Echoing a national trend, savvy area bartenders are working savory foods into cocktails in ever-more surprising ways. 'If the drinks don't talk to the food and the food doesn't talk to the drinks, there's no cohesion," says a restaurant GP.
Also, a new small plates restaurant and wine bar is coming to the Saint John Valley neighborhood, Schulte and Herr reopen its dining room, and a Rwandan coffee professional will give a talk in Biddeford.