The Best Seafood Near Higgins Beach Inn, by the Record
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Rank 1. Scales
Maine Seafood
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Dana Street
- Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Dana Street
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Rank 2. Bite into Maine
Seafood
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Rank 3. Dry Dock
Coastal Seafood
Right on Maine Wharf in the Old Port, this two-story seafood restaurant occupies a renovated 1920s building that still has nautical maps on the walls and a faint whiff of Ye Olde New England charm. The kitchen takes old-school coastal staples and quietly dismantles them, running a raw bar alongside ceviches and preparations that would confuse anyone expecting a paper basket of fried clams. Condé Nast Traveler named it among Portland's fifteen best restaurants.
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Rank 4. Bite into Maine
Seafood
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Rank 5. SoPo Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 6. Douro
Portuguese-inspired Seafood
Named for the Portuguese river and wine region, Douro is a relaxed, all-day seafood restaurant on Portland's Eastern Waterfront that filters Portugal through a Maine lens. The overlap is convenient: both places are serious about what comes out of the water. The kitchen leans into that with raw bar work, sardine toasts, and cataplana, the classic Portuguese seafood stew. The room is unhurried, the menu is coastal in the best bilingual sense.
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Rank 7. Clam Bar
Summer-Only Seafood
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Rank 8. Fish & Whistle
Seafood
- Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Jason Eckerson and Kate Hamm
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Rank 9. The Highroller Lobster Co.
Maine Seafood
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Rank 10. Ocean Restaurant
New England Seafood
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Rank 11. Eventide Oyster Co.
Seafood
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Rank 12. Bite Into Maine
Seafood
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Rank 13. Paella Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 14. The Clam Shack
Seafood
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Rank 15. Bite Into Maine
Seafood
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Rank 16. Row 34
New England Seafood