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About 70 establishments are expected to participate in the annual event, started to help Maine restaurants attract customers in the dead of winter.

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Portland restaurants struggled with hiring. COVID made it worse. After a year of double-digit declines in business that saw some restaurant workers leave for good, owners are having trouble finding summer staff, particularly for back of the house jobs like sous chef and dishwasher. Share Zack Ball works as the expeditor on the line during a lunch shift at Luke’s Lobster. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer This is the fourth of five parts in our series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ...

‘Am I in a dream or a nightmare?’: Portland’s once-thriving restaurant scene struggles to hang on By Brian MacQuarrie Globe Staff,Updated December 27, 2020, 5:16 p.m. Email to a Friend David Turin, owner of Davids Restaurant in Portland, prepared food on Friday afternoon. Turin, who owns three different restaurants in Portland, has experienced a massive downturn in business since the start of the pandemic.Erin Clark/Globe Staff PORTLAND, Maine — David Turin is wearing a long...