Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Maine
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 03-17-2009, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Deer Park, WA
722 posts, read 1,511,017 times
Reputation: 519

Advertisements

Diners, Drive In's and Dives..... This is one of my Favorite shows, because that style of food is my favorite(nothing beats nice portions of comfort food). So some of the other posts talked about good places to eat. But I was wondering about Diners and such in Maine. What is your favorite local restaurant/Diner Drive in and Dive....and what is best on the Menu.
To start ... Moody's diner is great and I love the walnut pie yum.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 03-17-2009, 01:35 PM
 
Location: Providence, RI
12,823 posts, read 21,993,461 times
Reputation: 14124
I have a FOND affection for the Strike Zone in Old Orchard Beach. It serves up pretty good (cooked perfectly), BIG, hamburgers (I believe they are about 11oz.), giant, delicious calzones, cheap (I believe 2.50 for a big bowl) and good Chili, and good pizza. It's not pretty, it's not spectacular, but it's good and it's open year round. It's cheap, good and friendly.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-17-2009, 01:41 PM
 
Location: Deer Park, WA
722 posts, read 1,511,017 times
Reputation: 519
Quote:
Originally Posted by lrfox View Post
I have a FOND affection for the Strike Zone in Old Orchard Beach. It serves up pretty good (cooked perfectly), BIG, hamburgers (I believe they are about 11oz.), giant, delicious calzones, cheap (I believe 2.50 for a big bowl) and good Chili, and good pizza. It's not pretty, it's not spectacular, but it's good and it's open year round. It's cheap, good and friendly.
Maybe it is west coast east coast thing, but the places back east always have a menu with a ton of stuff on it is like two or three times bigger the the menu's back on the west coast.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-17-2009, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Florida (SW)
48,112 posts, read 21,992,097 times
Reputation: 47136
I have been hearing rave remarks about "Rapid Rays" a little hamburg joint...right down near the Saco River on Main Street in Saco.....looks like a little diner...but I think it is strictly hamburgers (hams) and no tables or booths. From what I am told it is a Saco institution.

I commented earlier on another thread that I went to the Maine Diner in Wells today....that is a full diner experience with traditional diner food (shepherds pie, chicken ala king, etc) and truly special fried sea food (light crisp and non greasy) and great breakfasts all day and a bottomless $1 cup of coffee....good fresh coffee.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-17-2009, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Northern Maine
10,428 posts, read 18,673,204 times
Reputation: 11563
I recommend Raymonds Variety in Lee on the Trans Maine Trail where everything is home made. The muffins are awesome if you are in a hurry at breakfast. I like their hash with onions in it. You can get home fries with onions. Even the bread is home made and the French toast is awesome. I think they put a touch of cinnamon in the batter. Don't eat the last blueberry muffin. It's mine.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-17-2009, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Maine
6,630 posts, read 13,535,602 times
Reputation: 7381
My sister works at Raymonds. We're kind of partial to the place.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-18-2009, 03:48 AM
 
19,968 posts, read 30,200,655 times
Reputation: 40041
the A-1 diner in gardiner was featured on that show, its a small place been there for years, looks dated, but has a comfort feel to it, and oh yes, the food is good!!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-18-2009, 03:56 AM
 
Location: Chicago
38,707 posts, read 103,138,905 times
Reputation: 29983
DDD hit up a place about 3 blocks from me last year. Can't get in the place after 5:00 ever since. Double-edged sword.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-18-2009, 07:13 AM
 
Location: downeast
473 posts, read 714,472 times
Reputation: 362
drive in- have to mention jordans in ellsworth.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-18-2009, 08:19 AM
 
Location: West Michigan
12,083 posts, read 38,840,284 times
Reputation: 17006
My all time favorite dive burned down years ago in Caribou. The ol' Dew Drop Inn. What a dump, but large portions and decent food if you knew what to order.

I have to agree with Raymonds in Lee. Good food and good people working there. Don't know if they are still open, but John's in Van Buren is a good little dive. I HIGHLY recommend the roast beef special they have every single day.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Maine
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:35 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top