Dining Out

There were 28 entries to the pumpkin dessert contest at Skidompha Library on Saturday, Oct. 11 as part of the Pumpkinfest weekend in Damariscotta.

Savory Maine’s October music series will feature musicians from around the Midcoast. Every Thursday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. they entertain and delight diners at Savory Maine in Damariscotta…

Mongiare! The River Company is partnering with Savory Maine to offer a three-course Italian dinner on Sunday, Oct. 5 starting at 5 p.m. The cast of “Over the River and Through the Woods” will…

Brian Cullen

Savory Maine’s September music series lineup will feature popular local musicians every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. These Midcoast musicians entertain and delight diners at the…

A band best known for playing their music on the streets of New Orleans is bringing their unique “Big Easy” sound to Damariscotta's Schooner Landing Pub on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 8 p.m.

Rowan Jacobsen

I popped the sushi oyster roll into my mouth.

I was intrigued first by the textures — rice, fried oyster,…

Jan Bacon

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast entertain and delight diners at Savory Maine restaurant in Damariscotta.

On August 5 Kathi Nordone…

Jan Marie Bacon

Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its July music series featuring local musicians. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast will entertain and delight…

Most Mainers have had boiled or steamed lobster with a side of corn on the cob. The combo is hard to beat, especially during the summer, when the lobsters are “sheddas” and the corn is sweet and…

The Maine lobster roll has made the final round of Congressional Quarterly Roll Call’s Taste of America contest, and the polls are currently open for Americans to…

Local Business

A new restaurant will aim to bring fresh food to the Twin Villages.

Van Lloyd's Bistro is expected to open in mid-June in Damariscotta…

Lara De Pietro likes to joke that in her family, “the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.”

The Westport Island chef is bringing a farm-to-table benefit dinner to Westport Island’s historic…

Damariscotta
Jeff Herbster

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast entertain and delight diners at Savory Maine. Playing in the month of June the lineup includes pop, country and…

The Oxbow brewery, located in a renovated barn in Newcastle, has reopened its popular Tasting Room after installing a brand new draft system.

Oxbow has been producing unique farmhouse style…

Savory Maine in Damariscotta May music series will feature local musicians. Every Thursday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast will entertain and delight diners at…

Damariscotta
Brian Cullen

The local musicians performing in Savory Maine's Music Series in April will bring folk, country, inspirational, gospel, bluegrass, ragtime, classical, contemporary, Flamenco, Spanish, Brazillian…

Live Music

Savory Maine’s March music series will feature local musicians. Every Thursday and Saturday in Damariscotta, from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast will entertain and charm diners at…

Live Music
Gary McCue

Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its February music series featuring local and Midcoast musicians. These entertaining and talented musicians perform every Thursday and Saturday, from 6 p.m.…

Boothbay Region High School

Come and see what the high school drama kids have been up to as they present a comedy entitled, “Hard Candy,” by Jonathan Rand, on Wednesday, February 5. The 40-minute one act takes a hilarious…

Damariscotta

The Haiti Dinner, to be held at St Patrick’s Church in Damariscotta Mills on February 7 at 6 p.m., will be prepared by the chef/owner of King Eider’s Pub and Stone…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Throughout the winter, area restaurants and cooks will be providing hot lunches to benefit Hidden Valley Nature Center.

Live Music
Hardy and Sferra

Savory Maine of Damariscotta is beginning its December music series featuring local musicians. Every Thursday and Saturday, from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast will entertain and…

Local Business

There's a new restaurant in town: the Wok 'n Grill, located in the former Hot Tamale at 28 Union Street.

Wok 'n Grill is a pan Asian restaurant, which means they have a mix of food from many…

Live Music
PERFORMING November 7, as part of the month's music series at Savory Maine, are Sylvia Tavares and Tom Arter. Courtesy of Savory Maine

Savory Maine of Damariscotta announces its November music series featuring local musicians. Every Thursday and Saturday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., musicians from around the Midcoast will entertain…

Local Business
Wiscasset resident Gayle Simonetti, pictured, and business partner Mark Buscanera are weeks away from opening the 27 Pub & Grill on Route 27, in the same building that once housed their popular Mark Antony's restaurant. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

The owners of the popular, former Italian restaurant Mark Antony's on Route 27 in Wiscasset are returning to the spot where everyone knows their names.

They're…

For a Good Cause

Midcoast residents are encouraged to eat locally on Thursday, Oct. 24, to support United Way’s annual “Extra Helping” event. Sixteen generous Midcoast restaurants…

Contest Winners
Marketplace Cafe sweeps the Wiscasset contest categories. From left are Kelley Lester, Shirley Main, Cindy Bradford, Tammy Blake and Gayna Shipley.

Who makes the best hamburger in Boothbay and the best pancakes in Wiscasset? Those are two of the ten questions Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper readers answered in recent online contests…

Local Business

Haven’s Candies, a Maine-based chocolatier and fine candy maker has announced an exciting new partnership with Gelato Fiasco and will now be offering Gelato Fiasco products at its Scarborough…

Claw Down 2013
This winning entry, created by Mike Ham of Tugboat Inn, consisted of cannolis stuffed with herbed cream cheese and lobster, with a blueberry creme anglaise. SUZI THAYER/Boothbay Register

It was lobster heaven. Everywhere you looked there was lobster.

Lobster claws resting on corn fritters, lobster and shrimp on buttery rounds of puff pastry drizzled with creamy sauces,…

Claw Down
Claw Down Grand Prize Judges Choice Chef Mike Ham of Tugboat Inn & Restaurant prepares his winning “lobster bite.” SUZI THAYER/Boothbay Register

There were 18 local chefs competing for the best “lobster bite” at the second annual Claw Down, which took place at the Ocean Point Marina in East Boothbay last night.

