Fore Street Restaurant

Fore Street Restaurant is a restaurant in Portland, Maine. Serving dinner nightly, the establishment specializes in locally sourced and handcrafted cuisine featuring ingredients from regional farmers, fishermen, and foragers. The restaurant has earned a 4.60 rating and has previously been recognized in Gourmet Magazine's Top Fifty Restaurants of the United States.

The dining experience is centered around a unique brick and soapstone hearth, which includes a wood-burning oven, grill, and turnspit visible from most tables. Using hardwood and apple wood fires, the kitchen prepares a rotating menu that changes daily. Notable offerings often include Maine oysters, wood oven roasted rope-cultured mussels, wood grilled marinated squid, and turnspit roasted meats such as pork loin or half chicken. The restaurant is part of a local family of dining and bakery establishments that includes Scales Restaurant, Street & Company, and Standard Baking Company.

Located on Fore Street in the Old Port District, the restaurant is situated about 0.1 miles from Bellbuoy Park and the U.S. Customs House. It is also a short walk from the University of Maine School of Law and sits near the intersection of Franklin Street and Commercial Street.

The business maintains well-documented information online and features a website that is easily read by search engines. This consistency ensures that their details are easy to find and verify.

With a long-standing history of culinary excellence in the Old Port, Fore Street Restaurant remains a premier destination for wood-fired seasonal dining in Portland.