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From 11 am to 3 pm Rain or shine, you’re invited to meander up and down Need more information? th the wharves and piers that have defined Portland for on Saturday, June 11 , hundreds of years. Dozens of and shops • Look for the orange flags that indicate come on down to Portland’s will be open, including many maritime businesses participating businesses and special offers! that rarely, if ever, open their doors to the public. • Stop by the info booth at the head of Working Waterfront, right along Each will have special offers just for today! Union Wharf! th Commercial Street, and take Portland Maine, saturday, june 11 Here’s your opportunity to get a glimpse into a walk along our historic piers • Visit oldportfestival.net for an up-to-date the real Portland...the water side of our great city. listing of special offers at each business! and wharves! So stretch your legs on June 11th and Walk the Working Waterfront! Lots to see and do – and eat! – during You’re invited to explore Walk the Working Waterfront! and discover Portland’s See other side Working Waterfront! Exclusive Sponsor Commercial Street Old Shops Info & Parking Booth Commercial Street Browne Liquid Riot Black Walking Trails & Parking Tie Free Trading Company Catering Portland Range Lobster Take Fish & Company a Boat Lobsters Andy’s Tour! Portland DiMillo’s Discovery Old Port Pub City of Land & Portland The King’s Sea Tours Ferris Flatbread Head Wheel Company Portland Commercial Street Science Center Pierce Atwood Widgery Porthole Casco Wharf Aqua Public Bay Diving Space & Pub Lines Academy Sea Bristol Fishing DiMillo’s Bags Atlantic Portland Seafood net gear on the Cup Water Portland Maine Master Lobster Fish Exchange Merrill’s Wharf Direct New Great Take Long Meadows El Galeon Views! Portland a Boat Wharf Lobster Tour! Co. U.S. Coast Maine Custom Wharf Guard Fishing Great Portland House Boats! Pier Take Views! Wharf a Boat Chandler’s Tour! Widgery Wharf Vessel Union Wharf Fish, food Hobson’s Services Wharf and tote Wharf bags! Maine Portland State Pier Wright’s Fish Pier Wharf Great Portland Harbor Views! Hobson’s Wharf Union Wharf Long Wharf Maine Wharf Famous for Becky’s Diner – their logo even says First built in 1793, Union Wharf today has retail The floating restaurant that everyone knows as The new Portland Science Center and Scales “Becky’s on Hobson’s Wharf.” establishments…a marine electronics dealer… “DiMillo’s” began as a car , “The New York,” restaurant share a building on what was once • Aqua Diving Academy – from 11 am to 2 pm, take a chandlery…an architect’s office…a 208-foot back in 1941. called Randall & McAllister’s Wharf, where coal your picture with a mermaid or giant lobster! oil-spill-cleanup vessel…and a lot more. • Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tours – at 12 was stored. • Liquid Riot – From 12-3 pm, show your map and noon, take a “working waterfront” harbor • Atlantic Cup – Be wharfside at 12 noon as the get 2 free beer samplers of your choice! cruise, $15 adults, $10 kids! Atlantic Cup racers depart the ! Wright’s Wharf • Black Tie Catering – Come by to sample a free • DiMillo’s on the Water – Sample seafood • Portland Science Center – Enter the raffle for Home to the United States Coast Guard. appetizer or pastry! specialties right on Commercial Street! free tickets to the upcoming exhibit, “Titanic: • “Ocracoke” – See and tour the 110-foot U.S. • Maine Lobster Direct – Enter the raffle giveaway: • Portland Lobster Company – Enjoy the happy The Artifact Exhibition”! Coast Guard , “Ocracoke”! 5 tickets for 2 lobsters each! hour pricing, plus free music! • El Galeon – At the wharf’s end, a rare opportunity to see a reproduction of a 16th PORTLAND Fish Pier PORTLAND Pier century Spanish vessel! WIDGERY Wharf Flatbread Company – Come and enjoy free J’s Oyster House is a popular eatery up-front. • At the Portland Fish Exchange, fish is weighed, Built in the late 1700s, Widgery is chockablock samples of Local Farmer’s Market Salad! sorted, and auctioned off. Farther back are great with shacks, lobster traps, nets, buoys, and Farther back is New Meadows Lobster. views of the harbor. working gear everywhere you turn. In-between: condos and offices. • Portland Fish Exchange – See Gulf of Maine • Widgery Wharf – Walk down Portland’s oldest • New Meadows Lobster – See giant lobsters in Maine State Pier seafood as it comes off of the boat! wharf, see authentic fish houses! the tank house! Plus, a lemonade stand! Casco Bay Lines depart from Maine State • Free Range Fish and Lobster – Tour the cutting Pier all day long, crisscrossing Casco Bay. room, see how your fish is prepared! Chandler’s Wharf Custom House Wharf • City of Portland fireboat – Tour the fireboat • Bristol Seafood – Sample cooked seafood, and at the head of the pier! Once called “Central Wharf,” Chandler’s 150+ learn about the business! Take the bumpy, cobblestone walk to fresh fish at Casco Bay Lines – See the new Puffin, condominiums stretch out over the harbor. • • Portland Harbor Master – Take a tour of the Harbor Fish Market, classic meals at the Porthole sculpted by Bernard Langlais, now on display! Chandler’s Wharf – Walk halfway back, there’s Harbor Master’s boat! • Restaurant, and refurbished sailcloth at Sea Bags. a little public park you can relax in. • Portland Schooner Co. – Show your map, and • Vessel Services – Tour the ice plant and see how • Andy’s Old Port Pub – Friends of Casco Bay will your kids 12 and under sail FREE on the 10:30 am oceangoing boats are supplied!. have a membership table inside: join FOCB and and 1 pm two-hour cruises! Andy’s will give you a free beer! • Porthole Restaurant & Pub – Discounts on MerrilL’s Wharf lobster rolls and, from 1-3 pm, special tastings of Thanks to: The old Cumberland Cold Storage warehouse is now Truly Spiked & Sparkling water! home to the Pierce Atwood law firm. Look to their • Sea Bags – Enter a drawing to win a Medium Navy left and you’ll see lobster boats still tied up. Anchor Tote! and especially to our exclusive sponsor: • Browne Trading Company – Savor in-store tastings of fancy fish! • The King’s Head – Show this map and get a pint of beer at happy hour prices! Proceed on all wharves at your own risk. Neither Growing Portland nor any of the • Pierce Atwood – A special display at the front producers or businesses of this event is responsible for any bodily harm resulting from door shows the history and transformation of this participating in Walk the Working Waterfront. This guide is accurate as of May 2016. iconic building! • Fishing net gear – Walk to the end of the wharf, and you may see fishermen drying their net gear!