The coronavirus outbreak has led to lots of community-building in the restaurant industry.
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Small businesses ask Gov. Mills for financial relief amid crisis
Restaurants, bars and breweries are among companies asking the governor to consider more steps to help the state’s hard-hit service industries.
Restaurants double down on safety as coronavirus arrives in Maine
As concern over the virus grows, restaurants work to alleviate customers’ fears and to prepare themselves for what may come.
The Wrap: Five Fifty-Five is closing, bartenders taste victory and Hawaiian shave ice coming soon
Plus New York Times food editor Sam Sifton talks about food – what else? – at Maine Voices Live.
Portland restaurant Five Fifty-Five closing after 17 years
The owners of one of the city’s best-known restaurants have announced they’re closing in April.
The Wrap: Restaurant openings and an update on Bob’s
And if you like to bake, make like Paul Hollywood and help choose Maine’s Best Baker.
Bob’s Clam Hut in Portland closes
The restaurant opened in July 2018 on the corner of Washington and Cumberland avenues.
Try Dos Naciones for a Mexican or El Salvadoran meal
You’ll find good food and a warm atmosphere at this new Congress Street restaurant.
Vegan Kitchen: Vegan goes glam during Maine Restaurant Week
Think torchons made from wild mushrooms, soy milk, Madeira, brandy and thyme, then sprinkled with toasted almonds, shaved celery and rye crumble. And that’s just for starters.
When the tourists leave a resort town, this is where the locals go
The rustic Thistle Inn in Boothbay Harbor offers food, fun and community during the frigid off-season.