The Borealis Bakery & Bistro at 182 Ocean Ave. in Portland is closing Saturday after about seven years in business.
Jim Amaral, the well-known Maine baker behind the bistro and the larger Borealis Breads bakeries in Wells and Waldoboro, said the building is owned by his brother, a Massachusetts real estate developer who has decided to sell the property. Amaral said he will focus on the wholesale side of Borealis, “which accounts for most of our business anyway and has been very, very busy the past couple of years.”
Despite more competition from bakery startups, Borealis has been “thriving in general,” Amaral said, and the closure of the popular 35-seat neighborhood bistro, which is near the Back Cove area of Portland, has nothing to do with a lack of business.
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