Reception
The Maine Diner was featured on NBC's The Today Show (invited to the show by Jane and Michael Stern), as a banner on the restaurant states. Also, it was mentioned in the magazine Travel + Leisure and in the Jane and Michael Stern Book Eat Your Way Across The USA. Cartoonist Wiley Miller said called the diner the model for Flo's Offshore Diner in his cartoon strip Non Sequitur.
The Maine Diner has served some famous guests, including boxing announcer Bob Sheridan, a Boxing Hall of Fame member; and Eddie Andelman, a sports radio talk host. It has a platter named after the Phantom Gourmet.
Next door to the Maine Diner is a gift shop called "Remember the Maine", the famous battle cry of the Spanish-American War. It sells Maine and Maine Diner souvenirs.
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