NORWAY — The Norway Planning Board has voted unanimously to accept an application for a fusion cuisine restaurant at the former C&C Meats building at 495 Main St. Planning Board Chairman Dennis Gray said that Deivid Miranda Da Silva brought his completed application before the board Thursday evening and answered questions from residents during a […]
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More Maine restaurants have reached for the last straw (plastic)
Mark Hibbard wasn’t even thinking about the environment when he decided he’d had enough of plastic straws and cocktail stirrers. The bar manager at Bramhall Pub on Congress Street in Portland has lost count of the number of sinks he’s had to tear apart to clear up a clog of plastic stirrers. As for the […]
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Auburn Wendy’s set to reopen on Center Street
Jeff Marshall is hoping for a reopening early next week. He is the director of operations at Restwend LLC and overseeing the massive remodeling of the Wendy’s on Center Street in Auburn. The reopened restaurant will have less seating but more booth space, two pickup windows, bigger, newer bathrooms with baby-changing stations added and a vastly […]
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Maine chefs serving their cuisine on social media
During his first week as executive chef at Evo Kitchen + Bar in Portland, Matt Ginn fed an old high school buddy, who scolded him for ignoring social media. “He said ‘Dude, you’re not on Instagram? What’s wrong with you?’ ” Ginn recalled. The friend explained how showing off his food would benefit his business, […]
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47 years later, Roland Nadeau is closing the kitchen at Rolandeau’s
AUBURN — At age 23, with five years of restaurant experience under his belt, Roland Nadeau bought the closed Phil-O-Mar on Washington Street, remodeled, renamed the place, and started serving escargot, beef Wellington and, the dish he’d become known for, prime rib. Forty-seven years of working 14-hour days later, he’s coming out of the kitchen. […]
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The Buzz: New speakeasy-style bar bound for downtown Lewiston
This week The Buzz is marking the calendar and picking out a speakeasy outfit. You may have caught a few teases on Facebook in the past week for Sonder & Dram coming to Lewiston. Just what is it? And what’s the name mean? Turns out Sonder & Dram is a new bar coming to 12 […]
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Brothers working hard to open new Lisbon Falls restaurant this week
LISBON FALLS — Nearly two years after they started their business plan, brothers Tyson and Jason LaVerdiere found the right spot for their future restaurant on Main Street. Step one after closing on the sale in January: Remove everything from the former Dr. Mike’s Madness Cafe so they could make their own mark. Gone are […]
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Owner of J’s Oyster in Portland gets 4 months in jail for failing to pay Maine taxes
The owner of a landmark bar and restaurant on Portland’s waterfront will serve four months in jail and pay more than $1.3 million in restitution for failing to turn over most of her sales taxes to the state, and for not paying her personal and corporate Maine income taxes, over a period of seven years. […]
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Historic Brunswick building to house new steakhouse
BRUNSWICK — A historic Brunswick building built as a hotel in the mid-1800s will become an upscale steakhouse and venue for community events this spring. Chef Dirk Yeaton said he and his business partners hope to open The Odd Duck, as it is tentatively called, at 11 Pleasant St. in mid-May. The investors in the […]
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Rails restaurant re-opening in March with same owner, new staff
LEWISTON — Rails is coming right back. After closing abruptly two weeks ago, restaurant management announced Tuesday that it’s hiring and looking to reopen in mid-March. Rails opened in the historic former railroad depot at 103 Lincoln St. at the end of 2014 and closed without notice on Feb. 6. “We needed a moment to […]