On Monday, May 14th at 6:30 Wildwood’s Paul Kasten and Deschutes Chef Jeff Usinowicz will be cooking up a tantalizing 6 course dinner to showcase amazing beers from the collaboration of Deschutes Brewery and Hair of the Dog.

Tickets are $85 per person and include food, beer and gratuity.  A portion of the proceeds will go to the Oregon Food Bank.

Only 10 tickets of 82 seats are left!  For reservations please contact Special Events Director Shelly Jones at 503.225.0130 or shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com

Menu

mizuna gardens baby greens
spring onion, the dissident dried cherries, truffle tremor, late harvest sauvignon blanc vinaigrette, duck cracklings

the dissident
100% aged in a french pinot barrel from domaine drouhine

oak plank wild salmon
green garlic gnocchi, morels, brown butter

the stoic
100% aged in a rye whiskey barrel from heaven hill

seared pork belly confit
bourbon ribollita, rainbow chard

fred
100% aged in a bourbon midwest barrel from heaven hill

cocoa braised oxtail
morel mushroom flan, crispy asparagus

adam
100% aged in a new oregon barrel from francois freres

tandoor roasted reister farms rack of lamb
brewery cured lamb bacon and new potato hash, sauteed pea vines, roasted shallot glace, black truffle aioli

collage

pistachio cake
white chocolate-whiskey mousse, sweet cherry meringue, tart rhubarb coulis

collage

Taste Washington Portland! at Pure Space in The Pearl

Wildwood is very excited to participate in the second annual Taste Washington Portland event taking place on Monday, April 23rd. Washington State is the second largest premium wine producer in the U.S. and its wines are consistently noted for their amazing quality, great value and superb ability to stand up to their old world counterparts. As Washington wines gain accolades nationally and internationally, everybody wins! Events like Taste Washington Portland are helping to create a great reputation for the wines of the Pacific Northwest and in turn support the wine industry in both Washington and Oregon.

The event on April 23rd is taking place at Pure Space in Portland’s Pearl District. 75 Washington wineries will be pouring at the event, and a carefully curated selection of Portland’s best restaurants and culinary artisans will be on hand to serve up their most wine friendly dishes. Washington wineries large and small will be pouring their favorite varietals from silky Merlot to big, bold Cabernet, from bone dry Riesling to delicious field blended Rosé. Some of the participating restaurants include Metrovino, Laurelhurst Market, Bar Avignon, Wildwood, Cheese Bar, Chop Butchery, Alma Chocolate and Saint Cupcake. This event is designed to be fun, informative and delicious and anyone looking to expand their palate beyond the typical Oregon Pinots is sure to get bang for their buck.

The details are as follows:

What: Taste Washington Portland!
When: Monday April 23, 2012
Time: Trade 1:00pm – 4:00pm / Consumer 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Cost: Tickets are $50 each or 2 for $90; all food and drink is included in the ticket price
Where: Pure Space – 1315 NW Overton Street, Portland OR 97209

Tickets can be purchased online through Brown Paper Tickets or purchase paper tickets at one of these Portland tasting rooms: Liner & Elsen at 2222 NW Quimby Street or  Cork at 2901 NE Alberta Street. For more information please visit http://www.washingtonwine.org/portland/.

We asked our lovely Sommalier, self-titled “wine geek” Savanna Ray, where she likes to have a glass around town.

Savanna says:

I love Metrovino because they have the Enomatic Wine System. They have 90+ wines by the glass, and you can order by taste (1.75oz), glass (5.25oz) or bottle. They open some pretty cool stuff, too, because [Enomatic] preserves the wine for 30 days or more.

This allows you to get tastes of bottles that you might not normally be able to afford, like Grand Cru Burgundies, special bottlings, Chateau d’Yquem, expensive stuff.

I also love Wine Wednesdays at Paley’s Place. They do a choice of three individually priced flights with a complimentary mystery wine and special offerings to match from the kitchen. It’s really fun for wine geeks because if you guess the mystery wine, you get the whole flight for free. There’s a catch, though–you have to guess the grape varietal, where it’s from, and the vintage. Also, Paley’s Steak Tartare is the best in the city.

