Maine's Best Breakfasts & Brunches

It's been a while since we updated our lineup of Maine's Best Breakfasts, but we're considering adding the following newcomers to the list. What restaurants would you like to see added? Reply to this email with your favorites!

FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE

Ocotillo Is the Place in Portland for a Relaxed Tex-Mex Brunch

By Brian Kevin

The restaurant’s menu echoes the weekday breakfasts and Sunday brunches that its proprietors formerly ran at the first location of Terlingua.

FROM OUR JANUARY 2025 ISSUE

A Georgia Transplant Brings the Region’s Hearty, Down-Home Fare to Camden

By Brian Kevin

Pimento-cheese grits, cloud-like biscuits, and crispy fried chicken are stars at Buttermilk Kitchen.

FROM OUR FEBRUARY 2023 ISSUE

What’s So Funny ’Bout Peace, Love, and Waffle Branding?

By Brian Kevin

Sure, the name’s whimsical, but Dover-Foxcroft’s Peace, Love & Waffles takes brunch seriously.

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FROM OUR JULY 2023 ISSUE

5 of Our Favorite Classic Maine Diners

By Will Grunewald

Most of Maine’s many diners feel almost inherently timeless. These five, though, are top of the class.

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