Picks for Portland Dining Month 2019

February 22, 2019 by 7 Comments

Portland Dining Month 2019 takes place all of March in Portland, and includes 133 restaurants participating, each offering 3 course meals for $33. This is Portland Dining Month’s 20th year, and my 7th year taking advantage of the great food at a great deal. Every year I do my due diligence reviewing who are the participants and making my list based on the menu offered and value of the meal. With this post I’m sharing with you my picks for Portland Dining Month 2019.
Portland Dining Month 2019

A full list of participating Portland Dining Month restaurants and their menus can be found at the official Portland Dining Month list and map on the Travel Portland website. As usual, making a reservation though the Portland Dining Month website can also benefit the local community. Besides supporting local businesses and employees in Portland, in addition Travel Portland has partnered with OpenTable. A donation will be made to Oregon Food Bank for every online reservation booked at participating restaurants through PortlandDiningMonth.com – just click on the OpenTable reservation button next to the restaurant listing.

I highly encourage using this, not just for the fact you are doing good to fight hunger by using the OpenTable online reservation systems, but some places can get pretty busy so to avoid an annoying wait, make reservations with whoever takes them to spend less time waiting and more time dining.

Also check 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. I’ll also be doing giveaways that I post on the blog Facebook page and the Instagram page so follow me to be in the know!

Bluehour 3 courses for $33 for Portland Dining Month March 2018: after a complimentary amuse bouche, I enjoyed courses of 1. Farmers Mixed Green Salad with blue cheese, pickled red onions, radish, sunflower seeds, and sherry vinaigrette 2. Parisian Gnocchi with butternut squash, apples, grana padano, sage and 3. Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with salted caramel, creme fraiche, textures of chocolate Bluehour 3 courses for $33 for Portland Dining Month March 2018: after a complimentary amuse bouche, I enjoyed courses of 1. Farmers Mixed Green Salad with blue cheese, pickled red onions, radish, sunflower seeds, and sherry vinaigrette 2. Parisian Gnocchi with butternut squash, apples, grana padano, sage and 3. Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with salted caramel, creme fraiche, textures of chocolate Bluehour 3 courses for $33 for Portland Dining Month March 2018: after a complimentary amuse bouche, I enjoyed courses of 1. Farmers Mixed Green Salad with blue cheese, pickled red onions, radish, sunflower seeds, and sherry vinaigrette 2. Parisian Gnocchi with butternut squash, apples, grana padano, sage and 3. Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with salted caramel, creme fraiche, textures of chocolate Bluehour 3 courses for $33 for Portland Dining Month March 2018: after a complimentary amuse bouche, I enjoyed courses of 1. Farmers Mixed Green Salad with blue cheese, pickled red onions, radish, sunflower seeds, and sherry vinaigrette 2. Parisian Gnocchi with butternut squash, apples, grana padano, sage and 3. Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with salted caramel, creme fraiche, textures of chocolate

Example Portland Dining Month menu of Bluehour 3 courses for $33 for Portland Dining Month March 2018: after a complimentary amuse bouche, I enjoyed courses of 1. Farmers Mixed Green Salad with blue cheese, pickled red onions, radish, sunflower seeds, and sherry vinaigrette 2. Parisian Gnocchi with butternut squash, apples, grana padano, sage and 3. Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Torte with salted caramel, creme fraiche, textures of chocolate

How I made the list of my picks for Portland Dining Month 2019:

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Dining Month begins!

June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment

June is Dining Month Portland! For the month of June more then 60 restaurants will offer a select set of 3-course meals for only $25. You can go to the Downtown Portland website to check out the listing of restaurants which include some of my favorites/on my to do list, such as 50 Plates, Eats India Company, Heathman, Karam, Metrovino, Nel Centro, Nostrana, Paley's Place, Serrato, and more. Going to the website you can see what some of those offerings are for each restaurant.

Also, if you make you reservation through OpenTable (which I love and have been using for years to see availability of restaurants and make reservations. Sometimes when travelling I will use this on my phone to find restaurants nearby and make a reservation right there in the car- pulled over or before I start driving of course), OpenTable will also make a donation to the Oregon Food Bank as long as you use this link.

Go forth and dine out in June!

 

Particular menus that particularly caught my eye based on specific offerings:

  • Bluehour with courses of Cremini mushroom salad, celery, parsley, virgin olive oil, then Duck confit, couscous, asparagus-pomegranate molasses jus, finished with Strawberry shortcake, tarragon ice cream, honey butter biscuits. Update: Aw, they took out the duck confit and the strawberry shortcake, only the salad remains on their $25 menu now 🙁
  • Chez Joly with soup or salad with a PĂątĂ© de Maison – Chicken Liver Mousse with Mustard, Onion & Cornichon, second course of Fisherman's Stew or BƓuf Bourguignon – Beef Braised in Pinot Noir with Bacon, Onions & Mushrooms Served over Wide Egg Noodles, finished with a dessert of CrĂšme BrĂ»lĂ©e
  • Gracie's which has 4 options for each course of appetizer, main, and dessert including a starter of Savory Gorgonzola Cheesecake with  grilled country bread & a whole roasted garlic, or Prosciutto Wrapped Dates- stuffed with toasted almond and goat cheese served on a bed of arugula and cider reduction, Second course options of Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breast- with mashed potatoes & green beans with morel leek cream or Pork Loin Chop- grilled bone in pork chop topped with fried shoe string fennel & drizzled in apple-fennel glaze with fingerling potatoes and mustard greens,  and Dessert options such as Chocolate Guinness Torte with mascarpone cream or Crispy Bread Pudding with warm hard whiskey sauce
  • Tabla Mediterranean Bistro (Tabla’s pastas voted Top 101 in the U.S. by New York Magazine’s Grub Street.) with First Course Farmer’s Market Lettuces – organic yogurt dressing, Viridian Farms’ strawberries Second Course Tajarin – truffle butter, parmigiano reggiano — add truffle pearls for an extra $5 Third CourseForbidden Rice Risotto – asparagus, fromage blanc, aged balsamic. Planned for last week of June

Visit the Downtown Portland website now and make a reservation through OpenTable!

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