For Charlie Benner of Eddington, baking is just a tiny step away from chemistry — and chemistry is something he knows well, having worked in Pennsylvania as a chemist for Dupont for a number of years prior to moving to Maine. “Baking is a science,” said Benner. “A little too much of one thing and […]
The Media Awards element of the 2017 James Beard Awards — the Oscars of the U.S. food world — were awarded last night, in a ceremony separate from the restaurant awarded to be given out next month. While only two Maine restaurants and breweries made it into the final rounds for this year’s awards (Mike […]
Katie Proctor has a genetic predisposition to coffee — when she was a kid growing up in the 1990s, her father, Kevin, ran a coffee shop in West Market Square in downtown Bangor called the Daily Grind. So it only makes sense that she and her family would return to the coffee business, with their […]
Motorists around the Bangor Mall area last week may have noticed a new addition to Hogan Road — a new food truck has set up shop in the parking lot of the recently closed Kmart. Wanderlunch, owned and operated by Old Town resident Tim Taylor, began serving up lobster rolls, hand cut French fries, tempura […]
Taste of India, the 25-year-old Indian restaurant on Main Street in downtown Bangor, has undergone extensive renovations, and after two months closed will reopen with a new look, new menu, and brand new cocktail bar. Owner Shri Kant said the new Taste of India would feature all of the same menu items that have been […]
While it might not be time quite yet to put on your shorts and sandals, yet another harbinger of warmer weather has arrived: the opening of Jordan’s Snack Bar in Ellsworth. The iconic roadside eatery on Route 1 in Ellsworth will start serving up fried clams, onion rings, lobster and crab rolls, Gifford’s ice cream […]
Robins appearing, the days getting longer, Girl Scout Cookies arriving, perhaps a crocus or two. These are the signs of spring. But in Maine, we’ve got another sign of spring: the opening day for Gifford’s Ice Cream Stands across the state. The five Gifford’s locations in Bangor, Auburn, Farmington, Skowhegan and Waterville will open for business […]
About two weeks ago, Thistle’s Restaurant, which for nearly 18 years has served a fusion of Latin American and classic European fare at its Exchange Street location, quietly announced that it was closing its doors. So quietly that, in fact, longtime patrons of the restaurant weren’t sure they were actually closed until Santiago Rave, son […]
A new market catering to eastern Maine’s immigrant communities opened three weeks ago on Harlow Street in Bangor, next door to Northern Kingdom Music. Tropical Tastes International Market, owned and operated by Angela Okafor, opened in late January, offering up African, Caribbean and Latin American food specialties and African hair and body products and clothing. […]
Taste of India, a staple of downtown Bangor’s dining scene for the past 25 years, is currently closed and is undergoing extensive renovations, said co-owner Shri Kant. Kant, who took over operations of the restaurant about a year ago, has planned a number of changes to the venerable Indian establishment — though he does plan […]
