Portland Food Map

This week’s Maine Food & Dining Report includes word of a new bakery (Periwinkle Pie Co.) under construction in Georgetown and new restaurant under construction (No Bones Grill) in Old Town; of the launch of a wine bar in Kittery (Kittery Wine Bar), the Bowdoinham Country Store (photos below), new food trucks in Madawaska (T&D Eatery) and York, and a kitchen at Wiggly Bridge Distillery; a review of Hank's Maine in Scarborough; the closing of three businesses; as well as other news from Wiscasset, Ogunquit, Bar Harbor, and Arundel.
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Cobblestone Coffee and Co. is set to open on Thursday. The ~40-seat bakery/cafe is being launched by Sai Guntaka, the owner of Taj and it will be located at 200 Gorham Road in the the building that was the first home of the Taj restaurant. Cobblestone will be open daily 6 am – 3 pm.

Baristas Zack Treadwell and Tyler Land will serve a full line-up of brewed coffee☕️ and espresso-based drinks as well as an Irani chai prepared in the style popular in Hyderabad where Guntaka’s family is from. It is flavored with cardamom, rose petals and a mix of spices. Cobblestone will be serving a special coffee produced by Tandem Coffee Roasters using single beans sourced from India.

Chef Adam Williams is leading the kitchen at Cobblestone. He and his team—which includes sous chef Re*****on McGuire and bakers Lucie Beau and Angela Young—will be serving a menu (see below) that includes baked goods, breakfast and brunch items and lunch options. Guntaka shared that their goal is to provide a range of offerings “you won’t find just anywhere else.” Baked goods like gulab jamun cardi and coconut croissants🥐, tamarind kougin amann and a chai palmier certainly meet that goal. As do dishes like an avocado🥑 toast made with chaat masala and corriander-mint chutney, and a braised lamb bowl served of cracked rye with a vadav pav crumble.

Woodhull designed the cafe and it was constructed by Carlos Acosta with the neon sign behind the counter produced by David Johansen (aka Neon Dave). A notable and laudable element of Cobblestone Coffee is Guntaka’s plans to redirect all profits from the cafe to support his outreach program that provides free meals to people in need.

In addition to Taj in South Portland, Guntaka is a cofounder Silver Street by Taj in the Old Port and Rasa in Bangor.