Maine Eats · Auburn, Maine

Auburn restaurants: dairy bars & Italians

2 red snapper and Italian stops, 1 whoopie pie or donut stop, 1 Franco-American place, 1 diner and 4 dairy bars in and around Auburn, each checked in business in October 2026. For hand-checked lobster shacks, clam shacks and oyster bars, the nearest are a drive away; they're below too. The Maine Eats app's directory has 80 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Auburn and sorts them by distance from you.

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Auburn at a glance

The app's directory has 80 places to eat and drink in Auburn. The most common kinds are Pizza (10), Bar & Pub (10) and Coffee & Café (10). 31 are matched to a Maine liquor license on the state's list. 32 are locations of a chain with five or more in Maine. 3 are on our hand-checked lists; the longest at the same address is Rolly's Diner, there since 1993. Auburn is in Androscoggin County, in the Lakes & Mountains region.

On our lists in Auburn

The places in Auburn on our hand-checked lists, most featured first: James Beard honorees and long-running places lead. That order isn't a rating. Longest at the same address: Rolly's Diner in New Auburn (Auburn), there since 1993. Maine's oldest restaurants has the 22 places with 40 or more years at the same address.

  1. Rolly's Diner

    87 Mill St, New Auburn (Auburn)

    Diner Known for: crepes; pancakes; all-day breakfast · At this address since 1993

    New Auburn neighborhood diner named for co-founder Rolande 'Rolly' Blais, serving breakfast all day; its walls hold old New Auburn photos and memorabilia.

    rollysnewauburn.com

  2. Sam's Italian Foods

    40 Millett Dr, Auburn

    Maine Italians Known for: Maine Italian sandwich; pizza

    Lewiston-Auburn's own Maine Italian sandwich chain (since 1939, now employee-owned), with shops in Auburn, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, Augusta, Dixfield and Brunswick.

    samsitalian.com

  3. Taber's

    470 Lake Shore Dr, Auburn

    Dairy bar Known for: hard ice cream (23 flavors, including Maine blueberry); frappes

    Lake Auburn ice cream stand and restaurant with mini golf and a driving range.

The nearest lobster shacks and rolls to Auburn

None of our 37 hand-checked lobster shacks and roll stops is in Auburn or within 15 miles. The closest are 21 to 29 miles away. The statewide guide has 37.

  1. Harraseeket Lunch & Lobster

    36 Main St, South Freeport (Freeport) · 21 mi from Auburn

    Lobster shackLobster rollWhoopie piesSeasonal Known for: lobster roll; cooked lobsters; steamed clams; whoopie pie · Season: May to October (last day of the 2026 season: Columbus Day, Oct. 12) · At this address since 1970

    Family-run lunch counter and lobster pound on the South Freeport working waterfront; lobster rolls, cooked lobsters and its own whoopie pies, BYOB.

    harraseeketlunchandlobster.com

  2. Cook's Lobster & Ale House

    68 Garrison Cove Rd, Bailey Island (Harpswell) · 27 mi from Auburn

    Lobster shack Known for: lobster; lobster roll; clam chowder · At this address since 1955

    Waterfront lobster house on Garrison Cove next to the Cribstone Bridge, grown from a 1955 take-out stand; stays open through the winter.

    cookslobster.com

  3. Red's Eats

    41 Water St, Wiscasset · 29 mi from Auburn

    Lobster shackLobster rollSeasonal Known for: lobster roll; lobster plate; fried seafood baskets · Season: late April/May to mid-October (2026: opened May 6, target closing Oct. 13)

    Family-run takeout stand at the foot of Wiscasset's Main Street on Route 1, known for lobster rolls and long summer lines.

    redseatsmaine.com

The nearest clam shacks to Auburn

None of our 11 hand-checked clam shacks is in Auburn or within 15 miles. The closest are 25 to 32 miles away. The statewide guide has 11.

  1. Taste of Maine

    161 Main St, Woolwich · 25 mi from Auburn

    Clam shack Known for: lobster; seafood

    Landmark Route 1 seafood restaurant with a giant lobster on its roof and a dining room full of Maine antiques; sold in 2026, with new owners taking over in late August or September (owners said 'same crew, same menu').

    tasteofmaine.com

  2. Sea Basket

    303 Bath Rd, Wiscasset · 28 mi from Auburn

    Clam shack Known for: lobster stew

    Wiscasset seafood restaurant known for generous portions and lobster stew made with fresh local lobster meat.

    seabasket.com

  3. Gilbert's Chowder House

    92 Commercial St, Portland · 31 mi from Auburn

    Clam shack Known for: clam chowder; clam cakes; fried haddock sandwich

    Casual waterfront chowder house on Commercial Street that specializes in clam chowder, with clam cakes and fried seafood.

    gilbertschowderhouse.com

Red snappers and Italians in and near Auburn

In Auburn: Sam's Italian Foods, listed above. The others within 10 miles, closest first. The statewide guide has 11.

