2 italian rooms in Portland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Portland | Italian across every city.
Italian cooking in Portland leans toward the seasonal and the produce-led, reflecting a city that builds menus around what the surrounding farms send in. The style appears both downtown and along the inner southeast. Ava Gene's on the Division corridor is the marquee Roman-inflected room, while Mucca Osteria downtown keeps a more classic osteria register.
Mucca Osteria ★ 4.4
downtown · 1022 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 97205
An intimate Tuscan and Central Italian room in downtown Portland with handmade pastas, a focused wine list and dinner reservations that book a week ahead.
Ava Gene's ★ 4.6
division-clinton · 3377 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202
Duane Sorenson's Italian dining room on SE Division in Portland, with Italian wine list, market-driven pastas and a vegetable-led tasting menu.