Portland Food Map

07/09/2025

The Garden Bar has opened their new South Portland location at 173 Ocean Street. It’s located in the space formerly occupied by Cafe Louis in Knightville. The renovated cafe has table seating for 14 with an addition 6 counter seats. Owner Lanai Monahan and her team serve made to order salads and bowls. They have twelve signature combinations, alternatively, customers can select from dozens of ingredients to make a custom combo.

For additional information and to view the menu see this article:

The Garden Bar (website, facebook, instagram) has opened their new South Portland location at 173 Ocean Street. It’s located in the storefront formerly occupied by Cafe Louis in Knightville. The renovated cafe has table seating for 14 with an addition 6 counter seats. They’ll be open daily 11 am...

07/08/2025

LB Kitchen is growing their Mini-Mart business. The first location of their grab and go market and coffee bar opened this past March at the Rock Row Health Campus, and a second location is under construction in the West End with plans to open this fall.

LB Kitchen is growing their Mini-Mart business. The first location of the grab and go market and coffee bar opened this past March at the Rock Row Health Campus (right photo). Owners Bryna Gootkind and chef Lee Farrington are now working to open a second location at 235 Vaughan (left photo). It’s ...

07/08/2025

This week's Maine food and dining report includes news from Kittery, Madawaska, Biddeford, Damariscotta, Whitefield, and elsewhere the Midcoast.
Read the full report here: https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/maine-food-dining-news-damariscotta-whitfield-kittery-madawaska-biddeford-midcoast/

06/29/2025

This week’s Maine food and dining report includes news from Lewiston, Augusta, Falmouth, Brunswick, Ogunquit, North Haven, Sherman and Bangor including the opening of Bene’s Beef in Lewiston and the announcement by Lewiston’s cocktail bar Sonder & Dramm that they’ll be closing in July.

Read the full report: https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/maine-food-dining-news-lewiston-augusta-falmouth-brunswick-ogunquit-north-haven-sherman-bangor/

06/26/2025

Portland Public Schools have rolled out their Summer Meals program. It provides free meals to children and teens 18 years old and under. Most of the venues are serving both breakfast and lunch. South Portland, Westbrook and communities from all around the state operate similar summer meal programs.

For information on Portland's summer meals program and on ones from all around the state see this article:

Portland Public Schools have rolled out their Summer Meals program. The program provides free meals to children and teens 18 years old and under. Most of the venues are serving both breakfast and lunch. Information on hours and locations where meals are available can be found on the Portland Public....

06/24/2025

This week’s Maine food and dining report includes word of openings in Westbrook, Brunswick and Rockland and additional news from Lewiston, Bath, Biddeford, Kennebunk, South Portland, Washington County, S**o, Ogunquit, Bangor, and Waterville.

Read the full report: https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/maine-food-dining-news-westbrook-lewiston-rockland-brunswick-biddeford-kennebunk-south-portland-washington-county-saco-ogunquit-bangor-waterville/

06/18/2025

Luncheonette is set to open on Thursday. The new cafe is located at 147 Cumberland Ave in the space formerly occupied by Union Bagel Company. They’ll be open Thursday through Monday, 8 am – 2 pm.

Luncheonette serves sandwiches, salads, baked goods and dishes like squid escabeche and braised beans. They have coffee and tea as well as kombucha, wine and beer. The cafe has seating for 14 inside and also a sunny 20-seat patio located behind the building.

Luncheonette is being launched by Angela Lee and Alex LeBlanc. They moved to Portland from New York earlier this year. For LeBlanc who grew up in South Portland it’s a return home. Lee’s culinary career started in NYC baking at Petee’s Pie Co from there she went on to work as a whole animal butcher at Meat Hook and as a fish butcher at Osakana. LeBlanc’s most recent position was as the sous chef at Sailor in Brooklyn, and previously was the chef de cuisine at Gus’s. When he last lived in Portland, LeBlanc had worked for Abby Harmon at Caiola’s and for Matt Ginn at Evo Kitchen + Bar.

06/17/2025

Flatiron Coffee Bar is under construction in the Hay Building, in the space formerly occupied by Starbucks. Renovations have been underway for some time and owner Gary Perlmutter’s goal is to launch the counter-service European-style coffee bar by the end of July. ☕️

For more information see: https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/coffee-returning-to-the-hay-building/

06/06/2025

This week’s Maine food and dining report includes news from Thomaston, Searsport, South Berwick, Waldoboro, Lisbon, Dover-Foxcroft, Bath, Tenants Harbor, and Falmouth.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know: The Crooked Spoon (instagram) is moving into The Block Saloon space in Thomaston which will now serve as their production kitchen and where they’ll operate a weekly dinner serv...

05/30/2025

This week’s Maine Food & Dining report includes news from 6 Maine counties: Oxford, Hancock, Cumberland, Androscoggin, York and Knox.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know: The Laughing Loon (website, instagram) in Norway is launching tomorrow, May 31st. It’s located in Norway at 15 Harrison Road. They’ll initially be open Thursday through Sunda...

05/29/2025

Stone Fox Farm Creamery is launching a mobile scoop shop on Washington Ave. The ice cream trailer is located in the parking lot between Sissle & Daughters and the Black Box shops and is expected to launch this weekend. It will be open Friday through Sunday, noon – 8 pm.

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Stone Fox Creamery is launching a mobile scoop shop on Washington Ave. The ice cream trailer is located in the parking lot between Sissle & Daughters and the Black Box shops and is expected to launch this weekend. It will be open Friday through Sunday, noon – 8 pm. They will be serving flavors lik...

05/29/2025

Owlbear's Rest is scheduled to open Friday. The game board cafe is located in Westbrook and will be open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am – 9 pm (until 10 pm on Friday and Saturday).
For more on the business and menu see this article:

A new board game cafe called Owlbear’s Rest (website, facebook, instagram, bluesky) is scheduled to open this Friday in Westbrook. Owner Patty Turnquist has assembled a wide range of games to enjoy from 5-Minute Dungeon right through the alphabet to Zendo. You can explore the collection and even g...