  1. Simones' Hot Dog Stand

    99 Chestnut St, Lewiston · 1 mi from Auburn

    Red snappers Known for: red snapper hot dogs on steamed buns; chili dogs

    Downtown Lewiston hot dog stand run by the Simones family for four generations, known for red snappers ('Lewiston lobsters') on steamed buns; open weekdays.

Whoopie pies and donuts in and near Auburn

Those within 10 miles, closest first. The statewide guide has 16.

  1. Labadie's Bakery

    161 Lincoln St, Lewiston · 1 mi from Auburn

    Whoopie pies Known for: whoopie pies · At this address since 1925

    Century-old bakery in Lewiston's old Little Canada neighborhood, built on whoopie pies; retail counter open weekday mornings and ships nationwide.

Franco-American food in and near Auburn

Those within 15 miles, closest first. It's the only one in the statewide guide so far.

  1. Grant's Bakery

    525 Sabattus St, Lewiston · 2 mi from Auburn

    Franco-American Known for: pork pie (tourtière); salmon pie; baked beans and brown bread

    Family bakery since 1956 that bakes hot pork pies (tourtière) on Wednesdays and salmon pie on Fridays; its tourtière was in the Sun Journal's 2015 local tourtière tasting.

    grantsbakery.com

Diners in and near Auburn

In Auburn: Rolly's Diner, listed above. None of our other diners is within 10 miles. The statewide guide has 13. The app's directory also has 1 place in Auburn with “Diner” in the name that we haven't checked yet: see it in the web search.

The nearest oyster bars to Auburn

None of our 10 hand-checked oyster bars is in Auburn or within 15 miles. The closest are 29 to 32 miles away. The statewide guide has 10.

  1. Jolie Rogers Raw Bar

    8 Railroad Ave, Wiscasset · 29 mi from Auburn

    Oyster bar Known for: oysters on the half shell

    Oyster bar by the Sheepscot River run by Andy Rogers and Ryan Jolie; Rogers won the Pemaquid Oyster Festival shucking contest three years running through 2026.

    jolierogersrawbar.com

  2. Eventide Oyster Co.

    86 Middle St, Portland · 31 mi from Auburn

    James Beard winnerLobster rollOyster bar Known for: oysters; brown butter lobster roll · At this address since 2012

    Big Tree Hospitality's oyster bar in the Old Port, known for its raw bar and a brown-butter lobster roll.

    James Beard: Best Chef: Northeast 2017 (winner): Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley, Eventide Oyster Co.; Best Chef: Northeast 2015 (nominee): Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley, Eventide Oyster Co.; Best Chef: Northeast 2016 (nominee): Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley, Eventide Oyster Co.

    eventideoysterco.com

  3. J's Oyster

    5 Portland Pier, Portland · 31 mi from Auburn

    Oyster bar Known for: oysters; lobster roll

    Long-running waterfront raw bar on Portland Pier, first come first served, known for oysters and lobster rolls.

    jsoyster.com

Dairy bars in and near Auburn

In Auburn: Taber's, listed above. The others within 10 miles, closest first. The statewide guide has 54.

  1. Main Street Dairy Treat

    688 Main St, Lewiston · 2 mi from Auburn

    Dairy bar Known for: soft serve; homemade hard ice cream; warm apple pie sundae

    Lewiston ice cream stand serving soft serve, homemade hard ice cream and low-carb ice cream.

  2. Dairy Joy

    109 Campus Ave, Lewiston · 2 mi from Auburn

    Dairy bar Known for: soft serve; hard ice cream; sundaes; banana boats

    Family-run ice cream stand with soft and hard serve, sundaes, shakes and floats; a second stand is at 137 Spring St in Auburn.

  3. Log Yard Dairy Bar

    1184 Maine St, Poland · 9 mi from Auburn

    Dairy barSeasonal Known for: frozen custard; soft serve · Season: seasonal; check before you go

    Seasonal Poland stand known for frozen custard as well as soft serve.

    thelogyarddairybar.com

What Auburn eats

The most common kinds of place among the 80 in Auburn, from open map data and the state's liquor license list. Each opens the web search, filtered to Auburn.

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