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The Wrap: More restaurants reinvent themselves
Central Provisions becomes a sandwich shop, and Elsmere temporarily closes its Portland location.
The Wrap: Lois’ closes Portland market; Vena’s closes for now but has plans to expand
Portland indoor farmers market returns. Send us your favorite recipes for our virtual cookie swap.
Alfond Center in Waterville hands out 850 hot Thanksgiving meals
The Alfond Youth & Community Center staff cooked and handed out Thanksgiving meals Saturday to drive-up recipients from its North Street facility.
Crooked Face Creamery and Maine Grains named finalists in Good Food Awards
A total of nine Maine businesses were named finalists in the nationwide contest.
Run & Eat: When one seafood shop closes, a paella place opens
Paella Seafood replaced Miller Brothers on Forest Avenue, bringing a new type of fish dish to the Portland food scene.
Lewiston restaurants adapting ahead of an uncertain winter
Some restaurants are squeezing what they can out of outdoor patio dining. Others are hoping to survive the winter through takeout and limited indoor seating.
The Wrap: A reopening, a closing and a pivot
Speckled Ax plans a new coffee roastery, Cong Tu Bot reopens a wee bit, and MOFGA opens a holiday shop in Freeport.
Rising career in food world brings Lidey Heuck back to Maine
The food blogger and recipe developer, who worked for Ina Garten after graduating from Bowdoin, spent the summer cooking at The Lost Kitchen in Freedom.
Company failed to report screws found in its pizza dough
Scarborough-based It’ll Be Pizza didn’t report the complaints it got from 3 consumers in September until after a former employee was charged in October with putting razor blades in dough balls at Hannaford stores.