| Caro Amico | |
|---|---|
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1949 (1949) |
| Food type | Italian |
| Street address | 3606 Southwest Barbur Boulevard |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97239 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°29′50″N 122°40′43″W / 45.4972°N 122.6786°W / 45.4972; -122.6786 |
| Website | caroamicoitaliancafe |
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. It has a back patio with views of the Willamette River. In addition to pizza, the restaurant's menu has included bruschetta pomodoro, chicken piccata, and veal parmesan.
History
Caro Amico opened in 1949 and began selling pizza in 1953. It has been described as the oldest Italian restaurant in Oregon, and one of the first pizzerias in Portland. The restaurant has suffered two large fires, one during the 1960s and another in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
See also
References
- Anderson, Heather Arndt (2014-11-13). Portland: A Food Biography. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-2739-2.
- ^ "Portland Once Had a Thriving Little Italy—What the Hell Happened?". Willamette Week. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- Russell, Michael (2023-07-25). "Caro Amico, Portland's oldest Italian restaurant, announces reopening date". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- Kennedy, Theresa Griffin (2022). Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-4330-1.
- "Oregon's oldest pizzeria". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- Russell, Michael (2024-07-12). "American Dream, one of Portland's oldest pizzerias, just closed unexpectedly". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- 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.