04/29/2026
Bangor, thank you for the support you’ve shown Urban Pizza. ❤️🍕
Due to recent changes to Maine liquor license laws erratically and outrageously enacted by the Maine Legislature, we have been forced to reevaluate our business model and shift our focus toward bringing our core locations into long-term compliance. These new laws have changed the number of licenses our ownership group can hold, which means we are no longer able to keep a liquor license allocated to Urban Pizza while also prioritizing our other long-term model and locations. If these laws had not abruptly changed, we would have continued operating this location for the long haul.
With that in mind, today will be our final day of service at 329 Main St in Bangor.
Urban Pizza was always a concept we hoped could grow into something bigger, and we are incredibly proud of what we built here, the food we served, and the support this community gave us. We are also working with our small team to relocate them within the company.
While this location is closing, the Urban Pizza concept is not going away. We plan to move it to a building in Bar Harbor where we currently hold a liquor license, allowing us to continue the brand in a way that aligns with the updated laws. We are working toward reopening behind Blaze in Bar Harbor, and we’re hopeful another really cool pizza spot will find a home here in our place in Bangor.
We also want to thank the state legislators who attempted, though unfortunately unsuccessfully, to help us resolve this matter. We look forward to continuing to work with them to see these laws addressed appropriately.
We will continue to keep this page active and update everyone as we get closer to the Bar Harbor opening.
Thank you to everyone who ordered a slice, stopped in, and supported us along the way. We truly appreciate Bangor and are proud of what Urban Pizza was. 🍕❤️
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To clarify, our business model is more complicated than simply staying open without alcohol. Urban Pizza was still in the stage of building traction, which is normal for a newer concept, and the model relied on beer, wine, and RTD sales while the brand continued to grow. At the same time, these new laws limit our ability to license other stronger properties that help support newer concepts like Urban Pizza. Without that flexibility, operating food-only becomes much more difficult to sustain long term.
