DiMillo's On the Water is a floating restaurant in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located on the former New York car ferry,[1] which ran between Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia, then between Newport and Jamestown, Rhode Island.[2] It is now permanently berthed at Portland's Long Wharf.[3] The vessel is 206 ft long, 65 ft wide, and weighs 700 tons.[4] The DiMillo family also owns the marina that surrounds the vessel.[2]
History
The restaurant was established in 1982 by Tony DiMillo (1933–1999), who reused the name of his previous business, a lobster restaurant located on the opposite side of