
Someone threw out Harvest Moon Deli, and everyone was like ‘yes!’” We wanted to come across as wholesome, healthy and earthy. “Orono had an earthy feel to it, so we were looking for a name that would convey the kind of restaurant we were trying to open. “We knew the feel we wanted to have,” Manaker said. We opened our doors, and it was an immediate hit. It was going on all over the country, but there really wasn’t anybody doing it here. “Nobody was doing paninis around here yet. “When I bought the building I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do, but I had a lean toward food service because that was my background,” said Manaker, who attended culinary school at Johnson & Wales University. The eatery opened its first location in Orono in 2007.

“We decided to continue to grow the business and thought Brewer was a good community - a community we felt we would be well-received in,” Richardson said. 23, they’re tentatively expected to be sold at the newest Harvest Moon location at the Twin City Plaza in Brewer, if all goes according to schedule.Ĭurrently under construction, the third outpost of the popular sandwich shop features a familiar color scheme of autumnal yellows, oranges and browns and a menu with sandwiches named after legendary rock, folk and blues musicians.įor owners Keith Manaker and Zack Richardson, it was only a matter of time before they opened another shop to complement their locations on 72 Columbia St. King, Ella Fitzgerald and Jerry Garcia live on as names of paninis.Ĭome Friday, Oct. PrintAt Harvest Moon Deli, greats including B.B.
