Nostrana

"This casual yet elegant restaurant delivers delicious, thin-crusted pizzas and wood-grilled specialties (even desserts) from their signature oven." Full review

"This glass, steel, and wood-framed restaurant leaves little doubt about its intentions: the logo is a pizza peel, and they feature a wood-fired oven." Full review

""Wonderful" thin-crust pizza "baked to blistered perfection" in a wood-fired oven attracts acolytes to Cathy Whims' "unpretentious" (some say "pricey") Buckman Italian." Full review

"Chef Cathy Whims (formerly of trend-setting Genoa) has cultivated a collaborative relationship with local farmers, even working with them to grow Italian specialty crops." Full review

"Food fanatics flock to Nostrana for Italian dishes made with obsessive attention to detail."

"Awkward, noisy room but still an Italian foodie mecca."

"Nostrana has behind it one of Portland’s favorite chefs, Cathy Whims." Full review

"They do serve great pasta and Neapolitan pizza so thin that you have to cut it with scissors. They also have an extensive wine list with rare bottles from around Italy and the Northwest." Full review

"Rustic Italian home cooking gets the Portland treatment at this east-side restaurant that's somehow both spacious and cozy, equally welcoming to foodies with and without kids" Full review

"Cathy Whims drew inspiration from her own experiences as a vagabond abroad for this airy, bustling, mod-rustic take on the roadside eateries along Italy’s autostrade" Full review