The Treehouse, the quirky, winsome restaurant above Pat’s Meat Market in Deering Heart, closed final week, in accordance with Elliot Vacchiano, co-owner of Pat’s Meat Market, which owns the constructing and rented the house to the restaurant.
Earlier this month, Greg Gilman, its chef and proprietor, posted an enigmatic video on the restaurant’s Fb web page concerning the closure (we predict?), however he couldn’t be reached for an interview Tuesday.
Vacchiano stated renovations to the primary ground of the constructing imply he isn’t but able to lease out the house to a brand new enterprise, however finally, will probably be a restaurant once more. He stated he thought Gilman confronted the identical daunting challenges as many different restaurateurs post-pandemic, together with issue discovering employees in a really tight labor market.
Gilman opened the restaurant in 1997, then stepped away for about eight years. He returned to the restaurant’s helm in 2015.
NEW BAR TO OPEN WITHIN VESSEL + VINE
Restaurateur Nikaline Iacono is launching, or possibly relaunching, a bar inside Vessel & Vine in Brunswick.
Pre-pandemic, Vessel & Vine had a bar, however throughout COVID occasions, it transformed to retail, although it did supply month-to-month dinners and drinks with seating seasonally on its porch. Now the retail portion of the enterprise will contract, and the bar will return – with some modifications.
The brand new bar, a enterprise inside a enterprise, might be referred to as Caballeras, a Spanish phrase for a type of gentleman cowboy, Iacono stated. It’s going to concentrate on aromatized wines, similar to vermouth and sherry, and also will supply a streamlined menu of small, Mediterranean plates, a half dozen customized cocktails and several other wines by the glass. She plans to open in April with what she hopes would be the largest menu of aromatized wines in Maine.
Vessel & Vine proprietor Nikaline Iacono chats with clients in pre-pandemic days. This spring, she plans to once more open a bar within the house. Brianna Soukup/Employees Photographer
At its core, Caballeras can have the identical “philosophical bent” as the unique, idiosyncratic Vessel & Vine. Iacono described that as “native and seasonal each in cocktails and our meals, and wines which have a way of place. Sherry and vermouth are the final word examples of that. Not solely are they utilizing the grapes from a area but additionally the botanicals from a area. They’ve such a connection to the place they’re from.”
Iacono stated she is opening Caballeras to make the most of the abilities of her “actually nice workforce” and to recreate the sense of group she missed from the unique iteration of Vessel & Vine. The bar will seat 10 to 14 clients inside and one other 25 seasonally on the heated porch. To begin, it’s slated to be open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4-9 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays, from 4-10 p.m.
RESTAURANT WEEK IS ALMOST HERE
Maine Restaurant Week will get underway Tuesday with its annual Unimaginable Breakfast Prepare dinner-off through which cooks compete on your vote for one of the best breakfast merchandise. The occasion might be held, as common, at Sea Canine Brewing in South Portland, from 7-9 a.m. Tickets value $29.
The weeklong occasion runs from March 1 via 12 and is meant to generate enterprise for eating places throughout their gradual season. Along with particular occasions devoted to espresso and cocktails, collaborating eating places supply many particular meal offers. For reservations and extra data, go to mainerestaurantweek.com.
EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY
A number of space inns are providing occasions of all kinds to entice clients over the gradual restaurant season.
The Salt Yard Cafe in Portland’s Cover Lodge is providing free Household Film Night time this week, on Wednesday and Thursday. The showings of Disney animated movies “Moana” and “Encanto” embody complimentary snacks, sodas and video games for the children, plus completely happy hour drink and meals specials from 4-9 p.m. for the parental crowd. Discover particulars on the lodge’s Fb web page.
Study Italian wine at 4 courses held on the Harbor Bistro + Terrace within the Portland Harbor Lodge. The wine tasting, paired with small bites, will discover the wines of Piedmont (Thursday), Sicily (March 8), Tuscany (March 22) and Campania (April 5). Lessons value $45 every and run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Reservations are required. To register, name 207-523-2016.
On Thursday, Portland distillery Three of Sturdy is providing a rum tasting at the side of the Alto Terrace Bar + Kitchen within the Cambria Portland Lodge. Study gentle, darkish and spiced rum, all paired with a particular menu that features curried mussels and braised pork loin. The tasting/dinner runs from 6-8 p.m. and prices $95. Reserve by calling 603-334-4207.
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