New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know:
- The New Gloucester Village Store (website, facebook) has re-opened (above). Owner Sam Coggeshall and his team are serving a limited menu that includes pizza (12 and 16 inch pies, slices and Sicilian slabs), salads, sandwiches and entrees like pulled pork plate on polenta with slaw as well as beer, wine and nonalcoholic drinks. Coggershell expects to add additional hours, menu items and to stock their market shelves in the coming weeks. For now they’re open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 am – 8 pm. It’s located at 405 Intervale Road in New Gloucester. This is a relaunch of the village store which Coggershell ran 2008-2022. It has has been supported by $250k gathered from members of the local community.
- A new Nigerian-inspired coffee shop called Kirí Coffeehouse (instagram) recently opened in Rockport. The Midcoast Villager reports that owner Ebinumo Amabebe is serving coffee “from a pair of micro-roasters in Brooklyn, Devoción and Sey, that are known for pushing at the margins of what coffee can taste like, with roasts that tend more toward the acidic and fruity side of the flavor spectrum than what most people are accustomed to.” Kirí is located at 47 West Street in Rockport and is open Monday and Wednesday through Saturday, 6:30 am – 2 pm, and Sunday 9 am – 2 pm.
- The Deer Isle Oyster Company has launched The Stoop (instagram). The new Blue Hill oyster bar is serving a menu of tinned fish, cheese, salad, pretzels, and oysters as well as wine, beer and cocktails. It is located at 27 Water Street an will be open Friday through Tuesday, 4 – 8 pm.
- In nearby Brooksville a new coffee and ice cream shop called The Old Post Office (instagram) has opened. They’re serving 44 North coffee, baked goods from Ebee’s Sweets (instagram) in Castine, and ice cream from John’s Ice Cream Factory (instagram) in Liberty. The Old Post Office is located at 715 Coastal Road and is open Tuesday through Sunday, 7:30 am – 4 pm.
- A new food truck called Beaux Reves (facebook, instagram) has launched in Rockland. They’re located at the corner of Park Drive and Main Street and are open daily 11 am – 4 pm (except Wednesday and Sunday). The self described Southern Acadian Street Kitchen is serving a menu that includes po’boys, crab cake sandwiches, lobster rolls, muffulettas, and shrimp and gritts.
- Stacy and Radu Fuleahave launched The Idle Hour (instagram) in Rockland. It is located at 273 Main Street and open Friday through Tuesday, 11 am – 9 pm.
- The Bangor Daily News reports that a new herb and tea shop called Tender Nettle Herb Company (instagram) has opened in Belfast in the spot formerly occupied by Daily Soup at 118 High Street. The BDNalso reports that Lone Star Latte (instagram) has opened at 473 Shore Road in Northport and that The Scone Goddess in Northport will be closing their retail shop at the end of this summer and continue operating out of their production kitchen in Belfast.
- Rabbit Rabbit Wine Company (website, instagram) has released of their first wine. Owners Lindsay Benson-O’CaoimhandColm O’Caoimhhave produced 22 cases of Étaín’s Pour. It is a blend of Verona, LaCrescent, Sabrevois harvested in Maine and Vermont. You can find it at Oyster River Wine Growers in Warren, Crooked Face Creamery in Skowhegan, and at both Winona’s and First Fig in Camden.
- Sweetgrass Winery & Distillery, in collaboration with Mossy Ledge Spirits, has relaunched their award winning Back River Gin.
- The Prentice Hospitality Group has relaunched The Good Table (website, facebook, instagram) in Cape Elizabeth as a pizzeria and pastry cafe. They’re holding a soft opening today (noon – 8 pm) with a full official opening scheduled for Friday. They’re serving pizza, salads, breadsticks, pastries, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks.
- Morning Glory Natural Foods has announced they’ll be launching their new Brunswick Landing location on August 1st.
- The Midcoast Villager has released the results of their 2026 Best of the Best readership poll. It includes a number of food and beverage categories like Lobster Dinner (Claws), Asian Restaurant (Long Grain) and Cocktails (Lemon Bar).
- The Moxie Festival is taking place in Lisbon this weekend, Friday through Sunday.
- Rachel Alexandrou is holding a Wild Foods Picnic on July 18th at the Langlais Art Preserve in Cushing.
- Circumstance in Swanville is holding a wine dinner on July 18th featuring natural wines from Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.
- The Animal Welfare Society is holding Woofstock on July 25th in Kennebunk. 10 food trucks and 9 Maine breweries are participatign in the event.
- As previously reported, The Rooting Pig in Bristol relaunched on Thursday.
For a statewide guide to eating and drinking see the Maine Food Map—a list of more than 100 coffee shops, bars, restaurants, bakeries, cafes, plus other food and dining businesses in all of Maine’s 16 counties
