Best bagels in U.S.? Food and Wine magazine lists three Maine bakeries.
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Forage opens a Portland store
Portlanders are getting a chance to try “one of America’s best” bagels, as Saveur magazine anointed them two years ago. The much-anticipated soft opening of Forage Market took place over the weekend at 123 Washington Ave. If you missed it, a second soft opening is scheduled for Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. until the […]
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Forage Market to open second location in Portland in spring
LEWISTON — Forage Market in Lewiston is opening a new location in Portland at 123 Washington Ave., the same building complex that houses an oyster bar and a craft distillery. The market is actually a bakery and cafe that makes breakfast and lunch sandwiches to order, pastries, soups and salads. The staff bakes a variety […]
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Forage Market looks for a place in Portland to open another store
Erin Crocker fixes bagel orders in the kitchen of Forage Market in 2016. The market often sells out of its bagels despite ramping up production. LEWISTON — Forage Market on Lisbon Street plans to open a Portland location in 2018, according to MaineBiz. “We’re trying to find another location now,” Allen Smith, owner of the […]
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World-class bagels in the heart of Lewiston
You’d have to be at least a decade or two older than Forage Market bakers Gerald Walsh and Chad Sparks to remember a world in which bagels were not as ubiquitous as gas station pizza. Historians trace the bagel’s origins to 17th-century Eastern European Jewish communities, specifically near Krakow, Poland. Handmade with simple and sometimes […]
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The Buzz about Forage’s bagels; Taco Bell takes its time
The all-caps headline in Saveur Magazine this week raises the question: “Is one of America’s Best Bagels in … Lewiston, Maine?” and the story seems to answer with a firm YES. The glowing feature on Forage Market, which starts with the New York writer’s open skepticism when a friend recommended its bagels, has been in the […]
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‘Got hay?’: Aroostook County family not horsing around when it comes to forage production
EASTON — The logo on Richard James’ company shirt reads, “Got Hay?” As the owner of Lucerne Farms, James not only has hay, he has timothy and alfalfa, and the combination has become a holy triumvirate of specialty equine forage for horse owners around the country. “Hay and clean water are the cornerstones of a […]
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Bellows makes stop in Lewiston to start U.S. Senate campaign
LEWISTON — Androscoggin County’s Democratic faithful flocked to Forage Market on Lisbon Street on Wednesday cheering on Shenna Bellows, who made a 40-minute stump stop in the city announcing her campaign for the U.S. Senate. Bellows, of Manchester and the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, is hoping to unseat […]