Guidebook for Portland

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Guidebook for Portland

Food Scene

This is a great take out or eat in option. It's kid friendly. Coffee. A bit pricey, but for convenience sake, it's right across the street.
51 locals recommend
Blue Spoon Cafe & Catering
64 Pine St
51 locals recommend
This is a great take out or eat in option. It's kid friendly. Coffee. A bit pricey, but for convenience sake, it's right across the street.
Super yummy and across the street
27 locals recommend
Caiola's
58 Pine Street
27 locals recommend
Super yummy and across the street
Cozy, yummy, close.
46 locals recommend
Bonobo
46 Pine St
46 locals recommend
Cozy, yummy, close.
Great for breakfast, brunch, lunch. Depending on your timing, there may be a line. I've never been there for dinner, but I'm sure it's great.
152 locals recommend
Hot Suppa
703 Congress St
152 locals recommend
Great for breakfast, brunch, lunch. Depending on your timing, there may be a line. I've never been there for dinner, but I'm sure it's great.
Super yummy Thai, cool atmosphere, close.
147 locals recommend
Boda
671 Congress St
147 locals recommend
Super yummy Thai, cool atmosphere, close.
Really popular noodle house. Cool space and outdoor seating. Close!
148 locals recommend
Pai Men Miyake
188 State St
148 locals recommend
Really popular noodle house. Cool space and outdoor seating. Close!
Good for vegetarians/organic eaters. Fun space. Sometimes music.
31 locals recommend
Local Sprouts Co-op
649 Congress St
31 locals recommend
Good for vegetarians/organic eaters. Fun space. Sometimes music.
Vegetarian. Great food.
84 locals recommend
Green Elephant
608 Congress St
84 locals recommend
Vegetarian. Great food.
Pricey, and beautiful redone restaurant in a church. Great for a drink at the bar, too.
26 locals recommend
Grace
15 Chestnut St
26 locals recommend
Pricey, and beautiful redone restaurant in a church. Great for a drink at the bar, too.
Lobster! Outside in downtown Portland
131 locals recommend
Portland Lobster Co
180 Commercial St
131 locals recommend
Lobster! Outside in downtown Portland
Great food. It gets crowded, so off peak eating times are recommended.
145 locals recommend
Central Provisions
414 Fore St
145 locals recommend
Great food. It gets crowded, so off peak eating times are recommended.
Amazing food. Reservations are recommended. Bar area is lovely, too.
54 locals recommend
Fore Street
Fore Street
54 locals recommend
Amazing food. Reservations are recommended. Bar area is lovely, too.
I keep hearing great things about this place. Tell me if it lives up to the great reputation.
272 locals recommend
Eventide Oyster Co.
86 Middle St
272 locals recommend
I keep hearing great things about this place. Tell me if it lives up to the great reputation.
Cash only. Great local diner.
19 locals recommend
Marcy's Diner
47 Oak St
19 locals recommend
Cash only. Great local diner.
Yummy Mexican.
6 locals recommend
El Rayo Taqueria
6 locals recommend
Yummy Mexican.
Pizza on the go or sitting inside/outside.
192 locals recommend
OTTO
576 Congress St
192 locals recommend
Pizza on the go or sitting inside/outside.
This is where a lot of the lobstermen go.
88 locals recommend
Joe's Boathouse Catering
88 locals recommend
This is where a lot of the lobstermen go.
One of my all time faves - it's like a sea side diner. Great bar, too.
56 locals recommend
The Porthole Restaurant & Pub
20 Custom House Wharf
56 locals recommend
One of my all time faves - it's like a sea side diner. Great bar, too.
Elegant. Delicious. Close. I've gone for Brunch. Might want to make reservations.
23 locals recommend
Petite Jacqueline
46 Market St
23 locals recommend
Elegant. Delicious. Close. I've gone for Brunch. Might want to make reservations.
Fun. French. Crepes.
The Merry Table
43 Wharf St
Fun. French. Crepes.
Great atmosphere.
7 locals recommend
Vignola
10 Dana St
7 locals recommend
Great atmosphere.
Great coffee.
100 locals recommend
Coffee By Design
43 Washington Ave
100 locals recommend
Great coffee.
Old Port coffee.
51 locals recommend
Bard Coffee
185 Middle St
51 locals recommend
Old Port coffee.
For those that like familiarity.
16 locals recommend
Starbucks
256 US-1
16 locals recommend
For those that like familiarity.
Right on the water - order lobster and sit on picnic tables. Indoor seating also available.
136 locals recommend
The Lobster Shack at Two Lights
225 Two Lights Rd
136 locals recommend
Right on the water - order lobster and sit on picnic tables. Indoor seating also available.
Bakery - if you go to a South Portland Beach this is a great place to get provisions
PREBLE ST + Willard Square station
Bakery - if you go to a South Portland Beach this is a great place to get provisions
GREAT for breakfast. You can drive to Southern Maine Community College and sit by the lighthouse to eat.
39 locals recommend
158 Pickett Street Cafe
158 Benjamin W Pickett St
39 locals recommend
GREAT for breakfast. You can drive to Southern Maine Community College and sit by the lighthouse to eat.
Coffee, close and good
21 locals recommend
Yordprom Coffee Shop
722 Congress St
21 locals recommend
Coffee, close and good
Coffee and cool space
37 locals recommend
Arabica Coffee House
2 Free St
37 locals recommend
Coffee and cool space
Cool space and good coffee - right by Eastern Prom Trail
37 locals recommend
Arabica Coffee House
2 Free St
37 locals recommend
Cool space and good coffee - right by Eastern Prom Trail
One of my favorite coffee shops on the west end. 10 minute walk, delicious coffee and small park to sit in while you sip it. The coffee shop space is great, so sitting in is wonderful, too.
31 locals recommend
Omi's Coffee Shop
372 Cottage Rd
31 locals recommend
One of my favorite coffee shops on the west end. 10 minute walk, delicious coffee and small park to sit in while you sip it. The coffee shop space is great, so sitting in is wonderful, too.

