Caro Amico

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Caro Amico
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Caro Amico
Restaurant information
Established1949 (1949)
Food type Italian
Street address3606 Southwest Barbur Boulevard
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97239
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°29′50″N122°40′43″W / 45.4972°N 122.6786°W / 45.4972; -122.6786
Website caroamicoitaliancafe.com

Caro Amico is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. It opened in 1949.

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Description

The Italian restaurant Caro Amico operates in a three-story Victorian house on Barbur Boulevard. [1] It has a back patio with views of the Willamette River. [2] In addition to pizza, the restaurant's menu has included bruschetta pomodoro, chicken piccata, and veal parmesan. [3]

History

Caro Amico opened in 1949 and began selling pizza in 1953. [4] It has been described as the oldest Italian restaurant in Oregon, [5] and one of the first pizzerias in Portland. [2] [6] The restaurant has suffered two large fires, one during the 1960s and another in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

See also

References

  1. Anderson, Heather Arndt (November 13, 2014). Portland: A Food Biography. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4422-2739-2.
  2. 1 2 "Portland Once Had a Thriving Little Italy—What the Hell Happened?". Willamette Week. August 23, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. Russell, Michael (July 25, 2023). "Caro Amico, Portland's oldest Italian restaurant, announces reopening date". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. Kennedy, Theresa Griffin (2022). Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4671-4330-1.
  5. "Oregon's oldest pizzeria". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  6. Russell, Michael (July 12, 2024). "American Dream, one of Portland's oldest pizzerias, just closed unexpectedly". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  7. Russell, Michael (October 16, 2024). "At Oregon's oldest pizzeria, 91-year-old owner Elsie McFarland still works weekends". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 20, 2024.