| Mucca Osteria | |
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 The restaurant's exterior in 2021 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2011 |
| Owner(s) | Simone Savaiano |
| Food type | Italian |
| Street address | 1022 Southwest Morrison Street |
| City | Portland |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97205 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′12″N122°40′58″W / 45.5201°N 122.6827°W |
| Website | muccaosteria |
Mucca Osteria is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Mucca Osteria is an Italian restaurant in downtown Portland. Fodor's describes the restaurant as a "narrow, bi-level space with exposed-brick walls, rustic chandeliers, and tall windows overlooking a busy downtown space". [1] The Oregonian 's Michael Russell said "the decor leans suburban, its brick walls hung with ornate mirrors and a sepia-tinted map of Italy; the mezzanine overlooking chandeliers like large metal atoms". [2]
The menu includes Dungeness crab salad with endive, arugula, apple, marcona almonds, and champagne vinaigrette, handmade pastas such as maltagliati with rabbit, olives, and pine nuts, and slow-roasted pork shoulder with wild mushrooms and polenta. [1] Rabbit gnocchi, risotto, [2] and prosciutto-wrapped burrata [3] are also on the menu. Antipasto include lamb carpaccio, seared scallops with Parmesan fondue. [4]
Chef and owner Simone Savaiano opened the restaurant in 2011. [4] [5] He opened Mucca Pizzeria next to the restaurant in 2023. [6] [7]
In 2014, AP Kryza of Willamette Week said Savaiano "is turning out some of the city's best Northern Italian eats" and wrote, "Mucca excels not because of innovation, but because of a loving commitment to comfort food taken to the next level, making it one of the most overlooked restaurants in a city obsessed with hyping the next big thing." [4] Janelle Lassalle included the restaurant in Thrillist's 2016 list of Portland's best Italian restaurants. [8] Michael Russell ranked Mucca Osteria number six in The Oregonian's 2016 list of Portland's ten best Italian restaurants, [9] and included the business in a 2017 overview of the city's best pasta. [10]
In 2018, Wine Spectator included Mucca Osteria in a 2018 list of 12 "prime" wine restaurants in the Pacific Northwest. [11] The restaurant also received the magazine's Best of Award of Excellence in 2019. [12] Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Mucca Osteria in Eater Portland 's 2021 list of 15 "date-worthy" restaurants in Portland, [3] and a 2022 overview of "The 38 Essential Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland". [13] The business was also included in Eater Portland's 2022 overview of "Where to Eat and Drink in Downtown Portland" [14] and 2025 list of the city's best Italian restaurants. [15]
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