Caro Amico

Caro Amico
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Restaurant information
Established1949 (1949)
Food typeItalian
Street address3606 Southwest Barbur Boulevard
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97239
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°29′50″N 122°40′43″W / 45.4972°N 122.6786°W / 45.4972; -122.6786
Websitecaroamicoitaliancafe.com

Caro Amico is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. It opened in 1949.

Description

The Italian restaurant Caro Amico operates in a three-story Victorian house on Barbur Boulevard.[1] It has a back patio with views of the Willamette River.[2] In addition to pizza, the restaurant's menu has included bruschetta pomodoro, chicken piccata, and veal parmesan.[3]

History

Caro Amico opened in 1949 and began selling pizza in 1953.[4] It has been described as the oldest Italian restaurant in Oregon,[5] and one of the first pizzerias in Portland.[2][6] The restaurant has suffered two large fires, one during the 1960s and another in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Anderson, Heather Arndt (2014-11-13). Portland: A Food Biography. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-2739-2.
  2. ^ a b "Portland Once Had a Thriving Little Italy—What the Hell Happened?". Willamette Week. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  3. ^ Russell, Michael (2023-07-25). "Caro Amico, Portland's oldest Italian restaurant, announces reopening date". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Theresa Griffin (2022). Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-4330-1.
  5. ^ "Oregon's oldest pizzeria". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  6. ^ Russell, Michael (2024-07-12). "American Dream, one of Portland's oldest pizzerias, just closed unexpectedly". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  7. ^ Russell, Michael (2024-10-16). "At Oregon's oldest pizzeria, 91-year-old owner Elsie McFarland still works weekends". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.