"Amanda's attention is evenly split between telling me her life story, tracking her adorable toddler scurrying between the booths, and the concerning amount of rainwater that's coming out of the HVAC system thanks to the torrential rainstorm outside. "I tell people, 'if I could do anything else I would.' This isn't the easiest industry," she observes wryly, "but we just fell in love with what we do.""
"On first glance Sunday Sauce is very much an old school East Coast Italian joint: Chianti-red vinyl booths, checkered placemats, and of course the omnipresent perfume of olives and garlic. But a closer inspection reveals some distinctly millennial touches: the neon sign in the window reads "Saucy AF," the stained-glass chandeliers are giving vintage Pizza Hut, and the portrait of a beatific saint behind the bar is none other than Danny DeVito."
Amanda Winquist met Judson in Hoboken while working at The Brass Rail. They opened Sunday Sauce, their second restaurant, on North Killingsworth in Portland. The dining room channels old-school East Coast Italian joints with Chianti-red vinyl booths, checkered placemats, and the aroma of olives and garlic. Millennial touches include a neon "Saucy AF" sign, stained-glass chandeliers, and a portrait of Danny DeVito behind the bar. The menu mixes pasta classics like orecchiette and pesto with inventive remixes. Amanda balances family life and restaurant work and acknowledges the restaurant industry is difficult, but she and Judson love what they do.
Read at Portland Mercury
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