807 NW 21st Ave.
503-226-4646
5:00pm - 10:00pm Sun-Thu
5:00pm - 11:00pm Fri-Sat

If you're in the mood for a delicious treat, dress up and head over to Caffe Mingo. This tiny Italian restaurant serves mouth-watering food prepared in the open kitchen visible from the candle-lit tables. From the chewy, fresh bread and flavorful olive oil that precede a meal here, on to the melt-in-your-mouth gnocchi, right through to the superb panna cotta with cherries on the dessert menu, everything here is first-rate. Of course, this extends to their excellent selection of Italian wines.

When my partner and I took his Italian-American father to Caffe Mingo, he told us enthusiastically that the food was "just like his mother used to make." What better recommendation could there be? -Emily