Becky's Diner
- ★ 4.3
- $$
- Old Port
Order Short stack with bacon and a cup of clam chowder.
Becky's Diner on Commercial Street has run on the working waterfront since 1991, opening at 05:00 for the fishing crews and the breakfast queue behind them.
Where to brunch in Portland. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
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Tandem Coffee + Bakery
- ★ 4.7
- $$
- West End
Order Buttermilk biscuit sandwich with bacon, fried egg and sharp cheddar.
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street is the West End brunch shop, opened 2014 by Will and Kathleen Pratt, with biscuit sandwiches and house pour-overs.
The Front Room
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- Munjoy Hill
Order Eggs benedict with house hollandaise; a side of cinnamon swirl French toast.
The Front Room at the top of Munjoy Hill, since 2006 from Chef Harding Lee Smith, is the flagship brunch room with a full bar and Congress Street windows.
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Rose Foods
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- Woodfords and Deering
Order Lox bagel with whipped cream cheese; matzo ball soup on the side.
Rose Foods on Forest Avenue, since 2017 from Chad Conley, runs hand-rolled bagels, house-cured lox, smoked whitefish and matzo ball soup through the morning.
Scratch Baking Co
- ★ 4.7
- $$
- West End
Order Scratch sea salt bagel with house cream cheese and lox.
Scratch Baking Co in South Portland's Willard Square pulls Portland's deepest weekend bagel queue, with house cream cheese, lox and Sunday morning lines.
Forage Market
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- East Bayside
Order Wood-fired bagel sandwich with house cream cheese and lox.
Forage Market on Washington Avenue runs Montreal-style wood-fired bagels and sourdough breads with bagel sandwiches, salads and soups in East Bayside.
The Holy Donut
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- Old Port
Order Wild Maine blueberry potato donut and a flat white.
The Holy Donut on Commercial Street pulls a weekend morning queue for Leigh Kellis's Maine potato donuts in rotating seasonal flavours, like wild blueberry.
Bayside Bowl
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- East Bayside
Order Breakfast sandwich on Standard Baking biscuit; the bloody mary bar.
Bayside Bowl on Alder Street runs weekend brunch from the kitchen of the downstairs bowling alley, with a rooftop bar that opens at noon through summer.
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