The event was hosted…

Local Food
Want lobster? Get your tickets today for the second annual Claw Down on September 19. Courtesy of Ted Axelrod

For the second straight year, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has issued a Claw Down for local chefs, challenging them to come up with the best lobster bite for the title of the…

Local Business

If you have been raving about Wiscasset’s best pancakes, omelettes, donuts, breakfast sandwiches or coffee, this is your chance to nominate each one to receive a Best Breakfast Food contest award…

Live Music

Savory Maine's September music series featuring local musicians will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Musicians from around the midcoast will entertain and charm diners at…

Local Business
Debbie Gagnon stands in front of her establishment, Red's Eats, which sells in excess of 10 tons of lobster in their lobster rolls each summer. SUZI THAYER/Wiscasset Newspaper

Lobster rolls are the main attraction at Red's Eats in Wiscasset, but owner/manager Debbie Gagnon is the other reason people keep coming back.

Maine Artists
“Trailing Yew Laundry Line, Monhegan,” by Ellen Hutcheson, on display at the Damariscotta River Grill through September 15.

Visitors from both away and the throughout the region enjoyed the recent reception for “Painting Maine IV” at Damariscotta River Grill. Running through September 15, the show highlights the unique…

Live Music
Married with Chitlins, Chris and Liz Lannon.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m., musicians from around the midcoast will entertain diners at Savory Maine in Damariscotta. All of the musicians in the following August lineup have…

Local Business
Karen’s Hideaway is open late with a menu varied enough to please the whole family. KATRINA CLARK/Boothbay Register

Pop quiz: It's 10 p.m. on a Saturday night and you're just coming into Boothbay after a long drive. You're hungry and want to grab a bite. Where do you go? Everything's closed, right?…

Local Eats
Ray and Carol Hulse, left, enjoy their first course of oysters with their good friends Jim and Janet Goff, right. RYAN LEIGHTON/ Boothbay Register

A slimy sea creature sliding down your esophagus is what food snobs may call high-class cuisine.

But beyond the fancy white tablecloths and silly…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Beer and its component parts are the subject of a highly palatable program at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on July 25. Courtesy of Barbara Freeman

Great beers are the stuff of which legends are made, and an essential factor in creating beers that stand apart from the crowd is the plants used in brewing them.

At the Theater
The Rocket Man cast at the Carousel Music Theater. From left, Maggie Wakim, Carissa McCurdy, Scott Mulligan (center), Grant Jacoby and Teresa Morrison. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Take a walk back in time through the doors of the Carousel Music Theater in Boothbay Harbor for a dinner theater with cabaret experience.

The venue: a red…

St. Philip's Church
Head chowder chef Cathy Tyler dishes out bowls of chowder, with Tim Cowing in the background. Courtesy of Gretchen Johnson

St. Philip’s Church is once again offering its delicious haddock chowder to hungry locals and vacationers alike for the very reasonable charge of $9.50 for adults, $4.75 for…

Local Business
Taking part in a ribbon-cutting on July 1 at Mac's Place are, from left, Wiscasset Selectmen's Vice Chairman Judy Colby with granddaughter Dezirae Colby, Le Garage owner and Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce board member Cheryl Rust, Selectmen's Chairman Ed Polewarczyk, Mac's Place owner Karen McDorr, McDorr's daughter Danielle Sylvain, Selectman Pam Dunning, Town Planner Misty Parker and chamber board member Michelle Peele. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Latte lovers and cappuccino cravers, rejoice. Healthy eaters and gelato junkies, you, too. There's a new place to check out in Wiscasset Village, just in time for the Fourth of…

'Round Town
Darling's Ice Cream for a Cause ice cream truck will be at Tugboat Inn & Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor on June 26. Courtesy of Darling's Ice Cream

The Tugboat Inn & Restaurant, Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor is pleased to announce that the Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause ice cream truck will be at the restaurant on…

Local Business
First-time customer Wayne Eugley of South Bristol picks up his order from Sea Digger's Grub co-owner Sydney Morin. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Until May 31, there was little to draw the eye to an empty lot across from Birch Point Road on Route 1 in Wiscasset. Now passing motorists beep their support day and night for a…

Local Business

Ports of Italy restaurant was featured as a top 50 places to eat in Maine by Maine Magazine in its March 2013 issue.

The restaurants were rated by Joe…

Maine Fishing Industry

Local lobstermen are invited to attend an informational meeting on the proposed Maine Lobstering Union at the Dockside Grill restaurant at Cap'n Fish's Motel, Atlantic Avenue,…

Local Business

Final touches are being placed on what promises to be a whole new way to eat, drink and be merry in town. The revolutionary style Watershed Tavern will feature organic wood fired…

Wiscasset Primary School

Please join the parents, families, teachers and friends of Wiscasset Primary School Friday night, May 3, at 5 p.m. for a special fundraising dinner and “pick-n-choose” raffle to…

Local Business
Treats Kitchen Manager Heidi Eastman of Edgecomb, left, and owner Stacy Linehan of Westport Island add crystallized ginger to oven-bound ginger snaps at the Wiscasset business. The store will make heart-shaped snaps for Valentine's Day. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

When people come in to Treats specialty foods store in Wiscasset around Valentine's Day, they have a little different look about them, owner Stacy Linehan of Westport Island said…

Come Together

Come join us at the Boothbay Harbor United Methodist Church for our Valentine Supper. It will be held on Friday, February 8 at 5:30 p.m. We will have some great…