Cole Farms Restaurant In Gray Will Close Its Doors After More Than 6 Decades

Maine Public | By Ed Morin

Published December 30, 2019 at 5:27 PM EST

After more than 60 years in business, Cole Farms Restaurant and Pub in Gray has announced that it will be closing in two weeks.

In an email posted on the eatery's website, owner Brad Pollard says the restaurant, which his family has owned since it first opened, will be open for its last day January 13.

He says it's become increasingly difficult in the last few years to continue the longtime success of the restaurant.

Pollard says perhaps someone with vision and fresh ideas can transform the property into something new that can serve the community for another 68 years.

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Ed Morin

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.

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