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Mariner's Church (also known as the Old Port Tavern and Mariner's Church Banquet Center) is a historic church and commercial building at 366–376 Fore Street in Portland, Maine. Built in 1828, the Greek Revival building historically served as both a church and marketplace. It was for many years the city's largest commercial building, and ...
DiMillo's On the Water is a floating restaurant in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located on the former New York car ferry, [1] which ran between Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia, then between Newport and Jamestown, Rhode Island. [2] It is now permanently berthed at Portland's Long Wharf. [3]
Fore Street is a restaurant at 288 Fore Street in the Old Port neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States. Owned by Dana Street and Sam Hayward, the restaurant opened in 1996. It was named one of Gourmet magazine's top 50 restaurants in the United States in 2002, being placed 16th on the list.
The Old Port district is located on the southeastern side of the Portland peninsula, overlooking the wide mouth of the Fore River and the Port of Portland.It is bounded on the east by Franklin Street (U.S. Route 1A), with Commercial Street running southwest along the waterfront, and 19th-century buildings on its north side as far west as Maple Street.
Fore Street was the original waterfront of Portland's Old Port, [2] prior to the reclamation of land which resulted in today's Commercial Street in the early 20th century. [3] [4] The street was laid out in 1724 to the foot of Exchange Street on the west side of Clay Cove, [5] the location of the Nathaniel Dyer Shipyard. [6]
The Village Cafe was a 550-seat family-owned Italian restaurant in Portland, Maine, United States.It was in business, at 112 Newbury Street, for 71 years (1936–2007) [1] and was one of the few restaurants in the Old Port during the restaurant's existence.
It participated in Maine Restaurant Week in 2010 and offered a vegetarian meal of spanakopita. [17] A menu from The Great Lost Bear in 1982 is included in a collection of menus held at the Portland Public Library. In that year, according to this menu, a hamburger cost $3.65 and a vegetarian Reuben sandwich cost $3.35. [18]
The Portland Phoenix named it the Best Greasy Spoon of 2008. [3] In 2016, the diner was featured in the Guy Fieri Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Thanksgiving episode. [4] Rand made her sausage stuffing. [5] In 2024, the opening scene of crime writer John Connolly's book The Instruments of Darkness was set in Becky's Diner. [6]