it to pay its workers competitive wages and keep lobster roll prices cheap for customers in the Southwest.
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Portland restaurant Baharat to close at the end of September
Owners of the Middle Eastern restaurant in East Bayside have not given a reason for the closure but said they have a new project in the works.
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Caring for drought-burned lawns proves a losing battle for homeowners
With severe drought conditions and soaring temperatures flash-frying lawns around the southern Maine coast, homeowners can perhaps take comfort in not having to mow their brown, crunchy grass as often.
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Coastal Maine enters severe drought conditions as dry weather continues
Eight counties on the coast have gone from moderate to severe drought status since last week, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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This brewer is determined to make the world’s 2 best lagers in Biddeford
Brienne Allan, who accidentally started a movement after posting about sexism in the brewing industry, is starting fresh in Maine with her niche brewery, Sacred Profane, opening this month.