Porto Terra Tuscan Grill & Bar
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 944-1090
- Price:
- $$$
- Cross Street:
- Southwest Yamhill Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 6:30am-5pm, Sat-Sun 7am-5pm, Bar Daily 11am-12am
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Editorial Review for Porto Terra Tuscan Grill & Bar – by Ivy Manning
In Short
The tranquil dining room with fieldstone walls, pastoral murals and comfortable banquettes hosts business people with expense accounts, hotel guests and curious locals. Later on, the bar fills up with the after-theater set. The kitchen puts out American takes on Italian cooking. Starters include crispy fried calamari with peppers and mayonnaise. Local ingredients are used in dishes like grilled asparagus salad with ice-wine vinaigrette and lobster bisque with mashed potatoes and grilled shrimp.
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Insider Tips
When to GoHappy hour features ever-changing drink specials and discounts on the lounge menu weekdays, 4:30pm-6:30pm, and all day Sunday.
User Reviews for Porto Terra Tuscan Grill & Bar
01/30/2008 Posted by CarlosT
I was happy to see a wide selection of Italian dishes I don't see too often. There are far too many places out there that seem to think Italian is just pasta, lots of cheese, and thick red sauce or white alfredo sauce. My belly was excited to see real Italian oriented dishes and sides. I was originally going to go with the duck, which had a orange cherry sauce that sounded delicious, but ended up getting a pasta. I originally thought that pasta was the last thing I would try, since every Italian place I've been to thats usually the focus, and I've tried them all. Or so I thought, because there were some that had a new twist to them or even ones I never heard of. I ended up with the bolognese. Incredible flavor and different than your usual idea of Italian. Not to say this isn't Italian, this is just the Italian you've haven't been introduced to yet! Wife had the gorgonzola pasta, and aside from the obvious there was also walnuts and bacon in it. It was very good too. The homemade fresh pastas are really good, you can really tell the difference. There were other entrees that looked good to both of us, we plan on going back for sure. For appetizer, we had the calamari and prawns lemoncello (no, we couldn't eat everything but wanted to). Both were great which raises my eyebrow when I read a previous review concerning the marinara sauce for the calamari. Ours tasted like it was just made, fresh tomatoes and herbs. It was slightly sweet, slighty spicy. It was homemade and fresh. I think when people get used to premanufactured food items, thats how they think they are supposed to be. Its not supposed to be really thick filler sauces, machine breaded cheese sticks and fried items with way to much breading. The breading isn't supposed to hide the flavor of whatever is being breaded, unlike what most american italian franchises think. Our calamari was perfect. Just enough breading to complement the taste of the calamari along with the sauces. Great restaurant!
Pros: Food is delicious! Selection! Real Italian.
Cons: Nothing I can think of.
01/29/2008 Posted by RX713B
I recently went there for dinner. We had the calamari to start. Delicious. Dippers were marinara and aioli. Breaded just right, great sauces. I had the maiale (pork chop), came with a mustard marscapone, calabrese sausage, and broccolini. Juicy chop, very good sides that went with it well. Friend had the Veal Tartufo, a great sauce to go with it, and fluffy truffle potatoes that were amazing. Everything was fantastic. Housemade gelato for dessert. I go in for lunch often because the food is great, the atmosphere is great, and the choices of real Italian courses are great. The menu selection from salad to pasta to entree to dessert includes the entire spectrum of tastes. Great wine selection. The dining room ambiance is great, and a lounge/bar area is available closer to the front. A great place, true Italian entrees.
Pros: Great tasting food. Authentic courses.
Cons: None
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