Joshua’s Restaurant & Tavern

What Joshua’s Restaurant & Tavern does

Joshua's Restaurant & Tavern was an independent, privately-owned restaurant and tavern located at 123 Maine St., Brunswick, Maine. The business served the local Brunswick community with dine-in food and beverage service for over three decades before permanently closing. Its operating model centered on a single physical storefront targeting local consumers in the Brunswick, Maine market, supplemented by a light community-engagement presence via Facebook and Instagram and a blog called "Joshua's Journal."

The business operated with a small team of approximately 7 employees and offered a menu of dining options typical of an independent full-service tavern. Revenue was generated almost exclusively through on-premises food and beverage sales at the single Brunswick location; no additional distribution channels, catering operations, merchandise lines, or franchise activity are documented in the source data. There is no app, no online ordering platform, no API, and no proprietary technology stack referenced.

The company has permanently ceased operations. Its website currently displays a closure notice: "We are permanantly closed. Thank you for over three decades of support!" Ownership structure, investors, legal entity type, founding date, and historical financials are not disclosed in the available data. No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, executive team details, patents, awards, or regulatory actions are documented. The source corpus includes unrelated third-party content (an Indonesian-language online gambling site) that should be disregarded as not pertaining to the company.

Name

Joshua’s Restaurant & Tavern

Legal name

Joshua's Restaurant & Tavern

Website

https://joshuastavern.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Joshua's Restaurant & Tavern was an independent, single-location dine-in restaurant and tavern at 123 Maine St., Brunswick, Maine, serving the local community for over three decades before permanently closing operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Casual Dining Restaurants (THAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

Keywords

• Casual dining
• Tavern services
• American cuisine
• Neighborhood restaurant
• Food and beverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Brunswick

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Joshua's Restaurant & Tavern was a single-location, independent restaurant and tavern in Brunswick, Maine that served casual American food and drink to the local community. The establishment operated a dining menu, full bar/tavern service, and published a blog called "Joshua's Journal." The business has permanently closed after more than three decades of operation.

Product overview

Joshua's Restaurant & Tavern was a local restaurant and tavern located in Brunswick, Maine. The business has permanently closed after over three decades of operation. The company offered dining services including a menu and maintained a blog called "Joshua's Journal." No active products or services are currently available as the establishment has ceased operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine-in Restaurant Service
• Tavern/Bar Service

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Sea Dog Brewing Company: A brewpub chain with a Brunswick, ME location on Maine Street, offering casual dining and a bar/tavern experience. Directly comparable to Joshua's as a neighborhood tavern-and-restaurant in the same downtown Brunswick market.
• The Great Impasta: Independent, family-owned Italian restaurant in Brunswick, ME operating for over 30 years. Comparable to Joshua's as a long-standing, single-location independent restaurant serving the same local community.
• Byrne's Irish Pub: Neighborhood pub in Brunswick, ME serving food and drinks with a casual, community-oriented atmosphere. Comparable to Joshua's in scale, format, and target customer (local Brunswick patrons) — a direct local competitor.
• The Brunswick Hotel & Tavern: Hotel-affiliated full-service restaurant and tavern in downtown Brunswick, ME. Directly comparable to Joshua's as a local full-service restaurant and tavern operating in the immediate Brunswick trade area.

Regional players

• Fore Street Restaurant: Iconic full-service restaurant in Portland, ME (~30 miles from Brunswick) known for regionally-sourced cuisine. Comparable to Joshua's as a full-service Maine restaurant, though at a significantly higher price point and scale.
• Pat's Pizza: Maine-based regional pizza and casual restaurant chain founded in 1931, with multiple Brunswick-area locations. Comparable to Joshua's as an established, casual, Maine-based food-and-beverage operator with deep local roots.
• The Front Room: Casual full-service restaurant and tavern in Portland, ME serving a local clientele. Comparable to Joshua's in operating model (casual dining + bar service) and customer type, though serving a different metro market.
• Moody's Diner: Long-running, multi-generational Maine diner with locations in Waldoboro and Wiscasset. Comparable to Joshua's as a decades-old, family-run restaurant in a small Maine town with a loyal local and tourist customer base.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/JoshuasBrunswick
• Instagraminstagram.com/joshuas_brunswick
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/joshua%E2%80%99s-restaurant-&-tavern

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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