A third predicted a better 2023, but two-thirds predicted staffing challenges would persist. Rising costs and staffing shortages continue to be impediments to success.
While still grappling with industry-wide staffing and supply-chain shortages, Portland’s restaurants are on the rebound. There has been a host of new investments in Maine's largest city, which is home to more than 500 licensed eating and drinking establishments.
Maine’s hospitality industry had a very good 2022, but restaurants are struggling to rebound from the pandemic. And challenges due to the labor shortage are expected to persist.