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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation and Portland Press Herald. Updated August 2026.
Ocotillo · West End
Masa-pancake shortstacks with caramelized-pineapple syrup and Tex-Mex egg-and-hash dishes.
Norimoto Bakery · Deering Center
A light breakfast of onigiri and Japanese pastries in Deering Center.
Palace Diner · Biddeford
Fifteen seats fit inside a 1927 railroad dining car in Biddeford, turning out lemon-suffused flapjacks, buttery toasted banana bread and a tuna melt built on homemade pickles. The Press Herald has covered the tiny counter as a diner that punches well above its size, still packing the same dining car more than a decade after it opened.