West End Portland, Maine

A Little Weird.
Always Delicious.

Ugly Duckling is a playful bakery and luncheonette on Danforth Street serving breakfast, lunch, house-made English muffin sandwiches, coffee, pastries, desserts, and very good weeknight events. Everyone is welcome here — always.

Order Online

View Lunch

246 Danforth St

207-536-1819

Open daily 7 AM – 3 PM

A breakfast meal with a cheeseburger sandwich and a glass of strawberry smoothie on a wooden table.

Lunch in Portland

Lunch Is the Whole Point of The Afternoon

Our signature sandwiches are built on English muffins we make in-house every morning — and you can order them for breakfast or lunch. Add tots, a muffin pizza, a cold drink, and something sweet, then eat in, grab and go, or get it delivered.

A restaurant table with a sandwich, fries, chicken nuggets, and a pink soda.

The No. 2

$11.75

Deli ham, American cheese, house salad-mix dressing, on a house-made English muffin.

Turkey Smash Burger

$11.50

Turn-handled smoky smash burger with crispy edges and special sauce.

Salmon Sammy

$12.95

Cured salmon, caper cream cheese, pickled red onion, everything muffin.

English Muffin Pizza

$8.75

Sauce, cheese, and your toppings on our griddled muffin. Kid-approved.

Display case with various baked goods including pies, croissants, and cupcakes in a bakery.

Bakery & Desserts

Pastries, desserts, and good coffee

Ilma Lopez bakes like a pastry chef and serves like a neighbor. Custard tarts, tres leches, brownies, cookies, seasonal cakes by the slice — plus espresso, drip, tea, and something cold. That's why people come back at 2 PM.

See the Bakery Case

Breakfast Sandwiches

Feed the office. Cut the cake. Come out Monday.

Catering in Portland

Breakfast and lunch catering for offices, meetings and celebrations. Platters, boxed lunches, coffee travelers.

Plan Catering ➜
Custom Cakes

Birthdays, showers, retirements and just-because cakes from a pastry chef with a sense of humor.

Order a Cake ➜
Events at The Duck

Art Mondays, Music Bingo and Drag Race viewing parties — with food and drinks all night.

See What's On ➜

Two smiling people holding award certificates at an event, with a woman on the left and a man on the right, in a lively indoor setting with a bar and group of people in the background.

Who's behind the duck

Ilma Lopez & Damian Sansonetti

Ilma and Damian are the chef-owners of Chaval, and Ugly Duckling is their loose, loud, very fun other place. Same care, zero fuss: Ilma runs pastry, Damian runs the griddle, their kids run the vibe.