Taste of a Nation - Portland - 28 Apr 2008

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http://www.portlandtaste.org/

"Celebrating its 21st year, Portland's Taste of the Nation is the city's premier food and wine tasting event. The event features more than 70 Oregon chefs and restaurants as well as over 40 wineries and microbreweries. The event also features local music and a great silent auction featuring fabulous food, wine and travel packages.

100% of ticket sales and auction proceeds go toward the fight against hunger."

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Here's the listing of restaurants:
Alberta Street Oyster Bar & Grill
Andina
Aquariva
Autentica
Baked Alaska
Baker & Spice
Bastas
Bay 13
Bay House
Biwa
Bluehour
Bread & Ink
Caprial's Bistro
Carafe Bistro
Celilo - Hood River, Oregon
Eleni's
Fenouil
Foster & Dobbs
Fulio's Pastaria and Tuscan Steakhouse - Astoria, Oregon
Genoa
Grand Central Baking
Higgins
Il Piatto
Joel Palmer House
Kenny and Zuke's Delicatessen
La Calaca Comelona
Lauro Kitchen
Lovely Hula Hands
Masu East
McCormick & Schmick's
Meriwethers
Newman's at 988
Noble Rot
Nostrana
Nuestra Cocina
Paley's Place
Paragon
Pazzo Ristorante
Petite Provence - Lake Oswego
Piece of Cake
Pinocchio Bar & Restaurant
Rheinlander German Restaurant
Ristorante Fratelli
Ruby Jewel
Russell Street BBQ
St. Cupcake
Silk/Pho Van
Simpatica
Stephanie Inn - Cannon Beach, Oregon
Steve's Cheese
Tabla
Timberline Lodge
Toro Bravo
Viande Meats & Sausage
Vindalho
Wayfarer Restaurant - Cannon Beach, Oregon
Wildwood

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Now, $75 is quite a deal to sample dishes from all of those places (it's all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink). For $125 you can get it an hour earlier. I'm definitely going, if only because for $75, you pretty much get a city-wide tasting menu. This will be an especially good chance to sample the fare of Toro Bravo, as well as high end "special occasion" places like Paley's or Meriwethers.