Caro Amico Explained

Caro Amico is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

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.^[6] The restaurant has suffered two large fires, one during the 1960s and another in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

See also

• List of Italian restaurants
• Pizza in Portland, Oregon

Notes and References

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