Dolly Olive
Italian restaurant · Downtown
527 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Highlights
Handmade pastas, bakery program, Italian wines & craft cocktails
Handmade pastas, bakery program, Italian wines & craft cocktails
"Sesame Collective’s downtown Portland Italian restaurant has fun during its brunch service, topping ricotta donuts with rainbow sprinkles and serving affogatos with fernet ice cream. Go lighter with dishes like poached egg-topped polenta or yogurt with orange blossom honey, or dive into a full-on Italian roast beef hash or a creamy Italian take on a croque monsieur. Visitors can commit to the bit and eat a bowl of pasta for brunch, with cannolis for dessert. Brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays." - Zoe Baillargeon
"At Sesame Collective’s downtown Portland Italian restaurant, couples clink Peronis and zero-proof Negronis while awaiting slabs of focaccia or arancini filled with braised short rib. Sure, pastas like the decadent tagliatelle al burro, cheesy and rich with butter and cheese, are going to please the table. However, what sets the restaurant apart are its grilled entrees, like the prawns with a nutty almond romesco or pork chops with a Meyer lemon salsa. Brunch is also an option, involving things like breakfast panini or pesto polenta with poached egg." - Eater Staff
"Dolly Olive is an Italian restaurant that will share its food menu with Bar Dolly. It focuses on Italian wines, expanding its range at Bar Dolly to include Mediterranean wines from Greece, France, and Spain." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"I ate some not-basic basics — cheese and bread — at Dolly Olive’s new companion spot Bar Dolly this week. The bar’s menu has a burrata of the day and a focaccia of the day, and on this visit, the cheese was served with blackberries, hazelnuts, basil, and hit with some vinaigrette. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say I could eat a fruit and cheese dish everyday during the summer and be a happy camper. This combo was elite, and with a hunk of fluffy sun-dried tomato focaccia on the side with a limoncello spritz to wash it all down? Bellissima." - Eater Staff
"A Portland menu that mixes Sicilian eggplant parm and spaghetti bolognese with Spanish octopus, illustrating the Coastal Italian tendency to blend Sicilian classics with broader Mediterranean influences rather than adhere to a single coastal tradition." - Jaya Saxena
