Come meet your neighbor and local vintner at West Cafe in downtown Portland on Tuesday, April 20 – featuring the fantastic wines of Amity’s Mia Sonatina Winery.

On Tuesday, April 20, West Cafe’s ever-popular wine dinner returns – featuring downtown Portland’s most delectable comestibles and the stellar wines of Mia Sonatina Winery (Amity, OR). Please join us on the third Tuesday of April at 7PM for an exceptional 5 course meal, some of the finest regional wines available and the always warm and welcoming company of West Cafe owners Sean and Doug.  Vern and Jo Spencer of Mia Sonatina Winery will host and discuss the featured locally pressed wines.  All this for only $35.00 plus gratuity.  Reservations are required and can be made via phone at 503.227.8189 or email us at eat@westcafepdx.com.  Be sure to make reservations soon as these events typically sell out quickly.

Menu:

First Course: Halibut Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Wine: 2008 Pinot Gris

Second Course: Roasted Beet, Apple & Smoked Salmon over baby leaf greens with a creamy peppercorn dressing

Wine: 2007 Pinot Noir

Third Course: Mole Chicken Pies with long grain brown rice and oven-roasted grape tomatoes & broccolini

Wine: 2007 Merlot

Fourth Course: Tomato soy marinated & grilled culotte steak over Dijon au gratin potatoes and miso brussel sprouts

Wine: 2006 Crescendo

Fifth Course: Sweet flour & olive oil cake with pear, grapefruit & raspberry compote and a dollop of marscapone cheese

Wine: 2009 Gewurztraminer

Aperitif: NV Evening Rhapsody Port

Ring in Spring with West Café and join us for our legendary Sunday brunch on Easter Sunday, April 4.  Perennial fave classic Eggs Benedict have returned!

Join us on Easter Sunday, April 4 for our typically soul-warming and scrumptious brunch.  Whether you’re looking for somewhere to reflect and celebrate after Easter services or you’re just looking for a place to relax and indulge on a Sunday morning, come by downtown Portland’s West Cafe, make yourself comfortable with friends and family, and enjoy one of the best Sunday brunches in town.
Check out our exhaustive Sunday brunch menu, make your reservations and celebrate Spring with West Cafe!

Go Green with West Cafe this St. Patrick’s Day and join us for reduced food and drink specials from open until close on Wednesday, March 17.

Come spend St. Patty’s Day with the West Cafe and our always-friendly bartender Nick.  He’ll be mixing some of the more fabulous and extravagant drinks you’ll ever have the good fortune to sample – and food and drink prices are at Happy Hour rates all day long!  Come by trolley, catch a bus, hail a cab, drive if you must…but get here to take advantage of Nick’s celebratory concoctions (and their effects) any way you can.

When: Wednesday, March 17.

Time:  Open until close.

Downtown Portland’s West Cafe Invites You To Wine, Dine and Vote on Tuesday, March 16.  We’ll be Featuring an Impressive Lineup of Trendy New Wines and You’ll be Voting For Your Favorites.  10% of Proceeds to Aid Team Oregon.

On Tuesday, March 16, West Cafe’s ever-popular wine dinner returns – featuring downtown Portland’s most delectable comestibles and a series of sublime new wines.  Please join us on Tuesday, 3/16 at 7PM for an exceptional 5 course meal and help West Cafe decide (by voting) which wines will be added to our new wine-list.

Head Chef and Co-Owner Sean Concannon regularly works wonders to develop amazing pairings featuring the finest regional and international wines. Our monthly wine dinners are becoming a downtown Portland “must-do” event and in March, we’re donating 10% of the evening’s revenue to Team Oregon, Oregon’s representatives for the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany.

All this for only $35.00 plus gratuity.  Reservations are required and can be made via phone at 503.227.8189 or email us at eat@westcafepdx.com.  Be sure to make reservations soon as these events typically sell out quickly.

Calling lovers and lonely hearts everywhere. Downtown Portland restaurant West Café invites you to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14, with the city’s best jazz, appetizer/drink deals and a delectable prix fixe meal! Solo or coupled; all are welcome to drink, dine and revel – we don’t discriminate.

Do you believe in love? Whether you’re defiantly single, deep in the throes of a grand passion, dreaming of that unique one who will dispel all your hesitations or you’re simply thinking it might be nice to find someone for the night, Portland’s West Café is the perfect destination for Valentine’s Day 2010. We’ll be doing all we can to ensure that love is all around – or at least nestled in our cozy downtown quarters for a few relaxing hours on Sunday, February 14.

On Valentine’ Day weekend, Carol Rossio will be performing both Saturday and Sunday evenings, singing your favorite songs of love, heartbreak and romance. West Cafe will be offering a unique prix fixe menu both evenings ($35 includes a 4 course meal and champagne aperitif).

Our amazing four course prix fixe V-Day dinner runs only $35.00 per person. We highly encourage reservations for the dinner experience as tables fill quickly. We’ll begin seating at 5:30 PM up until 9 PM.