For more wine know-how, including the best pours on our list, catch Savanna at Wildwood most evenings.

join us for easter supper sunday, april 8th
call 503.248.9663 for reservations

Join us for dinner with Sylvain Fadat as Chef Dustin prepares a menu pairing eleven vintages of Domaine d’Aupilhac that spanning three decades. This will be an evening to remember. Reservations are required, and seating is limited.

The dinner will be in our Private Dining room Friday, March 16th at 7:00 p.m. The 3 course dinner with wine pairings is $55 per person , plus gratuity

For reservations, please contact Lyle Railsback of Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
503.333.4100 or at lyler@kermitlynch.com

For more information, please click here to view Liner & Elsen’s page

Thanks to our team of dedicated craftsmen, the new Wood Room was re-thought, re-purposed, and renewed. Open for just a few short weeks, the Wood Room has already been praised as an exciting and elegant event space, complete with romantic and modern lighting (hand crocheted by Portland artist Emily Bixler), state-of-the-art sound by Paul Mar from Platinum Records, mounted LCD projector with retractable screen, and of course, access to world-class Northwest Cuisine by Wildwood Chef Dustin Clark.

Wildwood would like to thank designer Rob Newton, architect Josh Olsen, metalsmith Gunnar Adamovics, Dan Bernal of Homework Construction, the fabulous jack-of-all-trades Teddy Rupert, our IT superstar Wire Moore, and electrician Kevin Dean.

If you missed the Momokawa Supper Club dinner last night in the Wood Room, the glassware was sparkling, the lights were dimmed, and big swaths of blooming branches surrounded the table. We hope you’ll enjoy some preliminary photographs of the space, and look forward to seeing you at future events.

For reservations in The Wood Room, please contact Events Director, Shelly Jones 503.225.0130 or shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com

Chef Dustin is joining Momokawa Saké of Forest Grove Oregon for their Momokawa Supper Club series. Dustin is creating a unique menu that avoids the stereotypical Japanese/Asian fare.

4 COURSE MENU WITH SAKE PAIRINGS

FRITTO MISTO
meyer lemons, fennel, sweet onions and aioli

Momokawa Organic Junmai Ginjo

PAN SEARED SEA SCALLOPS
parsnips, castelvetrano olives and grapefruit

Momokawa Silver

SAKE BRAISED PORK BELLY
gingery brussels sprouts, baasil and carrot puree

Momokawa Diamond

FRESH BAY LEAF PANNA COTTA
paige mandarin curd and lime sorbet

Momokawa Pearl

Join Momokawa and Wildwood on Friday, February 24th in our Wood room at 7 P.M. for a unique culinary exploration of sake and Chef’s creativity. For reservations please call Special Events Coordinator Shelly Jones at 503.225.0130 or email shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com.

$55 per person includes 4 courses with sake pairings. 20% gratuity will be added.

Wildwood Restaurant Welcomes new General Manager Cana Flug.   Flug is owner of the successful, historic neighborhood café, Besaws. In her new role at Wildwood, she will oversee all front of the house activities, from operations, to staffing, to the beverage program, with Sommelier Savanna Ray.

A 17-year veteran of the restaurant industry, Flug took over ownership of Besaw’s in 2005. Her managerial skills and vision turned a flagging institution into a thriving business and dining destination focused on exceptional service, sustainability and high quality local food.

As General Manager of Wildwood Restaurant, Flug looks forward to enhancing the restaurant’s identity as a pioneer and cornerstone of Portland’s farm-to-table food movement.

“Wildwood is known as a welcoming and well-loved neighborhood destination, and I’m excited to bring fresh energy to the front of the house and complement Chef Dustin Clark’s dynamic food,” said Flug.

To read Portland Monthly’s recent review of Wildwood click here

To book your holiday party contact Special Events Coordinator
Shelly Jones at 503.225.0130 or shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com

Click here for Private Dining Information and Menus

Check out some of Chef Dustin Clark’s summer recipes using produce from his own Community Garden space in NW Portland, featured in Portland Monthly’s September “Garden Variety” article.

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/eat-and-drink/articles/urban-farming-portland-chefs-september-2011/