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Castagna vs Paley's Place
Both Castagna and Paley's Place are rated very highly by professionals. On balance, Castagna ranks marginally higher than Paley's Place. Castagna comes in at 85 with endorsements from 10 reviewers including Gayot, Oregonian and Where.
Castagna
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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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Paley's Place
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1204 NW 21st Ave, Portland, OR 97209-1609
From $31 /night
Fodor's
"The cheese selection, on display under a glass case just inside the front door, is extensive and exquisite."
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Travel + Leisure
"The dinner menu varies daily and has included rabbit ravioli, escargot à la Bordelaise, American wagyu beef tartare, and Mediterranean blue mussels, as well as a cheese list."
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Zagat
4.5
"With the "intimate" confines of a "charming" Victorian dwelling serving as his backdrop, "master chef" Vitaly Paley prepares "sophisticated", "always-surprising" Pacific NW fare."
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Gayot
15.0
"Even for simple preparations, every element is carefully chosen and all is well executed and handsomely presented."
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DK Eyewitness
"Chef Vitaly Paley is one of Portland’s star chefs, and his intimate eatery, located in a Victorian house in a historic neighborhood, is a shrine of Northwest cuisine."
