More beer, sushi, ramen, local plates, and pancakes for Portland. (If only anyone could find any staff.)
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Fans of hard seltzer are finding lots to love in new flavors flowing from Maine’s craft breweries
With fewer calories and less alcohol than beer or cocktails, hard seltzer appeals to health-conscious drinkers – and many others.
The Wrap: MOFGA store opens for the season
Mainers win specialty food awards. Lobster pizza lures diners.
Eat & Run: The Salty Moose elevates food truck fare
The new chef-owned truck sets up at Gneiss Brewing in Limerick on weekends.
Mast Landing Brewing plans to expand with large location in Freeport
The Westbrook-based brewery is expanding with a new tasting room and pilot production facility in the Freeport Crossing shopping mall.
Millennials are eating up reboots of popular shows, clothes – and food – from the ’90s
And the rest of us are joining in. Remember Dunkaroos, Pop-Tarts Crunch Cereal, Frasier? They’re ba-ack! (Oops, wrong decade.)
The Wrap: Maine’s first non-alcoholic craft beer hits the stores
A new restaurant for Monument Square, and Easter eats.
Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in
The Conversation: Much of the iconography we associate with witches today, from the pointy hat to the broom, may have emerged from their connection to female brewers.
The Wrap: Online Kneading Conference, arrest made in Whitefield farmstand destruction
More Thai and more brunch for Portland diners, plus beer-guzzling dogs (OK, not exactly, but gotcha to look).
Tap Lines: Maine breweries aim to reduce their impact on the environment
Their efforts include recycling programs, solar installations and capturing carbon dioxide.