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Coffee shops and restaurants around Maine are releasing their highly anticipated fall menus for the 2022 season.

Former employees and interns say that Tria’s progressive, worker-friendly public messaging contradicts their experiences working under owner Jon Myerow, who they allege created a work environment defined by angry outbursts, sexualized comments, and workplace relationships that made some staffers uncomfortable.

NorthJersey.com Think of a cup of coffee as a bagel, says Jonathan Echeverry, owner of Paper Plane Coffee Co. in Montclair. “You have tons of different types of bagels — cinnamon, onion, everything,” he said. “But if you burn every single one of those bagels, they would taste more or less the same. If you just put a light toast on it, it would accentuate the natural flavors of that bagel.” Same deal with coffee. Plenty of coffee shops over-roast their coffee beans. Which is fine, said...