As I covered in my previous post, March is a time when 140+ restaurants offer three course meals for $33 all month long. I shared my top picks in my last post, and today’s post is the first of my dinners: I kicked off Portland Dining Month 2020 at Headwaters.
Besides the $33 for 3 courses, they also offered another huge value: local Oregon wine pairings for all three courses for $17 more. Here’s a look at the Portland Dining Month menu at Headwaters for 2020.
The 3 courses are set – no options from the PDM menu, but your dining companions may also choose to order a la carte from the regular menu if they wish. The first course was Shrimp-stuffed piquillo peppers with goat cheese, mint, almonds and frisée salad in a sweet onion sous vide sauce. I found this a well balanced dish and I was wiping my finger on the bowl to get the last of the sauce. This is paired with a bright 2018 Cremant de Portland brut urbanique by Division Wine Making Company.
Next, a second course of Maine lobster in chili verde with tomatillo, avocado crema and crispy rice. Pro tip- I recommend also offering a warm Parker House Roll with maple butter to go with this dish. This is paired Then a 2014 Natasha Block Pinot Noir by Youngberg Hill Vineyards, another local vineyard in the McMinnville AVA. 
Finally, a dessert of Yogurt cheesecake with pineapple, passionfruit curd and granola crust. This sweet dessert ending is with 2013 Noble Selection Pinot Blanc from Goodfellow Family Cellars in the local Yamhill-Carlton AVA. 
Don’t forget if you are going to any of the restaurants, check to see if you can helping Portland even more then a boost to local businesses and employees by making online reservations via OpenTable. This is because Travel Portland donates money to the Oregon Food Bank for each reservation made through the OpenTable links from the Portland Dining Month website.
And do come back to the blog and follow me on my Instagram social media stories and feed to see where I am eating at @pechluck– I will be dining at one Portland Dining Month restaurant at least once a week through March. This is just week 1!
Where are you going for Portland Dining Month 2020?
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