$35 per person including champagne aperitif,
choice of desserts & live jazz

Make your reservation at www.westcafepdx.com or call (503) 227-8189 today!

Valentine’s Weekend Menu 2010

To Start

Spicy Roasted Eggplant Dip with tomatoes & cilantro
Served with toasted bread crostinis, sugar snaps, carrots & celery sticks

Dungeness Crab & Corn Fritters with a mango mustard drizzle
Served over a frisee & chevre salad

Marinated Portobello & Beef Tenderloin Skewers grilled
& served over marinated vegetable & jasmine rice pilaf

Salad Course

Our House Salad of mixed greens with sesame ginger vinaigrette

Spinach Salad* with spiced hazelnuts, sliced apple & balsamic dijon dressing

Caesar* – traditional style – with shaved pecorino cheese

Entrées

Baked Stuffed Patrale Sole stuffed with Dungeness crab & artichoke hearts over jasmine rice pilaf and wilted spinach with a lemon saffron aioli and served with lemon-roasted broccolini spears

Wild Mushroom Lasagna, layered with wild mushrooms, brie cheese,
swiss chard, roasted red peppers and artichoke hearts
Served with a spiced roasted carrot coulis

Mexican Braised ¼ Chicken with Mole Sauce and served with mashed potatoes, roasted baby carrots and broccolini spears

Asian Spice Rubbed Beef Tenderloin served over a special version of our au gratin potatoes with roasted fennel, carrots & red onion garnish and mango dijon sauce

To Finish

Tiramisu, traditional style with espresso liqueur soaked lady fingers, mascarpone cheese and dusted with cocoa

Mango sorbet with 2 homemade cookies

Chocolate soufflé warmed and topped with vanilla ice cream

*Raw egg products are used to make this dish

All meat & poultry products are hormone free

$35 PER PERSON · PRIX FIXE · CHAMPAGNE APERATIF
& LIVE JAZZ INCLUDED

Downtown Portland’s West Cafe Features Spanish Wines and Cuisine Tuesday, January 19, 2010.  Olé!

On Tuesday, January 19, West Cafe’s ever-popular wine dinner returns – featuring downtown Portland’s most delectable cuisine and 5 exquisite Spanish wines including Francoli, Brut Cava, NV, Bodegas del Rosario, Monastrell, 2007,  Protos, Ribero del Duero “Roble”, Tempranillo 2007, Bodegas Lozano, Gran Reserva, Tempranillo/Cabernet 1998 and Protos, Ribero del Duero “Crianza”, Tempranillo 2003. Please join us Tuesday 01/19 at 7PM for an exceptional Spanish-themed meal featuring hand-prepared tapas and other regional delicacies courtesy of West Cafe Head Chef Sean Concannon.  This will be a fantastic way to start the new year – great wine, delicious food and warm company!  The wine dinner is still only $35.00 plus gratuity.  Reservations are required and can be made via phone at 503.227.8189 or email us at eat@westcafepdx.com.  Be sure to make reservations soon as these events typically sell out quickly.

Menu to be posted soon!

Ring in the winter holidays with West Café and join us for a traditional family-styled Mexican dinner on Tuesday, December 15.

Join us on Tuesday, December 15 for a heartening and scrumptious authentic Mexican fiesta to celebrate the oncoming holidays.  Come in to downtown Portland’s West Cafe, make yourself comfortable with friends and family and prepare to enjoy a delicious traditional Mexican meal.  All the culinary delights listed below – for just $15 per person.  Dinner is served at 7PM and reservations are required.  Contact us via phone at 503.227.8189 or email us at eat@westcafepdx.com.  Be sure to reserve seats soon as these events typically sell out quickly.

West Cafe Traditional Mexican Fiesta Menu:

Homemade Sopas: fried tortillas topped with refried pinto beans, chicken,
lettuce, tomato and queso fresco

Tamales Nejos: steamed seasoned masa in banana leaves for you to top with:
Puerco rojo braised pork with a red tomato salsa and
Tinga, chicken braised with a green salsa

Pollo Posole: traditional Mexican soup with chicken, spices and hominy

Round Two:
Arros de Leche: Rice pudding with cinnamon and raisins

Mexican Flan: caramel and egg custard

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Dearest West Cafe Staff and Sean and Doug,

I just want to take a moment to thank you profusely!!! I am fortunate enough to work down the street from your WONDERFUL establishment, West Cafe, and I enjoy coming in frequently. This is due to two things: first, your food is always great (plus you serve Dragonfly Chai) and second (yet most importantly), you guys are the nicest, kindest, MOST ACCOMMODATING restaurant manager/owners I have ever met.  You are both always more than willing to go above and beyond to respond to any random request I might have or strange modification that I would like. I wanted you to know how much I really appreciate that – it is something that continues to be more and more rare these days.

Very Sincerely,

A. H. from The Northwest Academy