2011 Mangiamo Partners
Mangiamo — in Italian it means “Let’s Eat!” Meet and support our local Mangiamo Partners who believe in the importance of fresh local ingredients and the creativity of regional cuisine. The Italian Life Expo features their delicacies in the spirit of exchange at the heart of the Expo.
Azure Café
123 Main Street, Freeport, Maine
http://www.azurecafe.com/
Azure, in Freeport’s historic North End and two doors from LL Bean, is a taste of Italy on the coast of Maine. Visit the Freeport restaurant that has won Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence for six consecutive years, was featured as “Editor’s Choice” for Yankee Magazine and in the Fall of 2010 won the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year competition. In the summer, dine on Azure’s patio under canvas umbrellas with the flora of Italy. Inside, Azure’s Executive Chef Christopher Bassett and his team prepare authentic Italian and Maine dishes with fresh, local ingredients. Live Jazz with dinner a few nights a week year round puts you in the room with some of Maine’s best local and transplanted musicians. Dinner reservations always recommended.
Bruno’s Restaurant & Tavern
33 Allen Avenue, Portland, Maine
http://www.brunosportland.com
Bruno’s has been serving Italian and traditional American food — including seafood, pastas and homemade desserts — for the past 30 years.
Cinque Terre
36 Wharf Street, Portland, Maine
http://www.cinqueterremaine.com/
Fresh fish, rocky harbors and the sights and sounds of a vibrant port city. Cinque Terre Ristorante, located in Portland’s historic Old Port district, is a restaurant where dining in the Italian tradition is encouraged. Fresh herbs, organic vegetables, local mushrooms, freshly made pastas, and meat and fish dishes are carefully and tastefully prepared. Cinque Terre’s pace and its location, in an old ship chandlery building, invite guests to linger and enjoy wines from their Wine Spectator award winning selection and sample traditional desserts, bold espresso drinks and Italian aperitifs.
Farmers’ Gate Market
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170 Leeds Junction Road, Wales, Maine
http://www.farmersgatemarket.com/
Farmers’ Gate Market is a full-scale butcher shop that specializes in grass fed beef, pastured pork, pastured lamb and range poultry. Our products are local, healthy and very tasty. Farmers’ Gate opens in two directions. The Market is at the center of a network that integrates the growing number of pasture-based farm operations and the growing number of consumers who are searching for good local meat — both sides share our enthusiasm for local, pasture-based meats. As a butcher, they find and source top quality meat and then butcher and package all products with respect, knowledge and skill. You can always count on Farmers’ Gate, not only for the best local, pasture-raised meats, but also for all information about the origin, lifetime, and processing of their products.
Flatbread Company
72 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine
http://www.flatbreadcompany.com/
“Oven. Rock. Wood. Fire. Clay. Ash. Crisp. Stoke. Care. Friends.
Thirst. Flavor. Smoke. Organic. Passion. Sweet. Sourcing. Maple.
Friendly. Bake. Real. Serve. Local. Community. Hot. Fun. Farmers.
Market. Whole. Cascobay. Peel. Sapplings. Prayer Flags. Ferry.
Fresh. Comfort. Family. Environment. Educating. Dough. Compost.
Flower. Cauldron. Recycle. Comfort. Unique. Crayons. Friends. Earth.
Noboundaries. One-hour-wait. Umbrellas. Deck. Love. Peace. Roasted.
Patience. Detail. Intention. Mission. Seafog. Islands. Machigone.
Freedom. Choices. Moments. Ripples. Moon. Tides. Committed. Vintage.
Horizon. Paddle. Teamwork. Ten years. Wood-fired Love. Thanks all.”
Frontier Café, Cinema & Gallery
14 Maine Street, Mill 3 - Fort Andross, Brunswick, Maine
http://www.explorefrontier.com/
Frontier was inspired by founder Michael Gilroy’s travels as an expedition leader around the world which compelled him to create a special kind of meeting place where stories, ideas and culture interact in a rich and dynamic environment. For over 300 years, Fort Andross has influenced life along the banks of the Androscoggin River. It has been a trading post for fur trappers, a pre-Revolutionary fort and a bustling textile mill. Today, Fort Andross continues to serve as a vibrant hub for the Brunswick area making it the ideal site to build Frontier’s meeting place. Along with their 85-seat cinema, Frontier’s Café and marketplace is committed to creating an experience that blends fresh local produce, world flavors and seasonal culinary traditions with a lively and entertaining meeting place that encourages cultural and community exchange.
Gorgeous Gelato
434 Fore Street, Portland, Maine
http://www.GorgeousGelato.Com
In the short time they have been in Portland, Donato Giovine and Mariagrazia Zanardi’s Gorgeous Gelato has become a ‘must-visit’ stop in the heart of the Old Port; known for the velvety texture and the intense flavor of their Gelato, which contains the finest local whole milk and the best heavy cream and sugars. They use no artificial sweeteners or flavors, no hydrogenated fats and no emulsifiers. Instead their Pistachios comes from Sicily, their Hazelnuts are imported from the Piedmont region of Italy and they use the best available selections of cocoa and coffee. All this makes their Gelato a healthy product, made daily with fresh and all-natural ingredients and containing 70% less fat and fewer calories than American premium ice cream.
Hannaford Supermarkets
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173 stores in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont
http://www.hannaford.com
Hannaford Supermarkets offers top-quality, fresh foods supported by daily deliveries and friendly, efficient service. Each store also provides a large selection of natural and organic products, many of them supplied by local farms through their Close to Home® program, launched in 2008 as a way to help customers easily spot locally made and locally grown products when they shop. Supporting local businesses also allows for shorter delivery distances, helping to reduce emissions — and contributing to a healthier planet.
