Specialty Foods

Conbini-style Japanese market and cafe from the Miyake family team, opened January 2026 next door to Aomori Restaurant in Portland's West Bayside.

Plant-based Jamaican jerk marinades made in Topsham — Yankee's 2025 Best New Artisan Food for the Maine Blueberry Jerk Marinade.

Authentic French bakery from Le Cordon Bleu–trained Galyna Syrota, relocated to Hallowell's Water Street May 2025 in the second-oldest building in town.

Red-sauce Italian restaurant and Philly hoagie shop from Ramona's owner Josh Sobel, opened May 2025 in the former Broken Arrow space on Congress Street.

Forest Avenue brick-and-mortar from the popular Cargo Pizza food truck, opened March 2025 with Neo-Neapolitan and New Haven–style pies, smash burgers, and beef-tallow fries.

Daytime neighborhood cafe and market in downtown Waldoboro, opened March 2026 with a working-harbor-inspired room built largely by the owners.

Wyman's is a Maine-rooted producer of frozen wild blueberries and fruit blends—family-owned and growing wild lowbush blueberries in Maine since 1874.

Viral TikTok bakery from Jenna Roberts, relocated October 2025 from Sabattus to Auburn with macarons, Dubai fruit cups, cruffins, and dirty sodas.

Solar-evaporated wild sea salt from Matinicus Island — women-owned, family-operated. Featured in Down East magazine's September 2025 issue.

Artisan bakery in Brunswick's Tontine Mall from Kyle Rogers (formerly Bread Pedlar pop-up), opened November 2025 with Maine Grains flour and Tandem Coffee.

All-day wine bar, market, and catering shop in Falmouth's Wyeth building from Emma Martin and Sami Smart, opened January 2026 with grazing boards and small plates.

Multi-regional roast beef sandwich shop on Congress Street from Jenn Rockwell (Ada's Kitchen) — Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, and Philly styles, all rare with house au jus.

Hand-rolled, honey-boiled sourdough bagels from Long Island transplant Shawn Williams, opened as a brick-and-mortar shop January 2025 in Northport.

Vietnamese-style banh mi, sandwiches, and boba in Knightville from Chayuda Yeamsiriwut, opened October 2025 in the former BenReuben's space.

Old Port pizza and burger bar from the Tomaso's Canteen team, opened March 2025 in the former Rathskeller space on Wharf Street.