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Nostrana vs Castagna
Both restaurants are highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Castagna is preferred by most writers compared to Nostrana. Castagna ranks #7 in Portland with recommendations from 9 publications including Gayot, Not For Tourists and Oregonian.
Nostrana
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Zagat
Gayot
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1401 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214-2777
From $31 /night
Fodor's
"This casual yet elegant restaurant delivers delicious, thin-crusted pizzas and wood-grilled specialties (even desserts) from their signature oven."
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Travel + Leisure
"This glass, steel, and wood-framed restaurant leaves little doubt about its intentions: the logo is a pizza peel, and they feature a wood-fired oven."
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Zagat
""Wonderful" thin-crust pizza "baked to blistered perfection" in a wood-fired oven attracts acolytes to Cathy Whims' "unpretentious" (some say "pricey") Buckman Italian."
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Gayot
14.0
"Chef Cathy Whims (formerly of trend-setting Genoa) has cultivated a collaborative relationship with local farmers, even working with them to grow Italian specialty crops."
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DK Eyewitness
"Food fanatics flock to Nostrana for Italian dishes made with obsessive attention to detail."
Castagna
Fodor's
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
Zagat
Gayot
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1752 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
From $8 /night
Fodor's
"Enjoy artful new Northwest cuisine—like sturgeon with brown butter, lemon, and parsley, or aged lamb with black carrots and lemon thyme—at this at this tranquil Hawthorne restaurant."
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Frommer's
"The dining room, always exceedingly stark, got a warmer and cozier (yet still minimalist) remodel, and the menu now is like nothing else in town."
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Travel + Leisure
"The comfort-food restaurant's been around for a while, but it has a young new chef who trained at Mugaritz, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain."
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Zagat
""Brilliant" chef Justin Woodward tinkers with one of the city's most "intriguing menus", an "amazing modernist take on Northwest ingredients and flavors"."
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Gayot
14.0
"Chef Justin Woodward maintains Castagna's enthusiasm for playing with food conventions."
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