Portland, Maine · Old Port District
Dessert first. Everything else second.
Gross Confection Bar is a dessert-focused restaurant and bar in an 1883 bank building on Middle Street. Plated, seasonal desserts, cocktails, wine and beer in the evening — and a bakery counter for pastries and coffee when the pop-ups roll around.
Dessert Restaurant & Bar
Component-built plated desserts around what's in season, with a full cocktail, wine and beer list. Thursday through Sunday from 5 pm.
Hours & menu
Bakery
Breakfast sandwiches, brioche custard buns, cookies and coffee. The daytime bakery is currently closed, with weekend pop-ups and baked goods during dessert menu and bar hours.
Pop-ups & takeout
Our story
What started as kitchen sarcasm became a dessert restaurant.
Pastry chef and owner Brant Dadaleares grew up in the lobstering town of Boothbay Harbor, trained at New England Culinary Institute, and spent years in the kitchens of James Beard award-winning Maine chefs before opening Gross in 2019.
The building is an 1883 John Calvin Stevens design, originally a bank: arched brick rooms and tall wooden beam ceilings that harken back to a simpler time.
Read the full storyHours
Open Thursday to Sunday, from 5 pm.
- Thursday5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Friday5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Saturday5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Sunday5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Monday – WednesdayClosed
Reservations can be made for parties of 6 or more. Any party size under 6 is seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call to reserve a table.
From the bakery and the bar
A look at what comes out of the kitchen.
Journal
What a dessert bar is, pairing drinks with dessert, and a walk through the Old Port.
Read the journalHave something special in mind?
Private events, celebrations and custom cakes — get in touch and we'll talk it through.