AUBURN – It’s a full house at Rolandeau’s Restaurant and bartender Nick Talarico is in constant motion. He’s pouring drinks and serving food and cleaning up after customers. As he moves from one end of the room to the other, his customers hit him with wisecracks. But for every jab they send his way, Talarico […]
Rolandeau’s
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47 years later, Roland Nadeau is closing the kitchen at Rolandeau’s
AUBURN — At age 23, with five years of restaurant experience under his belt, Roland Nadeau bought the closed Phil-O-Mar on Washington Street, remodeled, renamed the place, and started serving escargot, beef Wellington and, the dish he’d become known for, prime rib. Forty-seven years of working 14-hour days later, he’s coming out of the kitchen. […]
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Rita M. Noel
1926 – 2015 LEWISTON — Rita M. Noel, 89, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. She was born in Auburn on Aug. 10, 1926, the daughter of Joseph S. and Ida (Beaulieu) Doyon. She attended Auburn schools and graduated from the Edward Little High School in Auburn. After graduation, she […]
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Local restaurants keep Valentine’s plans; hope diners do, too
LEWISTON — Despite the impending blizzard, love, dining and “Fifty Shades of Grey”-themed cocktails will go on. Local restaurateurs said Friday that they planned to stay open for Valentine’s Day revelers on Saturday, even in the face of a snow-laden forecast. The ingredients have been prepped, the staff’s been scheduled and the feeling was that […]