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New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:<\/p>\n
Daniel Vannah and Jennifer Powers have taken over the former Movie Pizza Shoppe building (above) at 258 Jefferson Street in Waldoboro where they plan to open the Waldoughboro Pizza Shoppe (facebook). Powers and Vannah hope to be open by early winter.
\nOak Table & Bar in Augusta has leased space at 146 Mt Vernon Ave where they plan to open a restaurant for their side business Taco Rico (website, facebook).
\nThe owners of the Sand Dollar Bar & Grille (instagram) in York Beach are launching a pair of new eateries in the same building as their restaurant. Shorties Beach Cafe (instagram) will be a coffee and bagel shop with full line of brewed and espresso coffee drinks plus breakfast sandwiches and burritos. The Flounder (instagram) will be a counter service cafe serving sushi, poke, lobster rolls, chowder, and offering a raw bar. They hope to launch both prior to Memorial Day Weekend.
\nThe owners of the All Grill food truck, opened their Scarborough restaurant in January. All Grill (website, facebook, instagram) serves a menu of Venezuelan dishes like asados boards and hervido soup. It\u2019s located at 238 Gorham Road near Nonesuch River Brewing and is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon \u2013 9 pm (until 8 pm on Sundays).
\nThe Bollard has published a review of Rattle Shake Grill in South Portland.
\nA Longer Table and The Commons are organizing a potluck dinner in Bethel in honor of Jacque Pepin on May 1st.
\nThe Columbia Falls General Store (instagram) is closing on April 26th. They are seeking a new spot where they can relocate the business.
\nA North Berwick mushroom farm, The Mushroom Hut, has suffered a fire. Owner Nicholas Doucette has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to help them rebuild.
\nThe\u00a0Midcoast Villager has published an article about Day Boat Cafe in Waldoboro, and a report on a pair of new business, Camden Charcuterie and Vacationland Coffee Roasters, slated for the Lyman Morse Wharf in Camden, and a new board game bistro called Munching Meeple\u00a0under development in Camden.
\nThe\u00a0Portsmouth Herald reports that Forbes Seafood in Wells hopes to reopen their second floor as an 80-seat bar. The second floor of the building has been out of commission for several decades.
\nThe Waterville Sentinel reports that Park Lee Chinese Restaurant in Skowhegan has gone out of business.
\nAs previously reported, the owners of OhNo Cafe are working on to launch a new business called The Dooryard Pub in South Portland.<\/p>\n
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For a statewide guide to eating and drinking see the Maine Food Map\u2014a growing list of 100+ coffee shops, bars, restaurants, bakeries, cafes, plus other food and dining businesses in all of Maine\u2019s 16 counties.<\/p>\n
You can scroll through the past weeks\u2019 Maine Food & Dining reports and get caught up on food news from around the state via this link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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