Daytime neighborhood cafe and market in downtown Waldoboro, opened March 2026 with a working-harbor-inspired room built largely by the owners.
Dayboat Cafe opened March 16, 2026 at 17 Friendship Road in Waldoboro's downtown as a daytime neighborhood cafe and market. Co-founders — one a private-chef alum who landed in Maine in 2009 — met in Damariscotta, chose Waldoboro for its small-town fit, and built much of the space themselves: double-belt-sanding the original floors, applying polyurethane, and constructing a 22-foot lunch counter on casters from sections built by one partner's husband. Equipment came secondhand from surrounding communities, including a five-foot deli case purchased from Brunswick fishermen. The name nods to dayboat fishing tradition; the rustic interior carries a working-harbor feel.
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