Josh Petersen
Seattle

Worth visiting!

A tip I have about this place

This is a pretty fantastic place and the tartufo infused buffalo mozzarella pizza I ate may be one of the best pizza’s I’ve ever had. You’ve got to try it!

We were visiting from Seattle, and to my mind, it was something like a cross between the thin crust goodness of Tutta Bella and the more expansive menu of Osteria La Spiga. It’s definitely top notch, and not at all stuffy or over priced, especially considering the quality of the ingredients used.


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nostrana_sucks
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What are you talking about?

This place is the absolute worst. What an overhyped slagheap. Have you actually lived in Italy? I have and this place is an illusion perpetrated by American fools against other pasty-skinned, fleece wearing, rain-soaked, mind numbed dullards. To call a burnt crisp a pizza to charge 5 dollars for buffala is ridiculous. But aside from the food, the place is sooooo poorly managed, how it gets any repeat business is a mystery. Oops, wait. I know… bc it is in PORTLAND! There isn’t an alternative. No one has anywhere else to go. Portlanders walk around and stare at their shoes under their umbrellas latching on to anything, ANYTHING that is NOT yet another STARBUCKS. I’m sorry to say, this place wouldn’t get noticed in London, Rome, New York, LA or SF. It is just YET ANOTHER WANNABE strip mall restaurant. Culinary midgets preening around the kiddie pool doing their pose-downs in front of a mirror, a mirror to a boarded up, abandoned housing project community center where only crack whores and dellusional vets have set up shop. Yes, this is Portland. Meth capital of the world and culinary HYPE center of the universe. Avoid this and AVOID NOSTRANA!

Josh Petersen
Seattle

Well

As a matter of fact, I did live in Italy! I lived in Bologna, one of the gastronomic capitals of Italian cuisine. And while I wouldn’t confuse Nostrana with the real deal in Italia, its a pretty good approximation, and I can tell you that when Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food, came to Portland last Fall, the party to welcome him was held at Nostrana.

Now I’m not the kind of guy who would open an account just to slag a restaurant—but it seems like your comments (and user name) lack a bit of balance. Where’s the better pizza in Portland to be found?


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