€€€€ • Giapponese (Kyoto) • Biddeford
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2026: CHEF-IN-RESIDENCE IAN COFERFor two months only, Chef Ian Cofer runs our kitchen. Ian is now cooking his own food: whole-animal butchery, fermentation and dishes guided by the Maine seasons. His twenty years of cooking include Michelin-starred stages in Chicago and San Francisco.November and December: a residency with Ian Cofer, Magnus's longtime kitchen consultant, whose cooking draws on Michelin-starred training, a year at Twelve in Portland, and Maine's farms and seasons.Magnus on Water is a cocktail bar and restaurant in Biddeford, Maine, with an award-winning beverage program led by Creative Director Brian "Cat" Catapang. Our bar holds two Pinnacle Guide pins (Outstanding), the bar world's Michelin stars, held by fewer than 100 bars worldwide. The restaurant was a 2022 James Beard Semifinalist for Best Chef: Northeast. The space is a warm, art-filled room with low light, a beautiful bar and a patio on the Saco River.Open Thursday–Sunday, 5–9pm.