By Emily Burnham | BDN Staff – BangorDailyNews.com – Photo: Gabor Degre | BDN.

Photo: Downtown Ellsworth, Maine.

Longtime downtown Ellsworth Mexican eatery The Mex announced on Wednesday that it has closed, effective immediately. According to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page, the decision to close was due to it being the right time to “turn a new page.”  The Mex opened in 1979, in an era when there were very few Mexican restaurants in Maine. Over the decades, owner Bruce Wardwell has kept a steady menu of classic Mexican-American dishes.

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