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PUBLIC HOUSE 4 BREWERY
1728 NE 40th Ave 1/2 block North
of Sondy on 40th • 503.282.0622
www.lourelwoodbrewpub.com
11 am - Midnight Daily
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• Great Happy Hour food Menu daily
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Sunday night special
W
hen Sunday night rolls around, the last
thing I feel like doing is cooking. W orn
out from a day of hiking, reading the
paper and napping, frankly, 1 just don’t have
the gumption to do much else besides watch
Six Feet Under. A perfect solution is one of the
neighborhood-y gourmet pastarias around
town. They use a similar formula: inexpensive
pastas with fancy-sounding sauces, a few
gourmet sandwiches, cheap wine and a casual
yet chic atmosphere. All of these eateries pro
vide a great way to feel a little European for a
few hours and say arrivederci to the weekend.
Using local & organic ingredients
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Justa Pasta • 1326 N.W. 19th Ave.
o n ’t judge a book by its cover! Tucked into
an unassuming little ncx>k near Les Schwab
Tires and a freeway overpass, Justa Pasta
tops the list of dazzling homemade pastas and
sauces for penny-pinching prices. T heir simple
plate of spaghetti and marinara will have you
swooning. Try the spinach salad with pine nuts
and goat cheese as well as the many daily spe
cials— lasagnas, raviolis and soups. The key fac
tor here is they make their own pastas, which
are available to take home and cook, too.
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Pastini • 1426 N.E. Broadway A
1506 N.Mf. 23rd Ave.
W
hen this place opened, I was afraid it
would he like eating at the mall. But it
turns out this yuppie hangout is always
mobbed for good reason. The food is delicious
and varied, as arc the wines. Service is always
friendly, and you could show up with Grandma
one night and a group of revelers the next. For
more salad than you and your sweetheart can
eat in one sitting, try the antipasto di verdure.
For the pastas, try Pastini’s version of a put-
tanesca sauce, “Siciliano,” bursting with sun-
dried tomatoes, capers and feta cheese. My
grandma claims (I wasn't kidding before) the
fettuccine alfredo here is the best she’s ever
had. A nd she’s 81 years old!
La Buca • 40 N.E. 28th Ave. &
2309 N.W. Kearney St
his Northeast joint consistently serves
g<xxJ, simple fixxJ in a relaxed, efficient
manner. It’s gtxxJ for business lunches as
well as romantic evenings out. T he Northwest
location faltered for a hit a few years ago, hut
since expanding (and getting suited up in fabu
lous light fixtures and art) it seems to have
regained its reliability. Using delicious Grand
Central bread for their panini sandwiches and
inventive pasta sauces like pancetta, mush-
rtxim, cream and vermouth, La Buca is a gcxxl
bet when you feel like being pampered but you
don’t want to take off your flip-flops.
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