Pazzo Ristorante

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Located adjacent to Hotel Vintage Plaza, Pazzo is simply a wonderful night out.  This past Valentine’s Day, in fact, was spent sitting with my squeeze at the dining bar overlooking the kitchen at the back of the restaurant.  (Said squeeze has it out for Hallmark Holidays and didn’t even hint that he would deign to deliver on dinner goods until well after dark.  Hence, no reservations.)  But they had a couple seats open at the dinner bar – and we had a flippin’ blast!  Dinner was awesome.  Service was very friendly, and frankly it was just so dang interesting to watch a professional kitchen at work on a night that should represent utter mayhem.  But there wasn’t a chance of that with Executive Chef John Eisenhart at the helm.  Cool Cucumber, that man policed an operation that came off like butter.  (Said squeeze was so impressed, he even shook the chef’s hand and congratulated him at the end of the evening.)

Personal favorites on the menu include the Cinghale, which is a pork leg braised in duck fat and herbs with savoy cabbage, green apple, celery, and horseradish – in other words, Italian for delicious.  I’ve never been to Pazzo that somebody didn’t order the Gnocchi and love it.  Handmade, of course, these little potato pillows are mingled with a beef shortrib ragu and pecorino sfizio – obviously more words for delicious.  Will they never run out?

Pazzo also has and is its own bakery.  One can simply buy loafs of Beer Walnut Bread, Raisin Bread, Ciabatta or waltz in and order a pizza by the slice on homemade crust.

Pazzo Ristorante
Weekday breakfast 7:00 – 10:30, Weekend brunch 8:00 – 2:00
Weekday lunch 11:30 – 2:30
Dinner Mon – Thurs 5:00 – 10:00, Fri 5:00 – 11:00, Sat 4:30 – 11:00, Sun 4:00 – 9:30
Happy Hour 7 Days 3:00 – 6:00

627 SW Washington (at Broadway)
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 228-1515

www.pazzoristorante.com

Courtesy of PortlandNeighborhood.com

March 28, 2009 by Greg

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