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This intimate Pearl District restaurant features a simple, regional approach to Italian cooking using local, seasonal ingredients from area farmers. Chef Paul Klitsie is a talented Portland chef whose Italian approach combines only a few ingredients to bring out the natural flavors in each dish.

Fratelli Menu

Antipasti

1 item for $3.50 ~ 3 for $7.50 ~ 6 for $12.50
  • Chicken liver mousse crostini with house made pickled vegetables
  • Crostini with smoked red onions, marjoram and mascarpone
  • Slow cooked black kale with duck confit and saba
  • Spiedini di mozzarella e focaccia
  • Chickpea puree with flat bread and arugula pesto
  • Market inspired frittata
  • Prosciutto or salami
  • Marinated olives
  • Spiced nuts

Bruschette

1 item for $3.75 ~ 2 for $7.25 ~ 3 for $10.25
  • With shaved beef, mascarpone and truffle oil *
  • With caramelized fennel, walnuts and Grana Padano cream
  • With autumn squash puree, candied onions and espresso mascarpone crème

Formaggi

1 item for $4.25 ~ 3 for $11.25 ~ 5 for $16.25
  • Cow's Milk
  • Ubriaco al Durello, Piave Mezzano, Montasio Fresca, Mt. Tam Triple Cream
  • Sheep's Milk
  • Pecorino Pienza e Morbido

Polenta

9.00
  • With fresh wild mushrooms *
  • With prosciutto and house made mozzarella

Primi

  • Lattuga fattoria Weppler con prosciutto caramelatto
  • 8.50
  • Weppler farms organic greens with caramelized prosciutto, grana padano cheese and a vermouth dressing
  • Risotto Milanese con ossobuco
  • 9.50
  • Saffron risotto with braised ossobuco, finished with gremolata and marrow butter
  • Gnocchi di patate
  • 9.50
  • Potato gnocchi in a garlic and blue cheese cream sauce, with toasted pine nuts
  • Insalata di barbabietola
  • 8.50
  • Wood fire oven roasted beets with mustard greens, orange fennel vinaigrette and fennel pollen
  • Ribolita
  • 8.50
  • Hearty Tuscan cannellini bean and vegetable soup with Olio Nuovo

Pasta

  • Pappardelle con brassato
  • 16.00
  • Fresh pappardelle with red wine braised beef, hazelnuts and black truffle oil
  • Pasta della casa
  • 16.50
  • A portion of our market-inspired pasta
  • Lasagna della nonna *
  • 17.00
  • Lasagna with beef, pork, and béchamel
  • Ravioli della casa
  • 17.00
  • House made ravioli filled with roasted heirloom carrots, caramelized onions, saffron and mascarpone, served with an almond arugula pesto and Grana Padano cheese

Secondi

  • Tournedos Rossini
  • 24.00
  • Beef filet sautéed in butter with marsala, truffle pesto and foie gras
  • Spigola in padella *
  • 19.50
  • Pan seared rockfish with tomato, olives, and extra virgin olive oil
  • Specialita di pesce della settimana *
  • Market Price
  • Weekly changing fish dish
  • Crespelle con funghi di bosci
  • 17.00
  • Crepes with a wild mushroom, cavalo nero and fromage blanc filling, served over French lentils with Olio Nuovo 2009
  • Pollo al prosciutto con polenta e sugo di funghi *
  • 17.50
  • Seared Draper Farms chicken wrapped in prosciutto with parmesan polenta and mushroom jus
  • Piccata d'agnello brasata con Treviso al limone
  • 22.00
  • Braised, pulled and pressed lamb piccata with radicchio di Treviso and a Meyer lemon jus
  • Confit di maiale con cavolfiore e sugo alla salvia
  • 18.50
  • Pulled confit of pork shoulder with sautéed caramelized cauliflower and sage sauce

Contorni (side dishes)

Simplicity is key to Italian cooking. Side dishes are not served with entrées. However, the following contorni give you the opportunity to complement your meal.

  • Verdure arrostite al forno a legna
  • 5.00
  • Wood roasted vegetables
  • Patate con arrosto
  • 5.00
  • Oven roasted fingerling potatoes with caramelized onions and cumin spiced cow's milk cheese

Dolci

  • Bavarese di Kahlua con cioccolato
  • 8.50
  • Coffee Kahlua Bavarian glazed with chocolate, finished with both a cinnamon and coffee Kahlua anglaise
  • Frutta conserva al forno
  • 8.00
  • Winter fruit crumb from the wood fired oven, with mascarpone brulee and Meyer lemon curd
  • Budino di cioccolato
  • 7.00
  • Chocolate and caramel pudding with soft whipped cream
  • Affogato
  • 6.50
  • A scoop of vanilla gelato with a shot of espresso
  • Gelato della casa
  • 6.25
  • House made gelato
  • Cioccolato al Tartufo
  • 2.00 each
  • House-made chocolate truffles
  • Formaggi misti
  • 11.25
  • Chef's selection of artisan cheeses with dried fruits and nuts

 

  • Our first plate of bread is complementary, each additional serving is .50 cents
  • * Denotes house favorites which remain on the menu indefinitely.
  • ~ A 20% gratuity will be added to parties of 6 or more ~
  • ~ No separate checks ~
  • Fratelli is dedicated to working with local farmers and sourcing quality products from Italy.
  • Executive chef Paul Klitsie
  • Sous chef Adrian Hutapea
  • Pastry chef Angie Campisi