Marcy's Diner
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(since January 2019)
(2011–2019)
| Marcy's Diner | |
|---|---|
 The diner in 2022 | |
  Location within Maine | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1941 |
| Owner(s) | Mandy Lacourse (since January 2019) |
| Previous owner(s) | Darla Neugebauer (2011–2019) |
| Food type | Breakfast and lunch |
| Dress code | Casual |
| Location | Everett Chambers 47 Oak Street, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 04101 |
| Coordinates | 43°39′18″N 70°15′41″W / 43.6550°N 70.2613°W |
| Seating capacity | 32 (ten counter stools, 22 in five booths) |
| Reservations | No |
Marcy's Diner is a diner in Portland, Maine. It made international headlines in 2015 after a spat between then-cook-owner Darla Neugebauer and a patron over the latter's screaming child.
Located in the Everett Chambers building, it is open five days a week: Wednesday to Sunday, 7.00am to 1.00pm.
Known in its early days as Your Host Café, then in the 1960s as Lou’s, and later as Mike’s, it became Marcy's Diner in 1989.[1] Marcy Litman, now resident in St. Petersburg, Florida,[2] ran the business for ten years, selling it in 1999 to Kevin and Heather Smith. It was sold again two years later, to Murray and Joely Sparks. After getting to know Murray's mother, Lois, while working at the now-defunct Paul's Food Center, Darla Neugebauer — then working at Portland's Holiday Inn by the Bay — learned that the Sparkses were looking to sell the diner because the recent birth of their child meant they could no longer afford the time it needed.[3] Lois Sparks was killed in an automobile accident in 2012, a year after the Neugebauers purchased the diner.[4][5]
Co-owner Doug Neugebauer died on March 10, 2018.[6]
In January 2019, Mandy Lacourse took the business over from Neugebauer. Lacourse was a server at the diner between 1997 and mid-2018. The diner celebrated its thirtieth anniversary under Marcy's name on March 8, 2019.[1]