Montelupo Italian Market
Italian restaurant · Kerns
344 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
Highlights
Handmade pastas, Negroni slushies, burrata & market
Handmade pastas, Negroni slushies, burrata & market
"The tented sidewalk patio of this Italian market and cafe sprawls out into Northeast Flanders Street, making it a great spot to stop for a moment with a quick grab-and-go lunch, or enjoy a long — potentially romantic — conversation over dinner. In Portland, warm and cold days alternate without notice, but Montelupo’s menu caters to both, with refreshing radicchio salads during surprising sunny moments, or comforting tajarin in truffle butter and lumache alla vodka bolstered with Italian sausage when that cool breeze is still a little too cool." - Thom Hilton
"At the two-in-one market and restaurant, shoppers can stock up on Montelupo’s name brand jarred sauces and dried pastas as well as wine and other pantry staples to turn home kitchens into fine Italian dining spaces. But dinner at the casual Italian cafe and bistro remains a favorite for locals. While the restaurant does offer seasonally rotating pastas, go for the classics: delicate tajarin with truffle butter and piles of Parmesan, cavatelli with ricotta and lemon-braised chicken, or spaghetti with mussels and clams." - Eater Staff
"There’s something unexpectedly romantic about being forced to sit close together when you’re dining at an establishment with limited square footage. Let this notion replace the pressure to replicate a Lady and the Tramp pasta scenario when dining at Montelupo, the elevated fast-casual Italian eatery on Portland’s restaurant-packed East 28th Street. Green and white checkerboard walls paired with teal banquettes brighten the space and increase its approachability. Meanwhile, an unassuming menu of well-known antipasti and pasta dishes like meatballs, radicchio salad, and pappardelle arrive thoughtfully plated and suggestive for sharing. If this is an ongoing situationship, a visit through Montelupo’s deli-market on the way out is for the next dinner at home together." - Katrina Yentch
"An Italian establishment known for its storefront vibe and Italian cuisine." - Thom Hilton
"Due to the recent boom of artificial truffle-flavored everything, I tend to avoid truffle unless I know I’m getting the real deal. But, here, one of my dining companions wanted to try it. To my surprise, it wound up being one of my favorite dishes of the night: The thin noodles — think angel hair, but made solely out of egg yolks and flour — gave a lightness to the fairly rich sauce. Paired with one of their slushy Negronis, I could almost convince myself I was dining in Italy, not just sweating it out on 28th Street." - Eater Staff
