Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Portland.

Top tables

Fore Street ★ 4.8

New AmericanChef Frederic Eliot$$$$$80 to $130 plated, no fixed tastingDaily 16:30-22:00Book Up to 2 months online; same-day walk-ins fill the bar ahead

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.

288 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101 Book →

Twelve ★ 4.7

Tasting menuChef Hannah Ryder$$$$$150 multi-course chef's menuMon Closed; Tue-Thu 17:00-21:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-22:00; Sun 17:00-21:00Book 6 weeks via Resy ahead

Twelve at Portland Foreside, opened 2022 by Prentice Hospitality and now led by Chef Hannah Ryder, runs a Maine tasting menu on Thames Street.

115 Thames Street, Portland, ME 04101 Book →

Central Provisions ★ 4.6

New AmericanChef Chris Gould$$$$$60 to $110 small platesDaily 11:00-14:00; 17:00-22:00Book Walk-in downstairs; Resy 28 days ahead upstairs ahead

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.

414 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101

Chaval ★ 4.2

French fine diningChef Damian Sansonetti$$$$$60 to $100 a la carteTue-Sat 16:30-21:00Book OpenTable 30 days ahead ahead

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.

58 Pine Street, Portland, ME 04102 Book →

Leeward ★ 4.5

ItalianChef Jake Stevens$$$$$60 to $90 pasta-led platesMon Closed; Tue-Sat 17:00-21:00; Sun ClosedBook Resy 28 days ahead ahead

Leeward on Free Street, since 2020, from Jake and Raquel Stevens, with a chef-driven fresh-pasta program inside a brick-and-tile Italian dining room.

85 Free Street, Portland, ME 04101 Book →

Solo Italiano ★ 4.3

ItalianChef Paolo Laboa$$$$$70 to $120 a la carteMon-Thu 15:30-22:00, Fri-Sat 15:30-22:30, Sun 15:30-22:00Book Online via operator site ahead

Solo Italiano on Commercial Street, since 2016, from Chef Paolo Laboa. Genovese cooking with house-made pastas, breads and pesto from a stone mortar.

100 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101 Book →

Via Vecchia ★ 4.0

ItalianChef Via Vecchia kitchen team$$$$$45 to $90 a la carteSun 16:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 16:00-23:00Book Resy 30 days ahead ahead

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.

10 Dana Street, Portland, ME 04101 Book →

Izakaya Minato ★ 4.1

JapaneseChef Thomas Takashi Cooke$$$$$50 to $90 a la carteMon Closed; Tue-Thu 17:00-21:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-22:00; Sun ClosedBook Resy 30 days ahead ahead

Izakaya Minato on Washington Avenue, since 2017, from Thomas Takashi Cooke. A small izakaya with binchotan-grilled yakitori, donburi and a sake list.

54 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME 04101 Book →

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Editor picks in Portland include Fore Street, Twelve, Central Provisions, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.

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