City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 621 Southeast Morrison St.
47. Eugenio’S
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 233-3656
Address: 3584 Southeast Division
Description: Eugenio’s is a tiny, tiny Italian-style deli that serves some of the best espresso in town, as well as absolutely delicious sausage sandwiches (using the best Italian sausage anywhere, from local purveyor Fred Carlo) and thin-crust pizza. The sandwiches and salads are fresh, with novel combinations of high-quality ingredients—for example, the Draper Valley chicken that’s used for the chicken salad. It also offers microbrews on tap and has a small but intelligently selected wine list. There are just a few seats, and sometimes half the space is taken up by musicians singing the praises of Eugenio, but if you are patient you will be justly rewarded with a fine, simple lunch or dinner.
48. Olympic Provisions
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 954-3663
Address: 107 Southeast Washington St.
Description: This delightful salumeria—amazingly, given all the house-cured meats here, Portland’s first—has both a retail side and a restaurant side. On the retail side, you can take home savory Italian, French, and Spanish-style salamis and other cured meats, as well as fresh sausages and pates. On the restaurant side, you may want to tarry over beautiful charcuterie, wine, and cheese, as well as sumptuous meat dishes or daily fish specials. The wine list is expansive, and there is also a well-edited hard alcohol selection.
49. Pix Patisserie
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 232-4407
Address: 3402 Southeast Division St.
Description: Pix specializes in pastry—cakes, tarts, tortes, petit-fours—and in chocolates. Here you will find a spectacular Carmen Miranda tart, with glossy fruit in artful balance. You’ll find the award-winning Amelie, a chocolate mousse confection that embraces a well of orange vanilla crème brûlée. And you’ll find traditional patisserie favorites, such as the Opera, a thin almond cake layered with chocolate ganache and coffee buttercream. Pix supplies many local shops and restaurants, as well as offering a charming retail shop that also serves as a petite cafe. Pix also has a large and sophisticated space at 3901 North Williams St. (503-282-6539), where classes and other events are located.
50. Noho’S Hawaiian Cafe
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 233-5301
Address: 2525 Southeast Clinton St.
Description: Noho’s is a popular neighborhood cafe that offers tasty Hawaiian fare. The yakisoba noodles—served with veggies and a tangy sauce—are a favorite, but the menu offers a selection of exotic meals ranging from Korean short ribs to seafood entrees and yummy marinated chicken dishes. Everything is served with white rice and macaroni or green salad on the side and—for those who like to swap and share different foods—family-style meals are always available. Noho’s is open Sun through Thurs from 10:30 a.m. until 9 p.m., and on Fri and Sat they stay open until 11 p.m. The cafe also offers catering services.
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 2038 Southeast Clinton St.
52. Genoa And Accanto
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 238-1464
Address: 2832 Southeast Belmont St.
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53. Gino’S Restaurant And Bar
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 233-4613
Address: 8051 Southeast 13th Ave.
Description: Gino’s is an unpretentious trattoria that serves excellent Italian dishes. Other chefs come here when they go out to dinner. Down-to-earth classics include the wonderful clams steamed in white wine, chili, and butter; chicken Marsala; Grandma Jean’s pasta (which comes with two pork ribs); and a tangy Caesar salad. In addition to the reliable favorites, you will find seasonal specials—rich stews of lamb, sautées of shrimp with red chilis, vegetable ragouts with polenta, for example. Seafoods are always fresh; the Painted Hills beef steaks are specially cut just for Gino’s. Gino’s serves dinner nightly.
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 1401 Southeast Morrison St.
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 1752 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd.
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 3377 Southeast Division St.
57. 3 Doors Down
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 236-6886
Address: 1429 Southeast 37th St.
Description: 3 Doors Down serves high-quality American-Mediterranean fare and pays attention to all the fine details that add to the enjoyment of a meal. The cozy and comfortable setting is a great place to enjoy the restaurant’s wide range of house-made pastas. The risottos and Caesar salads are exceptional, as are the pastas and the entire range of appetizers. A signature, must-try dish is the bucatini pasta with meatballs, which is perfectly balanced and savory. The penne with vodka sauce is also a favorite. The bar is a lovely spot for a predinner aperitif. Closed Mon.
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 2135 Southeast Division St.
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Address: 738 East Burnside St.
60. Apizza Scholls
City: Portland, OR
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (503) 233-1286
Address: 4741 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd.
Description: Serving authentic New York–style pizza, Apizza Scholls is always busy. Luckily, since they don’t take reservations, the pizza is worth the wait. Carefully crafted using a very hot oven, slow-rising dough, and local ingredients, these pizzas are so good that even New Yorkers like them. Open for dinner Tues through Sat.