Harbor Fish Market
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Custom House Wharf, Portland, Maine
http://www.harborfish.com/
For over 40 years, Harbor Fish and the Alfiero family have been providing the highest quality seafood available. Through their retail store located on the historic Portland, Maine waterfront and food service division, they service retail customers, fine restaurants and institutions. They also reach thousands of customers through their retail air-freight department and national wholesale sales department. They are committed to providing the best quality local fish, seafood and lobsters, as well as seasonal imported seafood and fish, smoked and high quality frozen products and Maine-made, award-winning chowder.
Market Fresh Produce
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116 Pleasant Hill Road, Scarborough, Maine
info@marketfreshproduce.biz
Market Fresh Produce, locally owned and operated, offers a complete line of wholesale produce, specialty provisions, and unmatched customer service. Market Fresh Produce has been supplying Maine’s finest restaurants, caterers, grocers, bistros and delis since 2006. Delivering seven days a week as well as same day delivery to select locations; they have live customer service from 6am until midnight Monday through Friday.
Micucci Wholesale Foods
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961 Riverside Street, Portland, Maine
http://www.micucci.com
For over 50 years Micucci Wholesale Foods have been Northern New England's first choice for specialty foods, pizza supplies and the finest deli meats and cheeses available. Micucci is a family oriented company that has made a name for itself as the largest distributor of food and supplies for the finest restaurants and pizza shops in the Maine/New Hampshire area. Over the years, their product line and area of doing business has increased dramatically. They are authorized distributors for all the major manufacturers of food service products besides their own quality brands, carrying not only Italian-American food products, but also many other international foods, as well as produce, frozen and refrigerated foods, paper goods, smallware, cooking equipment and utensils.
OTTO Pizza
576 & 225 Congress Street, Portland, Maine
http://www.ottoportland.com/
OTTO Pizza provides specialty pizza, known for its creative and unusual menu items like mashed potato and bacon pizza, tortellini pizza, and butternut squash and cranberry pizza. All available by the slice or as a whole pie.
Pat’s Meat Market, Groceria & Cafe
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484 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine
http://www.patsmeatmarket.com
Pat’s Meat Market has been making its own sausages since 1918 and was voted Best Butcher 2010 by Portland’s Pheonix. They also have a wonderful “groceria” stocked with many goods including fresh produce, a variety of national and locally-made barbecue sauces and marinades, and much more.
The Market also houses a deli, which offers a variety of specialty and traditional cold cuts and cheeses, all of which can be made into a freshly-prepared sandwich or salad.
Rosemont Market & Bakery
Three locations in Portland and Yarmouth, Maine
http://www.rosemontmarket.com/
Rosemont Market & Bakery exists to present the best in food and wine for the nutrition, education and delight of their families and customers. They’re committed to finding and supporting the best of local and regional producers. They passionately seek out the freshest and tastiest, raised consciously and well: glorious produce; all-natural dairy, meats and fish; gourmet and everyday products. Their bakers and cooks are similarly devoted to producing the finest in artisanal breads, pastries and prepared foods. Rosemont creates a friendly place where neighborhood friends can enjoy quality goods.
SeaGrass Bistro
305 US Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
http://www.seagrassbistro.com/
SeaGrass, one of Yarmouth’s newest restaurants, presents a new philosophy on dining out. In this American style bistro Chef/Owner Stephanie Brown offers the freshest local ingredients with some Asian, French and Tuscan influences. But Chef Brown doesn’t want to restrict her clients to a menu, she wants to combine her passion for great food with the unique tastes of her customers. At SeaGrass service is personal and individual, not mass-produced. In an era where celebrity chefs rule, Stephanie Brown wants to give the dining experience back to the people. SeaGrass represents the culmination of all Chef Brown’s remarkable talents along with her deep commitment, enormous enthusiasm and her passion for providing a personal and memorable dining experience.
Standard Baking Co.
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75 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine
Alison Pray and Matt James are the creative minds and skilled hands behind the various hand-crafted breads and pastries on offer at the Standard Baking Co., including such favorites as focaccia, brioche, cookies, sticky buns and much more.
Trattoria Athena
25 Mill Street, Brunswick, Maine
http://www.trattoriaathena.com/
Trattoria Athena is a casual, seasonally-inspired trattoria committed to creating a traditional Italian and Greek menu using the best local ingredients available. Chefs/Owners, Marc and Tim, opened the doors to Trattoria Athena in July 2010, inviting Brunswick and beyond to experience the nostalgia of being in their nonna's kitchen or to reminisce about the wines of Santorini. While traveling to Italy and Greece to visit family and friends, Tim and Marc have also dedicated themselves to learning about new dishes and techniques to bring back to your table. Trattoria Athena promises you as authentic a Greek and Italian dining experience as possible this side of the Atlantic.
Vignola
10 Dana Street, Portland, Maine
http://www.vignolamaine.com/
Taking its name from a small town in Italy's heartland known for its food culture, Vingola focuses on creating an authentic Italian experience. They use the best seasonal ingredients and organic, naturally grown items from local Maine farmers, suppliers and producers, while their wine and beer selection showcases varietals from around the world that aren’t available anywhere else in New England, and has been awarded “the place to find the city’s Best Wine List” three times in The Portland Phoenix’s “The Best of Portland’ Readers” polls!
