Zefiro | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1990 |
Closed | 2000 |
Food type | |
Street address | 500 Northwest 21st Avenue |
City | Portland |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97209 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′35.5″N122°41′39.3″W / 45.526528°N 122.694250°W Coordinates: 45°31′35.5″N122°41′39.3″W / 45.526528°N 122.694250°W |
Zefiro was an Italian and Mediterranean restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] [2] The business operated from 1990 to 2000.
The Italian and Mediterranean [3] restaurant Zefiro was located at the intersection of 21st and Glisan in northwest Portland's Northwest District. The interior had sponge-painted yellow walls and a copper-topped bar. [4] The menu included risotto and a Caesar salad. [5] [6] The dessert menu included gelato affogato [7] and sorbet. [8]
Bruce Carey [9] and Chris Israel [10] opened the restaurant in 1990. Monique Siu [11] and Sarah Wheaton have also been credited for helping the launch. [12] The business closed in 2000. [13] [14] [15]
In 1991, Zefiro was The Oregonian 's restaurant of the year. [16] [17] In 2007, Eric Asimov of The New York Times said Zefiro "set a standard for Portland cooking". [18] The restaurant has been described as "ground-breaking", [19] a "Portland landmark", [20] and "a key watershed moment in recent restaurant history in Portland". [21]
In 2017, Nick Zukin of Willamette Week said "Bruce Carey changed Portland dining with Zefiro back in the '90s", [22] and The Oregonian's Douglas Perry wrote, "Zefiro led the way to the enthusiastic, limited-frills foodie reputation that Portland now enjoys around the world." [23]
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