Allagash Brewing Co. will open Scarborough location in July
Apr. 18—Allagash Brewing Co. is on track to open a new location at The Downs in Scarborough in July, the company announced Thursday.
Allagash Scarborough, at 10 Market St., will be a reimagined hospitality concept for the Allagash team, with house-made wine and cocktails in addition to beer. A menu featuring food from the team at Bite Into Maine will also be available.
Allagash will continue to offer a tasting room and brewery tours at its headquarters in Portland.
"For 30 years, Portland has been and will always be our home, but we're excited to reach even more of the Maine community in this new space, as well as folks visiting Maine, by bringing the Allagash experience to Scarborough," founder Rob Tod said in a statement.
Tod first announced in 2022 that Allagash would move to Scarborough to be part of The Downs, the state's largest mixed-use development. At the time, he said the Scarborough location would replace the Portland tasting room. Since then, he decided that a new tasting room inside an existing space directly across from the land purchased in 2022 would be a better fit.
"Given the building costs and current market realities, using this already existing space at The Downs seems like a better way to move forward with our plans to expand to Scarborough in the immediate term," Tod said. "While this new tasting room will be a pivot from our original plans at The Downs, we're thrilled to be a part of the Scarborough community and invite people to come see what our new tasting space has to offer."
Since breaking ground in 2018, The Downs has grown to include Maine's first Costco, other commercial and light industrial spaces and more than 600 housing units.
The Downs has recently pivoted to the town center portion of the project. Developers plan to create a gathering space and destination for the community, with a central green surrounded by shops, restaurants, breweries and other amenities.
"We're creating a space that can be a community hub for families, our friends in The Downs and Scarborough as a whole," said Emily Wallace, director of hospitality at Allagash. "Much of our staff lives in Scarborough or spends time there with the abundance of beautiful beaches and hikes nearby."
Founded in 1995, Allagash is one of Maine's oldest craft brewers, known for its Belgian-style beers, namely its flagship, Allagash White. Tod won a 2019 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer or Spirits professional.
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