Sea Love is an independent home decor business based in Southern Maine Coast. Established 2018 by Stacy Miller, the brand hand-pours 100% soy wax candles in Biddeford, with boutique candle bars in Kennebunkport (flagship) and Freeport offering custom scent-blending experiences with 100+ fragrances.
Portland-based seaweed-energy bar maker. Cranberry, almond, and kelp Maine-made energy bars.
Seaside Stones is a rock shop that specializes in handmade jewelry, cool rocks, and Bouncies from Bohemia
South Portland-based Maine cannabis dispensary and lifestyle brand. Apparel, accessories, and laid-back coastal merch.
Founded in 2019, Seaweed Kings is dedicated to serving you 100% Real and Wildcrafted Seaweed. All our products are from the Cleanest water in Maine, USA.
Seawicks Candle Company is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Gorham-based brewery merchandise shop. Apparel, glassware, and branded gear from Maine’s longstanding craft brewery.
York-based Maine seacoast apparel brand. Maine-themed casual apparel celebrating Southern Maine's coast.
With over 30 years at the repair bench I'm FINALLY getting my "Second Wind" and offering top quality musical instrument repairs, premium instruments and accessories through an independent shop focusing on the best products and services at a fair price.
We carry original counted cross stitch patterns of lighthouses from the northeastern part of the US and Canada. In addition to our lighthouse patterns, we have feature other Maine-related themes, including puffin, moose, and chickadee patterns.
S.E. Hall Furniture & Design is a single-maker wood shop located in Gray, Maine. Driven by a passion for the craft, owner and maker Steve Hall specializes in designing and creating custom pieces in partnership with clients.
Farmington shop offering locally created hand-blown glass and curated crystals, stones, and jewelry. Open since 2005.
Se Vende offers the best collection of handmade gifts & jewelry imported from around the world. You will find classic and unique designs made with sterling silver, brass, copper, gold, enamel, stones, and more.
Shaker Furniture of Maine is an independent home decor business based in Kennebec Valley. The Augusta workshop builds traditional Shaker-style furniture—beds, chairs, tables, dressers, and case goods—in cherry, maple, and oak using time-honored techniques. Custom orders and nationwide shipping available.
Portland-based athletic apparel and accessories brand. Quality clothing built for use both in and out of the gym.
Shaw & Tenney is an independent outdoor gear business based in Highlands, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Shaw Farms is an independent grocery & food business based in the Lakes & Mountains region. The South Paris family farm raises 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, pasture-raised pork, pastured chicken, and fresh eggs from pastured hens—available as retail packages or freezer shares (quarter, half, or whole).
Sheepscot River Pottery is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast Maine. The women-owned, second-generation studio has handmade dinnerware and home goods from their Edgecomb and Damariscotta locations since 1974.
Shelter Institute is an independent outdoor gear business based in the Midcoast region. Since 1974, the Woolwich, Maine timber-framing institute has taught generations of builders—and through its online Shelter Tools shop offers heirloom-quality hand tools: timber-framing chisels, slicks, Japanese hand saws, Maine-made axes, and Peavey logging tools.
Shelter Institute is an independent outdoor gear business based in Midcoast Maine. The Woolwich timber-framing institution—three generations strong since 1974—runs Shelter Tools, a curated retail and online shop carrying hand-forged Swedish axes, Maine-made heirloom axes, Japanese pull saws, Peavey Manufacturing logging tools, German precision tools, and timber-framing chisels.
Cumberland-based knitting and yarn-themed gifts. By-yarn-people-for-yarn-people Greater Portland brand.
Portland-based family-owned brewery. Apparel, glassware, and merchandise from one of Maine’s pioneering craft breweries.
Kennebunk-based Maine-perspective apparel brand. Hard-working clothing for hard-working Mainers.
Island Creek Oysters' Portland raw bar and shellfish market on Washington Avenue — Maine's best oysters, plus tinned fish and caviar.
Offers the freshest Maine lobster, lobster tails, lobster claws and knuckles, all delivered to your doorstep.
Shop Maine Craft supports the livelihoods of individual craft artists while advancing contemporary craft in Maine.
