Portland Food Map

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...

05/23/2025

This week's Maine food and dining report includes word of a French bakery that opened this morning in Hallowell, Bao & Beyond's plans to open a restaurant in Augusta, and a brewery slated for Lewiston as well as additional news from Swanville, Scarborough, Skowhegan, Lincolnville, Belfast, and Owl’s Head.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know: The Lewiston Sun Journal reports that Democracy Brewing (website, instagram) is launching a $3.7 million dollar project to renovate the former St. Joseph’s Catholic Church into...

05/16/2025

Terlingua has leased the 858 sq ft storefront at 34 Washington Ave where they’ll be launching Terlingua Outpost. The Outpost will be an all-day 12-seat cafe with grab-and-go food to takeaway as well as the new home for the restaurant’s market. The Outpost team, led by general manager Justine Smith, hope to launch the new venture in early summer.

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Terlingua has leased the 858 sq ft storefront at 34 Washington Ave where they’ll be launching Terlingua Outpost (instagram). The Outpost will be an all-day 12-seat cafe with grab-and-go food to takeaway as well as the new home for the restaurant’s market. The Outpost team, led by general manager...

05/15/2025

This week's Maine food and dining report includes word on the launch of Baker Bru Cafe in Wells, a farm dinner series in Nobleboro, a board game cafe in Westbrook, and additional news from Topsham, Brunswick, Swanville, Columbia Falls, Harpswell, North Yarmouth, and Freeport.

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know: Renovations of Baker Bru Cafe (instagram) in Wells have wrapped up and owners Alex d’Emarese and Tiffany DeMartino have announced plans to launch the new business May 21st. Bak...