New Harpswell Schoolhouse restaurant aims to open ‘around Easter’
After a November fire brought an abrupt end to The School House 1913, a new restaurant will soon open in the space, with a new chef, new general manager and new hours.
Read MorePosted by Connie Sage Conner | Mar 26, 2024 | Business & Nonprofits
After a November fire brought an abrupt end to The School House 1913, a new restaurant will soon open in the space, with a new chef, new general manager and new hours.
Read MorePosted by Connie Sage Conner | Mar 2, 2024 | Business & Nonprofits
Fishnet Cafe owner Joan Ouellette has sold her popular Bailey Island restaurant to niece Sara King, who plans to reopen the seasonal eatery in May. If you’re going to sell your restaurant, what better person to buy it than someone in your own family?
Read MorePosted by Connie Sage Conner | Feb 2, 2024 | Business & Nonprofits
Uncle Pete’s Community Market has new owners who are keeping the store open seven days a week instead of five. The Patel family — Sky, Mike, M.P. and Annie — immediately made the change after buying the market next to the post office on Harpswell Neck Road.
Read MorePosted by Connie Sage Conner | Jan 23, 2024 | Business & Nonprofits
Why own just one restaurant when you can have two? “Life is short,” said Khristine Leeman, who, with her husband, Zac Leeman, launched Sundrenched on Bailey Island in 2022. Later this month they plan to open eatery No. 2, Linden + Front, at 244 Front St. in Bath.
Read MorePosted by Connie Sage Conner | Nov 21, 2023 | Business & Nonprofits
After months of delays, the Itty Bitty Coffee Shop in Harpswell Center will have a “soft opening” from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1. Starting Dec. 12, the tiny coffee shop — hence its name — will be open every Tuesday-Saturday, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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