Maine Restaurant Week is your chance to try a new restaurant or dish, take advantage of great deals, and perhaps enjoy a Maine getaway. This annual, much-appreciated cabin-fever-reliever, first held in 2009, runs March 1-12, 2025.
This year, about 50 restaurants are participating (and the list is still growing). While the majority are in Greater Portland (Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gorham, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, and Yarmouth), you’ll find options sprinkled in Southern Maine and along the coast: Arundel, Biddeford, Blue Hil, Brunswick, Camden, Kennebunk, Hallowell, Spruce Head, Norway, Poland, Wells.
The list keeps growing, so keep checking the participating restaurants’ list.
Even better, this event helps support Preble Street, which helps individuals and families experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty.
Here’s the Maine Restaurant Week deal
Each participating restaurant will offer either a three-course set menu or Maine Restaurant Week specials. Set menus have three price points: $38, $48, or $58. Searchable options include breakfast, brunch, dessert, lunch, and dinner, as well as vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free. You can also see which restaurants offer outdoor seating or takeaway meals.
Do make reservations, as this is one extremely popular annual event.
Special Maine Restaurant Week events
As always, MRW presents a delicious selection of ticketed events. These include:
- The Incredible Breakfast, 7 am-9 am, Feb. 28, 2025, $35.
- Spirit Quest, 1 pm – 4 pm, March 2, sold out
The following cooking classes at the Camden Harbour Inn are included with a two-night lodging package.
- The Dream Chocolate Bar Class, noon-2 pm, March 2
- Dumpling Cooking Class, noon-3 pm, March 9
Lodging partners
Hotels offering special lodging packages include the Camden Harbour Inn, Camden; the Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth; The Francis, Portland: and The Westin Portland Harborview, Portland.
