North Optical

North Optical North Optical is an award winning independently owned optical shop and art space located in Portland's East End.

We curate a selection of diverse, handmade, and artisanally crafted prescription and non-prescription eyewear.

In solidarity for our immigrant friends in Portland, we will be closed on Friday, January 30 for the nationwide shutdown...
01/28/2026

In solidarity for our immigrant friends in Portland, we will be closed on Friday, January 30 for the nationwide shutdown. We will be back to regular hours Saturday, February 1. (11am-6pm)

12/31/2025

Happy New Years from all of us at North Optical 🍾 See you next year!

The holidays are upon us! As the last days of the year start to dwindle so does your opportunity to use your HSA/FSA dol...
12/19/2025

The holidays are upon us! As the last days of the year start to dwindle so does your opportunity to use your HSA/FSA dollars!

We will be closed Christmas Eve and Day but open regular hours 11 to 6 on New Year’s Eve! We have also decided to take a little extra time this year and close through the weekend… see you next year 🎊

12/10/2025

✨ANNE ET VALENTIN ✨ LUOS ✨ LIMITED EDITION N°096 / 150 ✨

SNOW DAY ❄️ CLOSED 12/2
12/02/2025

SNOW DAY ❄️ CLOSED 12/2

Snow day ❄️ CLOSED 12/3
12/02/2025

Snow day ❄️ CLOSED 12/3

TABLE SALE! TABLE SALE! TABLE SALE!Today though the end of December everything on the back table is 50% off frame (and s...
11/28/2025

TABLE SALE! TABLE SALE! TABLE SALE!

Today though the end of December everything on the back table is 50% off frame (and some FREE) with purchase of lens! Get after it!

*Sale is on in stock frames only*

Thanksgiving hours 🦃 regular hours except 11 - 3 Wednesday and CLOSED on Thursday! Gave a great turkey day!
11/25/2025

Thanksgiving hours 🦃 regular hours except 11 - 3 Wednesday and CLOSED on Thursday! Gave a great turkey day!

A Theo day is our favorite day 🩷 thanks to everyone who came out to see all the new new! Can’t wait for next year Also,...
11/09/2025

A Theo day is our favorite day 🩷 thanks to everyone who came out to see all the new new! Can’t wait for next year

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This is an Audrey appreciation post! This is her wearing her VERY special limited edition Anne et Valentin LALA3 collab ...
10/29/2025

This is an Audrey appreciation post! This is her wearing her VERY special limited edition Anne et Valentin LALA3 collab with 🤍 This past week she held down the fort while Chris traveled for Andrew’s wedding in California… We are also a little late in congratulating her, but this past summer she graduated with her bachelors degree in sustainability! Let’s hear it for Audrey 🍾🍾🍾

North Optical will be closed October 22, 2025 for the wedding of our very own Andrew! We will be open normal hours the r...
10/21/2025

North Optical will be closed October 22, 2025 for the wedding of our very own Andrew! We will be open normal hours the rest of the week - Thursday through Saturday 11 to 6

We are pleased to announce our fall art show WRECKED EXOTICS By Glen Baldridge opening reception October 3rd from 5 to 8...
09/20/2025

We are pleased to announce our fall art show WRECKED EXOTICS By Glen Baldridge opening reception October 3rd from 5 to 8pm at 68 Washington Ave! Featuring 18 framed prints, accompanied by hand bound zines by Glen himself (available to purchase in store and online) on display though December.

“Wrecked Exotics features a suite of artist framed risograph prints and an accompanying artists’ book. All display printmaking techniques developed in Baldridge’s many years of studio experimentation…” Aude Jomini described. “… Glen Baldridge’s Exotics are mementos to a chosen set of wasted classics: a Ferrari Testarossa, a Corvette... The scale is small: glimpsed moments, an intimate pocket size for a coveting voyeur.”

Address

68 Washington Avenue
Portland, ME
04101

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

Telephone

+12072003204

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