Eater has included Luncheonette in their 2025 list of the Best New Restaurants in America.

Angela Lee had a vision for a meze-style restaurant that could serve dishes and flavors from all over the world. She had broad experience in New York to pull from, having built her pastry credentials at Petee’s Pie Company and worked as a whole-animal butcher and as a fish butcher at the Meat Hook and Osakana, respectively. Her husband, Alex LeBlanc, had worked as a sous chef at Sailor and a chef de cuisine at Gus’s in Brooklyn. The couple returned to LeBlanc’s hometown of Portland, Maine, introducing a charming, expansive menu that reflects their experiences…

LeBlanc and Lee launched Luncheonette in June. The pocket-sized eatery is located at 147 Cumberland Ave in the space formerly occupied by Union Bagel Company. Reached this afternoon, they shared “We love Luncheonette so much and can’t quite believe that other people are seeing it the way that we do. We never expected to be on any sort of list and are so appreciative of being featured in Eater in such a big way!”

Luncheonette was one of 15 restaurants in the 2025 Best New list including businesses in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Texas, and the District of Columbia. Elda was included in Eater’s Best New list in 2018 when it was in its original Biddeford location.

Photos: Bibimbap, Tomato Pie, Lee and LeBlanc plating food at a recent Korean dinner held at Luncheonette, Roast Pork with apples and mustard.

Eater has named Not a Bakery in their 2025 shortlist of Best Bakeries.

Georgia Macon found a sweet home when she moved to Portland, Maine, from St. Louis during the pandemic. The pastry chef quickly rose through the ranks within Prentice Hospitality Group, which includes restaurants like the Good Table and Twelve. After creating a local following for baked goods at the latter, Macon and other pastry chefs from the lauded restaurant launched a food truck — not a bakery — near the restaurant, offering a range of pastries inspired by Macon’s time in France, memories of her grandmother, a reverence for Southern cooking, and a love for the baking traditions of her newfound New England home.

Macon recently left her position at the Prentice Hospitality Group, but you can experience her baked good by placing a pre-order with her directly for sweet potato pie, apple butter stack cake, or dinner roles to enjoy for Thanksgiving.