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Pasta Veloce, Portland, OR P202
 
Pasta Veloce is a nice little pasta restaurant in the shopping area of downtown Portland. 

Nothing spectacular here, but the service is very fast and the food good. 

It's similar to La Buca's, but not quite as good.  The Caesar salad has a bit too much of the white gloppy stuff that is supposed to be dressing.  The pasta isn't quite as well prepared, being a bit soft.  The various sauces aren's quite as flavorful. 

LaBuca's will serve the salad and give you time to eat it before bringing the entreé.  Not so, Pasta Veloce.  Within a minute of the Caesar Salad's arrival, the pasta arrived.  What to do?  Let the pasta cool and finish the salad?  Eat the pasta and finish the salad later?  Eat them both together?  Not a major problem, of course, but it would have been nice to have a couple of different options. 

Food: B+. Attitude: B. Ambiance: B. Parking: Can be a problem. Service: A. Value: A+.

 
Pasta Veloce Overall grade: B
1022 S. W. Morrison, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 916-4388
Date of visit: 11/1999 Rcvd: 11/20/1999
Submitted by: HCG, Tualatin, OR C2 R213
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