Blind Pig opens in Kittery
Blind Pig Provisions is the newest restaurant to open in Kittery, Maine’s booming food scene. Located on Badger’s Island, the restaurant opens for dinner on Thursday, June 11 and will start serving lunch on Wednesday, June 17. It’s the latest project from Michael Prete and Matt Greco, who co-own The Kitchen in Portsmouth and Portsmouth Catering Company. The menu includes appetizers and medium plates, featuring everything from traditional lobster rolls and lobster sliders to seared monk fish and local paella. The Blind Pig also has a full bar and beer garden. For more information, visit blindpigmaine.com.
New faces at Throwback Brewery, Federal Cigar
Some new, yet familiar, faces are working at Throwback Brewery in North Hampton and Federal Cigar in Portsmouth.
The downtown Portsmouth cigar bar recently announced that Zack Gage has been hired as bar manager. Gage is a familiar face in the Seacoast food scene — he previously worked as a bartender at the 100 Club, as general manager at Demeters Steakhouse, and as the assistant general manager at CR’s in Hampton. The cigar shop, located at 36 Market St., opened its cigar bar, located below the shop, last fall.
At Throwback Brewery, chef Carrie Dahlgren has joined the staff as the brewery transitions to a new location (to Hobbs Farm, across the street from its current Lafayette Road spot) and expands its offerings to include more food. Dahlgren is the former chef de cuisine at the Black Trumpet Bistro in Portsmouth, where she worked for eight years.
Farm-a-Q tickets on sale
Slow Food Seacoast and the Heirloom Harvest Project’s Farm-a-Q, an annual celebration of local food and local farms, returns to Coppal House Farm in Lee on Sunday, June 28. Now in its fourth year, the event brings together Seacoast chefs and local farms, with participating restaurants Anju, Anneke Jans, Applecrest Farm Bistro, Figtree Kitchen, Hayseed, Moxy, Vida Cantina, and others serving dishes made with locally grown ingredients. This year’s event features tastings, an “under-loved fish throwdown” sponsored by Slow Fish, children’s nature-based activities by Community Roots, a wild walk led by White Pine Programs, live music, and a large picnic-style meal. Tickets are $25 and are available at slowfoodseacoast.org.
Farmers Dinner comes to Dover
The Farmers Dinner, a dinner series organized by Keith Sarasin that connects diners with local farmers in the Nashua area, is coming to Dover this summer. Stages at One Washington is hosting two Farmers Dinners in June and July, with a third scheduled for October. The dinner includes a four-course meal using locally sourced ingredients by Stages chef and James Beard Award nominee Evan Hennessey. The first dinner takes place on Sunday, June 28 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. at Stages, located at 1 Washington St., Suite 325 in Dover. Tickets are $99 and are available at thefarmersdinner.com.
Top of page: Blind Pig Provisions in Kittery, Maine. photo by Matt Kanner