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Anthony’s Italian Kitchen receives financial aid from Barstool Sports
The Portland restaurant is the second business in Maine to receive a grant from the pandemic fund started by the popular blog.
Maine Restaurant Week will go on, with changes
This year, the annual celebration of local restaurants has been redesigned to help them survive the pandemic.
Why open a restaurant in a pandemic? For most, because they had to
Owners of new Maine restaurants say they were too far along to abandon their business plans when the pandemic hit.
Is the Well at Jordan’s Farm the most pandemic-proof restaurant in Maine?
In a crippling year for the restaurant industry in Maine, a farm-to-table eatery nestled in a Cape Elizabeth farm rides out the storm.
Closing time drags on indefinitely for many Maine bars
Bars with kitchens are operating and have been able to survive by spilling into outside space adjacent to their businesses. The coming cold weather may limit that option.
Maine’s small-business sector still in crisis after reopening
Many businesses report poor sales and low customer counts as the coronavirus pandemic continues to strangle commerce.
Restaurant servers adapt to masks, added tasks and a new kind of difficult customer
Think dining out has gotten difficult? Consider it from your server’s point of view.
The Wrap: Laotian food with a southern twist comes to Auburn
Corsetti’s closes temporarily, free ice cream for Portland nurses, and Hawaiian shave ice comes to the Eastern Prom.
McDonald’s to hire 1,000 new workers in Maine for indoor dining
The state’s 62 fast-food franchises are expanding options beyond drive-through and takeout, now that dine-in restrictions have been lifted.