Popular Portland, Maine Breakfast Joint Vanished Without Warning

It's like that feeling of waking up from a bad night mare where you have to go walk over to the mirror and make sure you still have all your teeth. That's how I felt the day I found out that Ohno Cafe' was closing. Criminal behavior guys.

Ohno Cafe' Portland, Maine Closed

Incase you've never had the honor of knowing or experiencing a steak bagel from Ohno Cafe' in the West End, it's a little corner breakfast and lunch spot on Brackett St.

I can't decide if it's the divey-like feel when you walk in that makes it so great or the way they used to put a literal pound of steak tips on a bagel and call it breakfast.

Either way it's downright unfair that the owners took this beauty away from us after 20 years in business. If you're like me and you really value a good, authentic tasting bagel, try this place out below.

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Here's what the owners put out on their Facebook pages after they came to their final decision.

"Just in the past week we were blindsided to learn that those buyers were not going to be given a lease and the rent was going to be almost doubled — making it unaffordable for the likes of Ohno."

Look, bagels are a huge part of my personality. I'm a former Jersey girl so scouting out quality pizza and bagels in Maine is a real thing for me. If you're the same way, check this out too;

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I'll be honest again though, Maine is killing the authentic style pizza game lately. I mean even Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy had to come try us out and named 2 New England cities the best pizza cities in the country. Read that here!

8 popular Maine pizza shops were featured on his One Bite channel and you can see all their rankings below.