Drinks & Nightlife

You just kind of feel cool by sitting there. Cool by osmosis. Outside seating if it's nice.
88 locals recommend
LFK
188 State St
88 locals recommend
You just kind of feel cool by sitting there. Cool by osmosis. Outside seating if it's nice.
Kind of dive-y, but if you're a gay man you'll enjoy it.
6 locals recommend
Blackstones
6 Pine St
6 locals recommend
Kind of dive-y, but if you're a gay man you'll enjoy it.
Nice Mediterranean fare. Great space. Always playing cool music.
142 locals recommend
Local 188
685 Congress St
142 locals recommend
Nice Mediterranean fare. Great space. Always playing cool music.
I haven't been here in a while, but here it's a cool hipster place. The address is 769 Congress St, Portland. It's not entirely accurate on this map.
7 locals recommend
Bramhall Street
Bramhall Street
7 locals recommend
I haven't been here in a while, but here it's a cool hipster place. The address is 769 Congress St, Portland. It's not entirely accurate on this map.
Music, music, music. Local. Great.
71 locals recommend
Blue
650 Congress St
71 locals recommend
Music, music, music. Local. Great.
Fun music upstairs. Good Chinese downstairs.
102 locals recommend
Empire
575 Congress St
102 locals recommend
Fun music upstairs. Good Chinese downstairs.

Sightseeing

Great place for a walk.
42 locals recommend
Eastern Promenade Trail
Eastern Promenade Trail
42 locals recommend
Great place for a walk.
Gorgeous
346 locals recommend
Portland Harbor Museum
12 Captain Strout Circle
346 locals recommend
Gorgeous
Pretty!
144 locals recommend
Two Lights State Park
7 Tower Dr
144 locals recommend
Pretty!
Neat little beach. Great waves.
115 locals recommend
Higgins Beach
115 locals recommend
Neat little beach. Great waves.
Nice long sandy beach
110 locals recommend
Scarborough Beach
Black Point Rd
110 locals recommend
Nice long sandy beach
Nice view of Portland
29 locals recommend
Bug Light
South Portland Greenbelt Pathway
29 locals recommend
Nice view of Portland
Nice ferry ride out and walk/bike around
176 locals recommend
Peaks Island
176 locals recommend
Nice ferry ride out and walk/bike around

Arts & Culture

Great music venue
116 locals recommend
State Theater
609 Congress St
116 locals recommend
Great music venue
Great music right down the street.
61 locals recommend
One Longfellow Square
181 State St
61 locals recommend
Great music right down the street.
Music!
33 locals recommend
Port City Music Hall
504 Congress St
33 locals recommend
Music!
They always have something cool going on here.
72 locals recommend
SPACE
534-538 Congress St
72 locals recommend
They always have something cool going on here.
Art!
412 locals recommend
Portland Museum of Art
7 Congress Sq
412 locals recommend
Art!