Is Highroller Lobster Company Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 18, Episode 6

The Food Paradise episode "Crunch Time" featured The Highroller Lobster Co., spotlighting its lobster rolls served dockside from the Custom House Wharf in Portland's Old Port district. Highroller operates as a seasonal, order-at-the-window seafood restaurant at 104 Exchange St, according to highrollerlobster.com, the business's own website. A 2026-09-08 check of highrollerlobster.com found the site current, carrying a 2026 copyright notice and posted hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, with no reservations taken, per highrollerlobster.com. The site also promotes online food and merchandise ordering directly from its homepage.

Man v. Food, Season 8, Episode 26 Aired March 31, 2020

Man v. Food's Portland, Maine episode, which aired March 31, 2020, featured Highroller Lobster Co., a seafood spot in the city's Old Port known for its lobster rolls. Highroller began as a food cart in 2015 before opening its Exchange Street storefront on December 2, 2017, according to the company's website, and now serves a full seafood menu alongside burgers and a curated beer selection seven days a week, per the same source. Since the episode aired, the restaurant has continued operating from that Exchange Street address: the company's website, last modified in May 2026, lists the location's current hours and menu, and Yelp's page, updated August 2026, showed more than 2,300 reviews for the address. The restaurant's own site also links out to active Google, Tripadvisor and Untappd review pages for the location.