"Once a sprawling industrial area, Northwest Portland's Slabtown has transformed over the last decade. Glitzy high-rise apartments tower over vestiges of the previous neighborhood, as well as newer retail boutiques and bottle shops. Restaurants like G-Love and Afuri thrum with evening activity, while coffee shops like Case Study and Good Coffee caffeinate the morning crowds. And for the last year, chef Gabriel Pascuzzi's Bistecca has been wooing diners to its fire-lit dining room for ribeyes, grilled foie gras, and caviar bumps."
"At Stacked Sandwich Shop, his first restaurant, he served oxtail French dips and smoked turkey Reubens, every ingredient made in-house. Feel Good fine-tuned rice and grain bowls with local produce and cheffy sauces. Still, the chef is thrilled to dig deeper into his roots. "I don't know how I got stuck in a casual world, but I doubt I'll ever go back," he says. That doesn't mean Hey Luigi will be rolling out white tablecloths and prix fixe menus."
Northwest Portland's Slabtown has shifted from an industrial district to a mixed neighborhood of high-rise apartments, boutiques, bottle shops, restaurants, and coffee shops. Chef Gabriel Pascuzzi currently runs Bistecca and will replace Tip Top Burger Shop and Feel Good with Hey Luigi, an Italian-American bar focused on Italian seafood, pastas, cocktails, and desserts. Hey Luigi will join several new Italian restaurants in Portland. Pascuzzi blends fine-dining experience from Noma and Colicchio & Sons with years in casual concepts like Stacked Sandwich Shop and Feel Good. The new venue will offer pasta dishes, Italian drinking snacks, and seafood small plates in a stylish but relaxed bar setting.
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