A woman running a Bangor-based wedding catering business is facing dozens of consumer complaints and tens of thousands of dollars in federal and state tax liens.
Bethany Gregory and the LLC behind her catering companies, TTT A Tides Continuation, are the subjects of nine liens that total $70,210, according to records in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds.
Gregory runs a business known as Vista and Vows, formerly known as Simply Catered by Bethany, that provides wedding catering. She also operated Brackish River Bistro in Winterport.
Gregory has amassed 25 consumer complaints in the past month and a half as couples who hired her to cater their weddings have come forward to complain about her business practices, calling her a “full blown scam.” That brings the total number of complaints against Gregory to 27, according to the Office of the Maine Attorney General. The majority of the complaints are for a failure to provide a refund.
Three liens from the Internal Revenue Service, starting in 2023, make up the bulk of the unpaid taxes. The remaining $22,200 in liens are against the LLC through the State of Maine’s Unemployment Tax Division. Those six liens are for failure to pay unemployment taxes starting in 2023 and throughout 2024, according to records.
Attempts to reach Gregory for comment were unsuccessful.
“There are some situations that have occurred that were outside of our control that have definitely led to some problems,” Gregory previously told Maine Public.
An IRS lien is filed when tax bills have not been paid. It alerts creditors to the unpaid bill and attaches to all assets as the government attempts to lay claim to its money. A state lien also attaches to a person’s assets.
Gregory was also the defendant in a lawsuit in April from two former employees who said they had not been paid for work in summer and fall of 2024 for a total of roughly $9,000, the filing in Penobscot County Superior Court said.
Gregory did not respond to the lawsuit and default judgement was entered against her in July.
Numerous online complaints from couples and wedding photographers allege Gregory would abruptly cancel before a wedding, show up late or not at all, and serve the wrong food or food that was not of the quality promised. Some couples were out more than $30,000, according to the posts.
The reported losses ranged from $3,300 to $34,000, Maine attorney general spokesperson Danna Hayes said.
The first complaint to the attorney general was made in March 2024, with the second in May 2025. There were 11 complaints made in August and 14 in September, the office said.