Portland: Old Port Seafood Lovers Tour
Savor a Maine seafood luncheon and learn about Portland’s iconic working waterfront with a knowledgeable local guide.
Double-crust American pie of wild Maine lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium), sugar, lemon and starch. The lowbush berry is smaller and more intense than the highbush; peak is late July through August.
Wild lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium) are native to the Maine barrens; the Wabanaki peoples cultivated them for thousands of years before European settlement. Commercial wild blueberry production began in the 1840s in Washington County, Maine; today Maine produces nearly all US wild blueberries. The pie has been a Maine summer staple since the late 1800s, with cookbooks from the Maine Cooperative Extension formalising the canonical sugar-and-cornstarch ratio in the 1920s. Two Fat Cats Bakery on Lancaster Street and Becky's Diner both run a canonical July to August blueberry pie window.
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Standard Baking Co ★ 4.8
old-port · 75 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101
Standard Baking on Commercial Street, since 1995 from Alison Pray and Matt James, is Portland's artisan bakery for levain breads and laminated pastries.
Two Fat Cats Bakery ★ 4.7
east-bayside · 195 Lancaster Street, Portland, ME 04101
Two Fat Cats on Lancaster Street, founded 2005 by the Fore Street team and bought 2012 by Stacy Begin, runs whoopie pies, fruit pies and cakes.
Becky's Diner ★ 4.1
old-port · 390 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101
Becky's Diner on Commercial Street has been on Portland's working waterfront since 1991, opening 05:00 daily for fishing crews and one of the longest weekend.
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