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The vegan scene in Maine is cooking!

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Here's what we know about the new restaurants scheduled to appear soon at well-established hospitality addresses in, and around, Portland.

They've been closed for a year, but they are back!

They've been closed for a year, but they are back!

Plus, Paella Seafood to reopen on Forest Avenue; a sports bar to replace The Snug; and a guide for dining out in Maine this Thanksgiving.

One year ago at about this time of November, New Englanders were stunned to learn a certain chilly northern state was on a health kick. Among all the strange...

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). Photo courtesy of Brian Hanson Rigby Yard, at 50 Wharf St. in Portland, which opened for weekends as a beer hall and restaurant in October, launched Sunday brunch on March 7. It plans to open weekdays, too, beginning Monday, as a “third space” concept providing a casual space to meet, relax and wo...

The Wrap: Pizza, beer, and (gluten-free) brownies Bam Bam Bakery finds a new home, Brickyard Hollow Brewing delivers pizza, and Portland will get another brewery. Share Tina Cromwell doesn’t yet have permits or an opening date, but she’s got a space – a new home for 9-year-old Bam Bam Bakery, which closed its retail business on Commercial Street in Portland last year and focused on takeout only. Cromwell says she has leased 148 Anderson St. in Portland’s East Bayside neighborhood to re...

Maine’s top vegan news stories of 2020 While animal-based food processors experienced problems, vegan options abounded on local menus. By Avery Yale Kamila Share The Tyson Foods chicken-processing plant, wedged between Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital in Portland, experienced a COVID-19 outbreak in April and was shut for three days, mirroring infections at its other plants around the country. But arguably the biggest animal-based food story in Maine this year was when state investiga...