The summer season of 2022 will be a active a single on the Bangor Waterfront, with a full agenda of concerts at the Maine Personal savings Amphitheater, cruise ships checking out the marina for the 1st time in a decade, the completion of a enormous city infrastructure venture, and five foods vehicles established up in the parking great deal all summertime long — a few of which are new.
The Little Pink Snack Shack, the Purple Barn Roadshow and Nora’s Grill will join waterfront mainstays Pompeii Pizza and Wild Cow Creamery, filling all 5 food items truck slots for the to start with time due to the fact 2018.
“This is the 1st time we have had all 5 spots taken due to the fact ahead of COVID, so it is wonderful to have all people again, as effectively as some new types,” claimed Bangor parks and recreation director Tracy Willette. “They should really all start off placing up in the subsequent 7 days or two.”
Very little Purple Snack Shack will be set up in Bangor right after staying parked in Calais all through the summer time of 2021. It serves ribbon fries with an array of toppings, as well as hand-breaded rooster tenders, sandwiches and wraps, and dessert specials like strawberry shortcake.
The Red Barn Roadshow, a new food items truck operated by the proprietors of longtime Augusta restaurant the Crimson Barn, will provide up fried Maine seafood and fried hen dishes, hand-minimize onion rings and fried Maine greens.
And, gourmet burgers and scorching canine and hand-slash fries are the specialties at Nora’s Grill, which is also established to routinely visit the waterfront.
The a few new vehicles will be a part of Pompeii Pizza, which for additional than a decade has offered wooden-fired pizza with an array of toppings on the Bangor Waterfront, and Wild Cow Creamery, an artisan ice cream stall that also has a long lasting storefront in Belfast.
Willette said he’s looking forward to a fast paced summer in Bangor, in a yr that will see not just a post-pandemic “return to standard,” but that will also see the addition of various new features to the waterfront.
American Cruise Strains vessels will sail up the Penobscot River this summer season for the to start with time in a ten years, stopping in Bangor as they sail the river. The cruise line will fork out the city a docking fee for each and every passenger aboard, in addition to a rental payment for use of the docks. Final 12 months, docks 1, 2 and 3 ended up replaced, and dock 5, which will provide the cruise ship, was set up previous 7 days.
The Maine Price savings Amphitheater is at the moment undergoing main renovations, which are on target to be completed right before the 1st live performance in the 2022 period on June 23. And the addition of an underground, 3.8 million-gallon wastewater storage tank, which commenced in February 2020, is envisioned to be finished around the exact time.
“It is genuinely enjoyable to see the waterfront occur again to lifetime,” Willette explained. “It’s likely to be a fantastic, occupied summer season together the river.”
Hrs for each and every of the new foods vehicles set for the waterfront have still to be recognized, however most are predicted to write-up their schedules each and every 7 days on their particular person social media accounts.
