Fore Street
- ★ 4.8
- New American
- $$$$
Fore Street has been Portland's flagship wood-fired dining room since 1996, with a wood-burning oven, open hearth and turning spit at the kitchen's heart.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Portland.
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Twelve
- ★ 4.7
- Tasting menu
- $$$$
Twelve at Portland Foreside, opened 2022 by Prentice Hospitality and now led by Chef Hannah Ryder, runs a Maine tasting menu on Thames Street.
Central Provisions
- ★ 4.6
- New American
- $$$$
Central Provisions at the top of Fore Street, opened 2014 by Chris and Paige Gould (Beard nominee), with rotating small plates of crudo and pork belly.
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Chaval
- ★ 4.2
- French fine dining
- $$$$
Chaval on Pine Street in the West End, since 2017, from the Piccolo team of Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez. Spanish-French cooking around the wood oven.
Solo Italiano
- ★ 4.3
- Italian
- $$$$
Solo Italiano on Commercial Street, since 2016, from Chef Paolo Laboa. Genovese cooking with house-made pastas, breads and pesto from a stone mortar.
Via Vecchia
- ★ 4.0
- Italian
- $$$$
Via Vecchia on Dana Street in the Old Port, a brick-and-ivy small-plates Italian room with handmade pasta, Maine seafood and a velvet-booth wrap-around bar.
Izakaya Minato
- ★ 4.1
- Japanese
- $$$$
Izakaya Minato on Washington Avenue, since 2017, from Thomas Takashi Cooke. A small izakaya with binchotan-grilled yakitori, donburi and a sake list.
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Editor picks in Portland include Fore Street, Twelve, Central Provisions, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.