Top 12 St. Patrick’s Day Food & Drink Traditions

This year, we’re excited about some great local food and drink to compliment the traditional Irish favorites. Our Favorite Irish Foods Leg of lamb. Unlike here in America, this is the special food you’re most likely to see on Irish tables for the holiday. We carry lamb from local North Star Sheep Farms to make your …

January Tastings

Cheers to January with some lovely tastings of food, wine, and cider at Bow Street! Tastings run from 3:30-5:30pm.  Saturday 7th What pairs best with….Chinese take out? For those winter evenings that you are “in”, we’ve come up with some delicious and economical pairings to try. Whether sweet, spicy or salty we have put together some …

December Tastings & Events

This December, we’re sampling an entire holiday feast and tasting spirits, sparkling wines, and Rising Tide Beers! Saturday, Dec 3rd  Our wines this weekend are all from Martignetti wines. We start with Prosecco, travel to different countries, and finish in France. Bring a friend and try a splash or two of these delicious wines! Saturday, …

Save Money And The Environment! BYOB – Bring Your Own Bag

Freeport, Maine town ordinance banning plastic bags & requiring a mandatory 5 cent charge for paper bags starts 9/12/16.On Earth Day 2015, Bow Street Market voluntarily started using paper bags instead of single-use plastic bags. Since then, we have prevented over 1 million bags from entering the waste stream. We are proud of our customers, voters, and …

Fall Tastings

Roll out the Barrels at Bow Street Market! This months tastings are all with products from the East Coast! Craft Spirits from Vermont to Maine! Featuring Smugglers’ Notch Distillery…Smugglers’ Notch is a father/son partnership in Jefferson Vermont. Come taste several categories of spirits. Small Batch~Vermont Inspired. Brand new to our market, Chadwick’s Maple Craft Spirit, Pittston, …

8 Best Bourbons for Father’s Day

  Which whiskey style fits your Father? We’ve selected our eight favorites for Father’s Day. DADS WHO LOVE LOCAL 1. New England Distilling Gunpowder Rye, Portland $44.99 2. Wiggly Bridge Small Barrel Whiskey, York $52.99 *Mix these local favorites with iced tea or Maine cider and a chunk of lemon ADVENTUROUS DAD 3. Hudson Manhattan Rye $49.99 …

Online Turkey Ordering Closes: Happy Thanksgiving!

When we launched online ordering last year, we had no idea how happy this would make our customers! We’re delighted to announce ordering was open for Thanksgiving 2015! Order online from our great selection of tasty birds, including locally-raised turkeys from Greaney’s Turkey Farm, in Mercer, Maine. (While we could keep them!) We had customer’s turkey ready at our butcher’s counter right …