The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Portland's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Portland.
The Holy Donut on Commercial Street is the Portland waterfront takeout counter for Leigh Kellis's Maine potato donuts in rotating seasonal flavours.
Try: Maine potato donut
Tip: Sells out by mid-afternoon. Take to the wharves for an Old Port walk.
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.
Try: Belgian frites in duck fat
Tip: Seasonal April through October. The picnic-table patio is shared with Oxbow Brewing taproom next door.
Bite Into Maine runs its lobster-roll truck and counter at the Allagash Brewing taproom on Industrial Way, Connecticut-style warm butter on a top-split bun.
Try: Maine lobster roll, Connecticut-style with warm butter
Tip: Seasonal April through October. Original Bite Into Maine truck is at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth.
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.
Try: Japanese onigiri rice balls
Tip: Closed Sunday to Tuesday. The salmon onigiri is the easy first order.
Tu Casa on Washington Avenue runs a Salvadoran kitchen with pupusas, baleadas, fried plantains, yuca and pollo encebollado in a tight East Bayside room.
Try: Salvadoran pupusas
Tip: Closed Mondays. Cash and card both fine; the pupusa revuelta with curtido is the easy first order.
Amato's on India Street, since 1902 from Giovanni Amato, is the original Maine Italian sandwich shop: ham, cheese, olives, onions and tomatoes on a soft roll.
Try: Maine Italian sandwich
Tip: Open daily 09:00 to 21:00. The original 1902 storefront is the canonical first stop.