CuisineNew American
Price$$$$
Tasting menu$60 to $110 small plates
HoursDaily 11:00-14:00; 17:00-22:00
ChefChris Gould
Book aheadWalk-in downstairs; Resy 28 days ahead upstairs
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Location

Address: 414 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101

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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.

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.

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.

Via Vecchia ★ 4.0

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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

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.

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.

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