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This week’s Maine Food & Dining Report includes word of the relaunch of the New Gloucester Village Store (see photo below), the opening of the Nigerian-inspired Kiri Coffeehouse☕️ in Rockport, the opening of The Stoop oyster bar🦪 in Blue Hill and The Old Post Office coffee and ice cream🍦 cafe in Brooksville, the launch of the Beaux Reves Street Kitchen food truck and of The Idle Hour in Rockland, the Tender Nettle Herb Company in Belfast and of Lone Star Latte in Northport, and details of a new Maine winery🍷 called Rabbit Rabbit, as well as other news from Cape Elizabeth, Brunswick, Lisbon, Cushing, Swanville, Kennebunk, and Bristol.

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This week’s Maine Food & Dining Report includes the launch of the Fifth Pillar Tea🫖House in Lewison (first 2 photos), The Picnic Basket in Thomaston and Acadia Flatbread Brazilian Soul in Ellsworth, and both Tender Nettle Herb Company and Joshua and Dakota’s Cantina in Belfast. It has word of Pine + Plate 🌲🍽️ being launched by former X Vault chef Alex White, Wilsun’s ice cream🍦 and candy under construction in Kittery and the Kassa Cafe which is set to open in Westbrook on Friday. It also has an update on Vertical Harvest in Westbrook and the newly renamed Cousin's Natural Foods in Biddeford, photos and menu from the Refectory event in Solon (photos 3-7) as well as news from Freedom, Northeast Harbor, South Berwick, and Scarborough, South Portland and Brunswick.

You can read the full report here: https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/maine-food-dining-news-belfast-lewiston-thomaston-ellsworth-south-paris-kittery-westbrook-scarborough-south-portland-biddeford-northeast-harbor-solon-south-berwick-freedom-brunswick/

The Lost Kitchen now offers a regular counter service lunch Tuesday through Saturday. Dubbed the Little Lost Kitchen it operates out of a seaparate cafe space at the restaurant’s renovated mill building in Freedom. Lunch is available on a walk-in basis—no reservations needed or available.

Chef/owner Erin French and her team are serving a menu of baked goods like coffee cake🥮, scones, chocolate coconut rose macaroons with beer wine, ice tea, shrubs, cold brew, and soft drinks. The daily lunch menu includes snacks like snap peas🫛 dusted with citrus salt, oysters and olives along with dishes like the cornflake fried chicken, salad, carrot and corriander soup, French ham and butter sandwiches🥖 and strawberry shortcake🍓 shown in this set of images from today.

The lunch menu is available 11 am – 2:30 pm, with baked good, sandwiches, wine and beer available until 4 pm. Our best advice is to get there early—today’s lunch line started to form up at 10:30 am. There are a few tables indoors but most of the seating is on a patio overlooking the picturesque mill pond.

The Lost Kitchen is located at 22 Mill Street, Freedom, Maine which Google Maps says is a 90+ minute drive from Portland. Parking is just across the bridge from the mill building.