Mark Hibbard wasn’t even thinking about the environment when he decided he’d had enough of plastic straws and cocktail stirrers. The bar manager at Bramhall Pub on Congress Street in Portland has lost count of the number of sinks he’s had to tear apart to clear up a clog of plastic stirrers. As for the […]
food
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections
Visiting middle school teacher giving presentation on chopsticks at Norway Memorial Library
NORWAY — Chopsticks are more than just an eating utensil. They have a cultural and philosophical significance that few people may realize. The Norway Memorial Library will host a program about chopsticks from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at 258 Main St. Attendees can learn about their importance, appropriate use and practice their […]
advertisement
Posted inConnections, sj-web
Sharing food and food for thought
St. Michael’s Church, 78 Pleasant St., Auburn, collected books, along with food, for the High Street Food Pantry this month. Pictured are adults Joyce Baker with Father Jud Pealer and Jonathan Whitmore (background) with some of the children of St. Michael’s Sunday school, from left, Madison Parker, Emma Pettengill, Abigail Frumiento and Emma Frumiento. Baker […]
Posted inBusiness
Auburn Wendy’s set to reopen on Center Street
Jeff Marshall is hoping for a reopening early next week. He is the director of operations at Restwend LLC and overseeing the massive remodeling of the Wendy’s on Center Street in Auburn. The reopened restaurant will have less seating but more booth space, two pickup windows, bigger, newer bathrooms with baby-changing stations added and a vastly […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Fusion cuisine restaurant aiming to come to Norway
NORWAY — A local man is seeking permission to open a restaurant at the former C&C Meats building at 495 Main St., Planning Board Chairman Dennis Gray said. Deivid Miranda Da Silva told the board at last week’s meeting that he wants to offer “fusion cuisine,” which combines elements of different culinary traditions. “He laid out […]
Posted inBusiness
Cheating Gourmet expands its frozen offerings with shrimp bowls
With their Auburn-based Cheating Gourmet frozen food brand, brothers Scott and Jon Demers have entered the seafood appetizer market, tackled low-fat hamburgers and now, they’ve added shrimp and rice bowls to their brand. According to a story on ProjectNosh.com, the brothers raised more than $2 million earlier this month with goals of tripling the company’s […]
Posted inBusiness
Instacart is now delivering groceries in Lewiston-Auburn area
A new grocery shopping service is in town. Last week, Instacart rolled out in greater Lewiston-Auburn and 21 other markets. The service works off an app that allows people to remotely shop at local stores — in this area, for now, that’s Shaw’s, BJ’s Wholesale Club, CVS and Petco — pay with their phones and […]
Posted inBusiness
Subway plans to close 500 U.S. stores but grow internationally
Subway Restaurants, the world’s most ubiquitous dining chain, will continue closing U.S. stores as it expands internationally. After peppering the nation with thousands of locations, closely held Subway is retrenching. This year, the sandwich purveyor is planning to shut about 500 more of its U.S. shops. Last year, more than 800 stores went dark, with […]
Posted inBusiness
Maine chefs serving their cuisine on social media
During his first week as executive chef at Evo Kitchen + Bar in Portland, Matt Ginn fed an old high school buddy, who scolded him for ignoring social media. “He said ‘Dude, you’re not on Instagram? What’s wrong with you?’ ” Ginn recalled. The friend explained how showing off his food would benefit his business, […]
Posted inMaine
Maine restaurants improvise amid E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce
If it’s not made with romaine lettuce, is it still a Caesar salad? Some local restaurants are setting aside culinary correctness during the romaine lettuce E. coli scare, erring on the side of caution by substituting other varieties of lettuce for romaine on their menus until they are given the all-clear in a recent outbreak […]