The Top 51 Restaurants Near Great Island Inn

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · David Vargas
2. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · David Vargas

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Best Chef: Northeast · Evan Hennessey

1. AAA Four Diamonds

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
2. AAA Five Diamonds

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

1. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Lee Frank
2. James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Lee Frank

1. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Nicole Nocella

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Paul Callahan

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

1. AAA Four Diamonds

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

Uni custard with brown butter, red curry hollandaise, and a torch of cinnamon tells you immediately where you stand: somewhere north of Boston that plays by its own rules. Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn is a tasting-format noodle restaurant with a kitchen that treats cuisine borders as suggestions. The room is a black box, the playlist is loud, and the team is warm. Rachel Miller was a James Beard semifinalist in 2025, and the Times put it on their Boston list.

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Chef · Rachel Miller
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
3. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now

Warm ochre walls, bookshelves stacked with dried flowers, and handmade pasta that regularly lands a James Beard nomination: this cozy Italian restaurant on Free Street is the kind of neighborhood spot that somehow becomes a national conversation. The chef's shapes and sauces pull from whatever local producers are doing well right now, and the wine program is its own reason to linger. Settle in and watch Portland's Arts District do its thing out the window.

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
2. James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · Jake Stevens
3. Wine Enthusiast Forward 50 Restaurants

1. Food & Wine Dutch Baby · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
2. Portland Press Herald Top 10 · Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
3. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Jeremy Broucek

1. AAA Four Diamonds

1. New England Best New Brunch · Yankee Food Awards
2. The New York Times Mushroom Breakfast Taco · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
3. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Dana Street
2. James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Dana Street

A mahogany bar anchors one end while a giant abstract mural anchors the other, and in between, marina lights hang above wooden booths full of regulars who clearly regard this as their personal dining room. Sur Lie is a tapas-style New American spot where small, eclectic plates rotate through whatever the kitchen finds interesting. A James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Hospitality, the warmth here is structural, not performed.

1. Condé Nast Traveler 15 Best Restaurants in Portland, Maine
2. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Krista Cole
3. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality

1. Portland Press Herald Top 10 · Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
2. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Chris Gould

The room seats maybe thirty people and fills up fast, tucked between the West End and Parkside in a spot that looks like a classic neighborhood tavern and then proceeds to serve broiled scallop with caviar and hollandaise. Small plates anchor the menu, the wine list has a point of view, and the cocktails are sharper than the setting lets on. Condé Nast Traveler put it on their Portland list, which surprises no one who's been.

1. Portland Press Herald Top 10 · Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
2. Condé Nast Traveler 15 Best Restaurants in Portland, Maine

The blonde wood sushi bar is the room's focal point, and the chefs behind it move like they've been doing this forever. Miyake is a classic Japanese restaurant on Fore Street where the kitchen fuses traditional sushi with French and Italian technique and leans hard into Maine seafood. Every seat fills fast, and the counter draws regulars who know exactly what they're ordering before they sit down.

1. Condé Nast Traveler 15 Best Restaurants in Portland, Maine
2. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · Damian Sansonetti
2. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality

1. Portland Press Herald Top 10 · Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
2. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Isaul Perez

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Daniel Gursha

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant

1. James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Mary Celia Bruns

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Top 10 · Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
2. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
3. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar Program

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Esquire Espresso Martini · The Best Martinis in America
2. Punch Best New Bars
3. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland

1. Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Clam Chowder · Best of Boston

1. Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Homegrown High-End Chain · Best of Boston

1. Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants