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Shareable menu (with get veg options) in a over-the-top gorgeous setting off the Pearl's family-friendly park. Try the $3 mix-and-match charcuterie options, wood-fired flatbreads, and crave-worthy Parmesan potato gratin.

After the ill-fated Fenouil closed (tip for prospective restaurateurs: don't use a name no one can pronounce), Pearl watchers wondered what would be able to fill the elegant, lofty and expensive space that overlooks one of Portland's most appealing parks. Jamison is the answer and let's hope it's a keeper. The menu concept is odd, to say the least. You're strongly encouraged to order family style and proteins, starches and veggies are chosen separately. The portions aren't large so a four-top should be able to sample several from each category (the meats are served pre-sliced). That may not...

N. WILLIAMS— After a 12-year tenure on N. Vancouver Avenue (with its entrance of N. Williams), Dalo's Kitchen will be forced to shutter later this summer to make way for a new apartment building: The Oregonian reports the family-owned restaurant is actively looking for a new space after being informed they must vacate in August. Co-owner/chef Mimi Dibabu, whose father founded Dalo's, says...

After the ill-fated Fenouil closed (tip for prospective restaurateurs: don't use a name no one can pronounce), Pearl watchers wondered what would be able to fill the elegant, lofty and expensive space that overlooks one of Portland's most appealing parks. Jamison is the answer and let's hope it's a keeper. The menu concept is odd, to say the least. You're strongly encouraged to order family style and proteins, starches and veggies are chosen separately. The portions aren't large so a four-top should be able to sample several from each category (the meats are served pre-sliced). That may not...

As promised, the famous Paris-born flash mob picnic known as Diner en Blanc made its Portland debut over the weekend, descending upon the "secret" Pearl District location of Jamison Square. Hosted by Christopher Handford, owner of Jamison and Davis Street Tavern, the event was accessible only by registering online and being issued an invite link an the last-minute. (Diner en Blanc events in...

E. BURNSIDE—Luce, one of Bon Appetit's 10 Best New Restaurants in America in 2012, will welcome Nancy Singleton Hachisu for a dinner on April 16 at 7p.m. Chef John Taboada will cook a five-courser taken from Singleton Hachisu's cookbook, Japanese Farm Food (a favorite of Alice Waters), while Hachisu intimately discusses her approach to food with guests. This dinner is $45, plus an optional $30...

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Named after the adjacent square and First Thursday founder William Jamison, Jamison is the Pearl District's premier farm to table American bistro. Jamison's warm interior boasts floor to ceiling windows, distressed 100 year old barn wood, crystal birdcage chandeliers and a living foliage wall.

The menu features a variety of dishes meant to share, such as...