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| Gino's
Restaurant and Bar, Portland, OR |
P389 |
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I've rarely encountered a
more FUNKY restaurant...replete with
sewer pipes/water pipes exposed near the
ceiling (presumably from the apartments
above).
Let's see...Gino's. To get in, you
enter the door under the sign marked
Gino's, right? Nope. There's
a sign on that door saying to go to the
right to the "copper
door"...hmmmm...nope not the next
door either. That goes upstairs to
some apartments. Ah...there it
is...the "copper
door"...but...the "copper
door" goes into the Leipzeig
Tavern...and by entering through the
Leipzeig Tavern you eventually get to
Gino's. Not nearly as difficult as
it sounds, but a bit cumbersome.
Oh well...I went to Gino's specifically
for the caesar salad recommended by a
friend and I wasn't disappointed...Huge
Caesar Salad for $9 and absolutely FREE
of the horrible "white gloppy
stuff" that normally passes for
dressing in Portland. It wasn't the
best Caesar I've ever had, but it did
rank about 6.5 on a scale of 1 to
ten.
On the positive side: It used good
garlic and lots of it! The Romaine
lettuce was cut into pieces...not
8-10" pieces of lettuce you're
supposed to eat with your fingers as has
become the norm in many Portland
restaurants. It was big! The
croutons were home made and
excellent.
On the negative side: It lacked a
bit of "kick" or
"bite"...perhaps a lack of
worchestershire sauce and/or lemon juice
and/or vinegar. It was a bit weak
from lack of anchovies...and...it was
VERY, VERY cold. That, in and of
itself, isn't a bad thing, but this salad
was so cold it was like it was placed in
a very cold refrigerator while my dining
companion's chicken marsala was being
prepared...well, perhaps it was.
The chicken marsala was good...the wine
list was excellent...but really: $6
for about 2 ounces of a mediocre Chianti
was a bit much.
Otherwise, the "caesar salad
experience" was a good one!
Food: A
Attitude: A
Ambiance: A if you like REALLY
FUNKY!
Parking: on the street
Service: A
Value: B |
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| Gino's Restaurant
and Bar |
Overall grade: A- |
| 8051 S. E. 13th,
Portland, OR 97202 |
| Phone:
(503) 233-4613 |
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| Date
of visit: 4/2003 |
Rcvd: 4/4/2003 |
| Submitted
by: HCG, Tualatin, OR |
C2 |
R409 |
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