2nd Annual Palio di Portland—This Sunday at Nostrana
SUNDAY AUG 15TH, 1PM – 3PM
Executive Chef/Owner Cathy Whims—2009 and 2010 James Beard Foundation Best Northwest Chef finalist—will serve a Siena inspired buffet on the patio. The Ferragosto feast will be paired with Italian Rosés and Prosecco. The lunch is served with two glasses of wine for $25 or unlimited Prosecco for $35, and $7 for kids twelve and under.
The races will begin at 1:30 p.m., with an awards ceremony to follow at 2:45 p.m. with gifts awarded. Feel free to bring your own ‘steeds’ (hobby horses, rollerskates, and tricycles)!
Reservations for the event are recommended.
Please call Nostrana at 503.234.2427 to secure a spot in the races and a seat at the “Palio di Portland” party!
The New York Times blogs our happy hour!
From T Magazine:
Add this to the growing list of reasons to visit (or relocate to) Portland, Ore.: the city’s food-focused happy hour tradition. While other towns — notably Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Charleston, S.C. — also serve cheap eats in the late afternoon, Portland has been doing it since the last recession. If you ask restaurant owners, they’ll tell you the back story: a state liquor law forbids businesses from promoting discounted alcohol, so it made sense to lure in diners with at-cost food. (Though this law has recently changed, $5 plates are more ubiquitous than ever.) And this being Portland, you’re more likely to find charcuterie plates or pig heart with quince jam on the menu than sliders and fries.
And continues…
Nostrana (9 p.m. to close) The “late-night” happy hour makes an ideal summer’s repast. Splurge on a glass of John Paul Cameron’s rosé (though the $5 house wine is always good), then order the charcuterie plate ($5), a few of Cathy Whim’s famed pizzas (margherita or marinara, a mere $5) and the addictive insalata Nostrana (radicchio with Parmesan, rosemary-sage croutons and a Caesar-style dressing). You will leave happy — guaranteed.
Join us: happy hour from 9 nightly. See the full menu here.
Burger Night with Michael Falchini: Pork burgers, Bistecca & more!
Join us in the restaurant on Wednesday, 4 August for a very special night with Tuscan winemaker Michael Falchini. We’re grilling a couple of favorites on the patio: pork & porcini burgers and Bistecca alla Fiorentina!
Reservations are recommended: (503) 234-2427.
Looking for a menu?
Looking for a current Nostrana menu? They’re always available and up-to-date in the upper-right hand corner of nostrana.com. For the sake of thoroughness, a few links:
to the (weekday) lunch menu
to the (nightly) dinner menu
and the current wine list
also: here’s our happy hour menu, served nightly from 9–close
We hope to see you soon!
Nostrana featured in The O’s Diner
Featured in this year’s Diner ‘Only in Portland feature’ in The Oregonian:
Not to miss: Pastas are outstanding — as is a succulent and smoky rotisserie chicken slathered with walnut aioli. If Whims does a Roman dish, order it. I recently had a marvelous stewed lamb with an artichoke that fell apart in the sauce and could be blissfully consumed in its entirety.
Slow Food Portland presents a discussion on Food, Labor & Immigration
When: Monday, June 28, 2010, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Buchan Reception Hall, Eliot Center at the First Unitarian Church The entrance is on SW Salmon, between 12 & 13th—1226 SW Salmon St
Cost: $5 Slow Food members/$6 non-members, order tickets through www.hulahub.com (some tickets may be available at the door)
What do everyday eaters and food-industrial workers have at stake in each other’s challenges and goals? Join a diverse panel of speakers to take a look at our food system and the workers that help put food on our tables. What conditions do many of these workers face? What alternatives do they have, and how do their struggles affect us? How can we help make the food we eat as fair as possible for everyone involved?
This insightful evening provides an opportunity to learn, listen and speak out about our food system, and the immigration and labor issues that relate to how our nation is fed. Help shape the discussion with your questions and comments.
A Sicilian Sunday Afternoon Supper & Wine
Sunday, June 27th
1-4pm
The first in this series of regional Italian suppers begins with a
summer afternoon on the island of Sicily. Chef Whims will prepare and
serve four courses inspired by the rich and unique cuisine of Sicily
alongside Sicilian wines chosen to showcase the region’s briny,
mineral whites and Sicily’s native varietal, Nero d’Avola.
Line caught swordfish stuffed with pecorino, bread crumbs, lemon &
oregano with salmoriglio sauce
Gulfi Caricanti 2007
Fava bean shoot salad with baby turnips and pecorino stagionato
Benanti ‘Pietramarina’ Etna Bianco 2005
Bucatini with Keith’s ricotta, wild greens & new garlic
Gulfi Rossojbleo Nero d’Avola 2008
Rabbit in sweet & sour sauce with tomato, cinnamon, green olives &
capers
Gulfi Neromaccarj Nero d’Avola 2005
Sicilian gelato bomb
$75 for food & wine
$55 without wine
Gratuity is not included
Father’s Day Big Fish Dinner
Sunday, June 20th
5-10pm
Nostrana and Trout Unlimited will host renowned author/filmmaker Bill
Carter for an exclusive book signing and Father’s Day dinner event to
honor the re-release of his memoir “Red Summer,” which chronicles the
grueling summers he spent as a commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay,
Alaska. ”Red Summer” artfully captures the environmental and social
landscape of one of the world’s most sustainable and pristine salmon
fisheries, which is currently at risk from a proposed open-pit copper
mine project called Pebble. Carter will be available for table-side
discussions from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. for those purchasing the evening’s
3-course wild salmon dinner.
Fettuccine with house smoked salmon, cream and salmon roe
Wild Chinook salmon with orange, pine nut & raisin saor, chive potato
cakes, red pepper pickle
Strawberry gelato with aged balsamico, chocolate shortbread cookies
and chocolate ganache
$50 for dinner and an autographed copy of ‘Red Summer’
Gratuity & beverages are not included
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