Nel Centro

Aromatic herbs. Classic recipes. The sweep of history. Nel Centro is a modern, light-filled aria to one of the world's most revered cuisines. Nel Centro (Italian for "in the center") explores the classic dishes of the Riviera and chef David Machado's passion for grand culinary traditions and locally sourced, seasonal food. An open dining room seats 115. The bar seats an additional 34. A...

Restaurant guests are welcome to explore the adjacent public courtyard where a dramatic living wall and fire pits provide a retreat within the city for hotel guests and locals to enjoy.

Parties of 12 can reserve Julie’s Table, affectionately named for Chef-Owner Dave Machado’s wife. Smaller parties can also sit here to experience communal dining on the evenings that the table isn’t already reserved.

Is New Year's Eve the second-worst night to dine out of the year? Maybe, but only if you hate overflowing Champagne and restaurants full of people overdoing it (booze, oysters, red meat, pick your poison), both of which we happen to find particularly festive. With that in mind, here's a monumental list of 39 Restaurants Where You Can Party on New Year's Eve.

Located within the Hotel Modera, this "dramatic", "hip" Downtown Italian stages "innovative", "well-executed" fare, with the added bonus of a courtyard patio enhanced with a lush living wall and nighttime fire pits; service is solid, and the happy hour is touted as "one of Portland's great bargains."

Julianne Richardson has just joined Wildwood's culinary team as its pastry chef. After a year at Central Oregon Community College and a year at Oregon State University, Richardson realized that conventional school was not the right fit for her. She enrolled at Western Culinary Institute in Portland where she earned a Le Cordon Bleu degree in Pastry Arts in 2009. While in culinary school,...

Travel Portland (in conjunction with our friends at Yelp) may have outsiders in mind with its June promotion Dining Out Portland, but with nearly 50 local restaurants offering a three-course meal for a cool $25, tourists be advised: Stay out of our way. The likes of Clarklewis, Nel Centro, Vindalho, Lauro Kitchen, Accanto, Aquariva, and the super-spendy Paley's Place are among the eateries...

Nel Centro

Aromatic herbs. Classic recipes. The sweep of history. Nel Centro is a modern, light-filled aria to one of the world's most revered cuisines.

Nel Centro (Italian for "in the center") explores the classic dishes of the Riviera and chef David Machado's passion for grand culinary traditions and locally sourced, seasonal food.

An open dining room seats 115. The bar seats an additional...