Taught by our educators and local community members, our programs offer focused instruction on a variety of subjects designed to be fun and engage participants.
ShopThisIsIt is an Ogunquit-based women's boutique offering knits, tunics, blouses, jackets, dresses, and accessories with a focus on flattering, comfortable style.
Heritage breed pork and grassfed beef raised on small farms, including our own farm in New Hampshire. Sausages, salami, bacon, and other cuts of pork and beef.
Silk by Christopher in Cumberland Center designs hand-rolled-hem satin silk scarves whose painterly patterns come from photos of his travels — boats, brooks, walls.
Cocktail-forward Old Port bar from the Taj Indian Cuisine team, opened August 2025 with Indian-fusion small plates and house-brewed beer collaborations.
Canaan-based maker of small-batch sauces and marinades. Bold flavors developed at a Maine sporting lodge.
Durham-based handcrafted Maine jewelry. Metal-stamped, polymer clay, and resin pieces.
Newcastle-based regenerative farm and meat snack maker. Pastured-pork snack sticks built around clean ingredients and good farming.
Year-round-leaning cocktail bar and restaurant from The Travelin' Lobster's Kelly and Phil Corson, opened May 2026 on Bar Harbor's Main Street.
Sissle & Daughters is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Mary Chapman and Will Sissle's Portland cheesemonger and grocer offers cheeses, charcuterie, wine, beer, pasta, preserves, and other delectable provisions, with an original Washington Ave shop and a second cafe-and-market location on Forest Ave.
Ski Depot / RaceSkis.com is a Jay-based ski shop offering alpine race skis, recreational skis, boots, bindings, and tuning service from leading brands.
Alpine skiing product retailer and ski tuning shop located in Auburn, Maine. Selling brands such as Volkl, Spyder, Marker, Nordica, Poc, and many others.
Only 1/2 mile from Pleasant Mountain. Bridgton, Maine's favorite ski shop. Daily and seasonal rentals, ski tuning and repair, custom boot fitting, and kayak sales.
SKORDO is an independent kitchen business based in Greater Portland. The Maine family-owned shop empowers home cooks with 60+ original spice blends and rubs hand-made in Brunswick, plus salts, hot sauces, cookbooks, and tableware—with locations in Portland's Old Port and Portsmouth, NH.
Sanford-based snowmobile-themed apparel. Maine snowmobile-club fundraising brand.
Caribou-based independent grocer and butcher since 1914. A County landmark known for quality meats and longstanding service.
S.L. Wadsworth & Son is an independent specialty business based in Downeast Maine. Founded in 1818, the Eastport Water Street institution is the nation's oldest ship chandlery and Maine's oldest retail business—operated by six generations of the Wadsworth family. Two storefronts across from the Fisherman Statue combine an old-fashioned hardware store with a nautical gift shop carrying Eastport-logo merchandise, nautical reproductions, and unique themed items.
Waldoboro-based hand-dyed yarn and fiber farm. Snallygaster yarns and TLC Fiber Farm fibers from Midcoast Maine.
Snows Point Pottery in St George hand-throws stoneware mugs, bowls, pitchers, and pour-overs — each piece signed, with intentional imperfections welcomed.
The Sock Shack is a small boutique conveniently located in downtown Portland, Maine. We sell an array of fabulous socks for men, women and children.
1,350+ trusted Maine shops, makers, and retailers — shop online, ship anywhere, or find them on your next visit.
Maine's first bean-to-bar chocolate maker, turning single-origin cacao into clean, real confections on Rockland's working waterfront — and shipping them anywhere.
Ultralight packs and shelters sewn in a Biddeford mill — carried on every long trail in America.
Organic loose-leaf tea imported directly from worker-owned cooperatives — steeped in Brunswick.
Portland's fiercely independent bookshop — staff picks worth trusting since 2000.
100% grass-fed beef raised on 500 acres in Charleston — delivered to your door.
Hand-forged Maine axes made the old way in a South Portland shop — heirlooms with an edge.
Hypoallergenic alpaca clothing and goods — from a working farm in Unity.
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