Rick Boyd, owner of Backwoods Burger Shack in Gorham and the seasonal Wonderdogs in Naples, aims to open Rambler Irish Bistro in the former Owl & Elm space in Yarmouth. His timeline to open it is September “at the earliest.” Owl & Elm closed in July .

“It’s a sort of weird thing to call it when most people think ‘pubs’ when they think Irish anything, but I feel like the idea of a Irish pub has just grown to be too expansive and usually is just the same tired bar food you get anywhere,” Boyd wrote in an email. “We’re going for refined, rustic, comfort. The preparations will be traditional in most cases but it will not be haute cuisine.”

The menu will include traditional Irish dishes like roasted lamb shank, beer batter fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, Dublin Lawyer (roasted lobster with

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