Yeah, you say you know Italian food..... You need to take a closer look around S.E Portland. Genoa, a long standing restaurant in the Portland community is doning nothing but close to perfection. Some more thought should be put into dishes, the bones in your chicken must be taken out. They don't lend that much flavor to your dish (they aren't getting roasted the meat is). Some dishes make you work to hard for the result. Wine service is perfect (Love the no music part), it makes people talk. Wait staff is very attentive to every need and if you ask just right you might get a specail bottle of wine they have down in that cellar of there's.
Pros: no music, pre fix, secret location
Cons: work to hard for food
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