Is Nosh Kitchen Bar Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Portland, ME)
Current status
As of September 2026, Nosh Kitchen Bar is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website lists current daily hours and online ordering, and Google's Places listing shows business_status OPERATIONAL.
- Season / episode Season 17, Episode 1
- Address 551 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101
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What happened after Food Paradise?
The Food Paradise episode "Cruisin' the Coasts" (S17E1) featured Nosh Kitchen Bar, an upscale late-night pub in downtown Portland known for oversized specialty burgers and shareable "noshing" plates. Signature items include the Slab burger, built from a NOSH patty stacked between two wedges of pizza with provolone, pesto, and red pepper marinara, plus a foot-long cheesesteak and a 90s-throwback Dunkaroos dessert of animal crackers, frosting, and Lucky Charms marshmallows. The restaurant, at 551 Congress St., has been wrap-free by choice since 2010. According to Yelp, whose listing was updated in August 2026, Nosh Kitchen Bar continues to operate; the restaurant's own website, checked September 8, 2026, listed current hours of 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily.
Nosh Kitchen Bar appeared on Man v. Food's Portland, Maine episode (S3E14), which first aired September 8, 2010. The restaurant is a gastropub on Congress Street in Portland's Arts District, serving comfort food, draft beer, and cocktails.
According to the restaurant's own website, noshportland.com, the site lists current hours of 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily with a kitchen open until midnight, and offers online ordering, as observed in a September 8, 2026 check. Google's business listing for Nosh Kitchen & Bar at 551 Congress St, Portland, separately lists the business status as operational, checked the same day. Both the website and the Google listing show a matching address and phone number, 207-536-4723, corroborating that the restaurant continues to operate at its original Congress Street location.
Featured on Food Paradise
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Cruisin' the Coasts
- What was featured
- Slab burger, foot-long cheesesteak, and late-night noshing plates
- Role
- Revisit episode
- Name on the broadcast
- Nosh Kitchen Bar
- Show
- Man v. Food
- Season / episode
- Season 3, Episode 14
- Original air date
- Episode title
- —
- What was featured
- Portland, Maine gastropub on Congress Street
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Nosh Kitchen Bar
Frequently asked questions
Is Nosh Kitchen Bar still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Nosh Kitchen Bar is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What happened to Nosh Kitchen Bar after Food Paradise?
The Food Paradise episode "Cruisin' the Coasts" (S17E1) featured Nosh Kitchen Bar, an upscale late-night pub in downtown Portland known for oversized specialty burgers and shareable "noshing" plates. As of September 2026, Nosh Kitchen Bar is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
Where is Nosh Kitchen Bar located?
551 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Nosh Kitchen Bar?
Season 17, Episode 1 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Cruisin' the Coasts”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 551 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101
- Venue type
- bar
- Official website
- noshportland.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Maine
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Sources
- noshportland.com — https://www.noshportland.com/
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/nosh-kitchen-bar-portland
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Nosh+Kitchen+%26+Bar+551+Congress+St+Portland+ME+04101
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