With a menu of Spanish staples like Jamon Iberico, tortilla, and blistered Padron peppers and a bar program run by Central Provisions alum Patrick McDonald, Chaval is firing on all cylinders right out of the gate.Ĭong Tu Bot: Tandem Coffee co-founders Vien Dobui and Jessica Sheahan made waves four years ago with their noodle pop-up dinners. The West End favorite got a reboot when it closed for renovations in February and reopened mid-July as Spanish-themed Chaval. Fresh seafood and raw bar items are the focus now that it's finally open.Ĭhaval: Caiola's is in good hands with new owners Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez. Pearl Kennebunk: This seafood/steakhouse project from New York chef Rebecca Charles was delayed after a sprinkler incident flooded the space and forced the closure of the casual oyster bar The Spat Oyster Cellar downstairs.
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Pro tip: the restaurant's name is pronounced NINE-a June, after the chef's childhood nickname. Located in the home of the former Salt Water Farm, Jenkins' restaurant overlooks the harbor, providing nice views with orders of pork ragu. Nina June: Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, this Italian trattoria from New York chef Sara Jenkins aims to bring Italian classics and simple seasonal dishes to downtown Rockport. A variety of creative styles of beer, brewed on site, are on tap, while former Nosh chef Danny Lindberg offers a small menu of pub favorites. Future plans for the site include a café dubbed Salud Bistro, a cooking school, and a barn for weddings.įoulmouthed Brewing: South Portland's Knightville neighborhood gets in on the hot Maine beer scene with the opening of this brewpub. Housed in the sprawling space of the defunct Kennebooks, the 100-seat restaurant features a menu of Spanish-inspired small plates. Toroso: From Shannon Bard, the chef behind Portland's upscale Mexican restaurant Zapoteca, comes Toroso, a Spanish-themed tapas bar in Kennebunk's Lower Village. Chef Siddharta Rumma, formerly of Trattoria Fanny in Portland and Eataly Boston, moved to Rockland to serve pasta, pizza, and specialty sandwiches at this Main Street spot. Oysters are $1.50 whether taken to go or enjoyed in house, making this one of the best oyster deals in town outside of happy hour.Īda's Kitchen, Rockland: From the owners of Main Street Markets comes Ada's Kitchen, located in the former home of the 3Crow which closed late last year. The Shop, Portland: From the owners of Island Creek Oyster and Boston's Row34, this raw bar has a simple menu: oysters, caviar, tinned fish, and beer and wine.
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Toasts with a wide array of toppings, plus bagels and cream cheese, are available to enjoy on site or to go with Coffee By Design coffee. Scratch Toast Bar, South Portland: Aiming to (hopefully) lessen the scarcity of its popular bagels, Scratch Bakery opened a production facility and toast bar in South Portland.
Owned by a husband-and-wife team that trained in Paris, Belleville is open for breakfast and lunch every day except Monday. Going forward, the current Heatmap will always be found right here.īelleville, Portland: This East End bakery serves up French pastry and Roman-style pizza.
We typically swap out one to four Heatmap entries each month to keep track of the latest and greatest "it" places of the moment, and this forum post will now serve as your resource for keeping track of former entries (and descriptions from the last time they appeared on the Heatmap). Normally that would mean deleted map points simply disappeared - until now. Sandra Lee, a breast cancer advocate known for her HBO documentary short RX: EARLY DETECTION A CANCER JOURNEY WITH SANDRA LEE, expressed the need for cancer education and programs via video and shared her gratitude to those attending that evening.Įlyse Spatz Caplan is a 28 year breast cancer survivor, and uses her personal experience to fuel her drive to support and educate families affected by cancer at Novartis Oncology.Rather than creating a new map every single time, we've recently begun updating the existing Heatmap at the same. The honorees included chef, television personality, and breast cancer advocate Sandra Lee, Elyse Spatz Caplan on behalf of Novartis Oncology, and Andrea Jung of Grameen America, who accepted the Anne Grant Advocacy Leadership Award. The evening's honorees were chosen for their work and dedication to not only the breast and ovarian cancer community, but to women as a whole. The event was also hosted by ABC News' Amy Robach, a breast cancer survivor, who was diagnosed after an on-air mammogram for Good Morning America. Guests were able to chat with celebrity sous chefs like Tony nominated actress Daphne Rubin-Vega, Olympic figure skater JoJo Starbuck, actress Laila Robins, and Pix11 News' Tamsen Fadal, who was the executive sous chef of the evening.
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