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Maine Food Scene Stories about food and drink, plus restaurant reviews and more from Maine's largest news-gathering team.

Stories about food, drink, and farming, plus recipes, restaurant reviews and more from Maine's largest news-gathering team.

Bath joins program to cut down food packaging waste
12/17/2025

Bath joins program to cut down food packaging waste

Findings from a University of Maine survey on marine debris and food packaging waste led to the launch of a ReuseME pilot program.

Fork Food Lab in South Portland facing foreclosure
12/16/2025

Fork Food Lab in South Portland facing foreclosure

The company is trying to reach an agreement with lenders before the end of January.

Marquis Lounge to take over Sagamore Hill Lounge space
12/16/2025

Marquis Lounge to take over Sagamore Hill Lounge space

Sagamore Hill, in Portland's Arts District, is closing after 8 years.

How to bake your best batch of cutout cookies yet
12/16/2025

How to bake your best batch of cutout cookies yet

Cutout cookies are a holiday baking staple. Here’s how to up your game.

Elevate your holiday party with a charcuterie board piled high with Maine-made foods
12/16/2025

Elevate your holiday party with a charcuterie board piled high with Maine-made foods

It's an easy assignment, given the state's stellar artisan cured meats, prizewinning cheeses, vegan and gluten-free snacks, sweet-tangy accoutrements and the stylish boards themselves.

This dan dan noodle salad will make you want to linger at the table
12/16/2025

This dan dan noodle salad will make you want to linger at the table

Adapted from a recipe in 'Linger' by Hetty Lui McKinnon, this salad can be made with a variety of noodles and vegetables.

Harpswell clam shack Fat Pat’s sets sights on 2026 reopening
12/12/2025

Harpswell clam shack Fat Pat’s sets sights on 2026 reopening

Russell Coffin, the new proprietor of a wholesale shellfish-buying operation at the site, said people still stop by the property regularly to reminisce about the time they had fried clams from Fat Pat’s.

Falmouth’s 60-year-old snack shack on road to replacement
12/12/2025

Falmouth’s 60-year-old snack shack on road to replacement

The Falmouth Town Council took the first step toward upgrading the shack on Legion Field, alongside Falmouth Little League.

Otto pizzeria reopens its Gorham location
12/11/2025

Otto pizzeria reopens its Gorham location

The Main Street restaurant had been closed since July.

Purple House in Yarmouth to reopen for ‘fancy lunch’
12/11/2025

Purple House in Yarmouth to reopen for ‘fancy lunch’

Noted chef Krista Kern will be serving intimate, multi-courses meals.

New year-round restaurant opens in Old Orchard Beach
12/10/2025

New year-round restaurant opens in Old Orchard Beach

The Local OOB is aimed at serving the town's full-time residents.

12/09/2025

New farm-to-table restaurant opening in Wells

Sea Salt Fry Co. launches Friday in the former Lee Frank's space on Post Road.

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Maine Food Scene is your go-to resource for everything you need to know about food and drink, plus restaurant openings, closings and reviews in our state. It’s all served up by the writers and editors of the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal, The Forecaster, MaineToday.com, The Times Record, Journal Tribune and the Coastal Journal.