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Food tour in Portland

Old Port Culinary Walking Tour with Maine Tastings

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Don't-miss vendors

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Duckfat Frites Shack

Try Belgian frites in duck fat

Duckfat Frites Shack on Washington Avenue is the takeout sibling to Duckfat, serving duck fat fries, fried snacks, milkshakes and beer at a shared patio.

Eat your way around Old Port

2 of the street food on this list are in Old Port. So are these tours and tastings.

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Mami

Try Japanese onigiri rice balls

Mami on Fore Street, from chef Austin Miller and Hana Tamaki (food truck 2015, brick-and-mortar 2017), runs onigiri, broth bowls and izakaya snacks.

Tu Casa Restaurant

Try Salvadoran pupusas

Tu Casa on Washington Avenue runs a Salvadoran kitchen with hand-made pupusas, curtido, fried plantains and tamales de elote in a tight East Bayside room.

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