Solo Italiano
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Paolo Laboa’s journey started in his mothers kitchen, where he learned the secrets of real Genovese cooking, the pinnacle of Northern Italian cuisine. Every ingredient chef Paolo touches is fresh from the farm to his kitchen to your table. Some of his favorite farms are Stonecipher farm, Dandelion springs farm, Valley Farm, Olivia’s Garden for basil and herbs, and North spore for foraged mushrooms
05/02/2026
💐 Sunday, May 10th 💐
Reservations for Mother’s Day are filling up! Service starts at noon for seatings all day from brunch to dinner. We look forward to seeing you and your special ones!
Pictured: the wonderful Elisabetta Fagiuoli of Montenidoli, revered as a “mother” of Italian winemaking and land stewardship in San Gimignano, Tuscany 💛
02/10/2026
MERCH DESIGN CONTEST ALERT!
We reopen ✨ TONIGHT ✨ and are feeling refreshed and grateful for our winter rest during which we enjoyed a staff skiing getaway and the chance to revive our space with new flooring and paint! We are happy to be back in action and are looking forward to so much this spring: the celebration of our love language (food) this Valentine’s Day weekend, March 1-12, preparing for our 10th birthday in May and offering THREE food + wine trips in Italia in 2026!
All of this goodness deserves some new merch and we are calling on our creative ragazzi to help us with a design! Molly, our resident artist & server created the vision in this post of Solo’s pasta as sea life (representative of Solo’s origins—the coasts of Maine and Genova).
WHO: Artists in 8th grade or younger :) 🧑🎨 👩🎨
WHAT: An illustration, color or B&W, that creatively reflects Italian food culture, or some of Solo Italiano’s specialties (we love a variety of pasta shapes, PESTO, octopi, mopeds, the harbor…)
HOW: Drop off at Solo in person, or send as a PDF to [email protected]
BY WHEN: Deadline is March 31, 2026
PRIZE! Our entire team will vote (without knowing names of artists) on the designs. 1st Place winner will receive a shirt with their design when printed and a pizza party at Solo for themselves and up to 5 friends/family members! Entry with second most votes will receive a $50 gift card to Solo and their design on an alternate piece of merchandise.
We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
01/19/2026
Ciao Solo community! We are approaching our annual winter closure to allow our staff and our space the opportunity to rest and be refreshed.
We close Monday 1/26 and will reopen Tuesday 2/11. You’re most welcome at —our bakery in Bath, where we are soft-opening our evening service for the next 3 weekends! Ci vediamo presto!
12/27/2025
Saturday 12/27–we have power and internet and will be open this evening for service! Thankful for the heroes who showed up and kept the fire under control, and to our gracious guests who evacuated the restaurant safely and with understanding and compassion.
This photo was submitted by someone dining with us Friday evening showing the view from their table in the mezzanine! 😮 🤯 🫣
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100 Commercial Street
Portland, ME
04101
Opening Hours
| Tuesday | 4:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Wednesday | 4:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Thursday | 4:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Friday | 4:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Saturday | 4:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Sunday | 4:30pm - 9:30pm |
