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La Prima Trattoria, Portland, OR P43
 
This excellent Italian restaurant, set in a Raleigh Hills strip mall, has quickly become one of my favorites. 

The Caesar Salad is good as are all the various pasta dishes I've tried.  Soups are excellent.  The dinner menu has daily specials, one of which I particularly like:  a small round of cheese cooked in olive oil and garlic cloves.

Pizza can tend to be a very personal thing, but I prefer Neapolitan pizza...after all it was invented in Naples and one would think those folks might have something to contribute to the genre.  La Prima serves some excellent Neapolitan-style pizza...very light crust, typically Italian healthy toppings and all cooked in a wood-fired oven.

Finding a table during the week-end dinner hours can be hard...La Prima is popular and a waiting list is normal from 7-8 pm Friday and Saturday.  But if you arrive between 5 & 6 you shouldn't have any seating problems.

Service is good, but can become slow as the dining room fills...attitudes could be improved from time to time.

Food: A. Service: B. Parking: A. Attitude: B to C. Value: A-

 
La Prima Trattoria
Overall grade: A-
Date of visit: April 1999
Address: 4775 S. W. 77th Avenue, Portland, OR
Phone: 297-0360
Submitted by: HCG, Tualatin, OR
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Rcvd: 6/3/1999
C2 R44
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