Experts' Choice Award Becky's Diner
What the experts agree on
Historic wharf-side institution where fishermen and families pack the booths for extensive comfort fare—fresh seafood, chowder, breakfast classics—opening before dawn with the unfussy, buzzy energy of old Portland.
“You won't find a more local or unfussy place—or one that is more abuzz with conversation at 4 am—than this waterfront institution.”
– Fodor's
Concierge "Fishermen, lobstermen, and little kids watching cartoons on TV sit elbow-to-elbow along the counter on Saturday mornings at Becky's Diner."
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In warm weather, ask for a table on the rooftop patio for the harbor views.
Zagat "A Portland institution, this family-run diner on the edge of the Old Port opens before the crack of dawn and serves up classic comfort fare, from breakfast to meatloaf to lobster." Full review
Frommer's "The menu is extensive, offering what you’d expect: sandwiches, fried haddock, corn dogs, tuna melts, and milky bowls of chowder with just-caught fish. " Full review
Lonely Planet "Once a favorite of working fishermen, the booths at this wharf-side diner are now packed with Portland professionals and families with young children." Full review
New York Times "There's usually a breakfast crowd at Becky's Diner, where locals and tourists sit at Formica tables beneath a press-tinned ceiling and fill up on buttermilk pancakes, eggs done any way..."
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Lonely Planet "Grab an easy, quick breakfast at beloved Becky's Diner (where if you go early enough you'll catch lobsterman on the way to work)"
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