Wilfs Restaurant

Wednesday, March 17th is Wilfs’ 35th Anniversary! It also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day, so a little Irish and a lot of fun will be the theme of the day. We’ll be adding corned beef & cabbage, Irish stew, and Guinness Stout beer, to our regular menu for both lunch and dinner.

Performing live jazz at 7:30PM will be our long-time friend, Ron Steen with Karen Maria Capo, Steve Christofferson, and Dennis Caiazza. Plus, special food and drink items from our menu will benefit MercyCorps. Please make your reservation now at 503-223-0070 and join us as we celebrate this special day!

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Wilfs is proud to be a an official Restaurant Partner of KOOZA, the newest spectacular production from Cirque Du Soleil along with other fine dining establishments in the Pearl District. And, we’re pleased to offer you a special 15% on all seats for the show–just follow the links here to purchase your discount tickets. Make it a grand night out and have dinner at Wilfs before or after the show!

Cirque du Soleil returns to Portland with its latest touring production KOOZA, set to open in Portland on Thursday, April 9, for a limited engagement. KOOZA will perform under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (big top) at SW Moody Avenue (South of the Marquam bridge).

The name KOOZA is inspired by the Sanskrit word “koza,” which means “box,” “chest” or “treasure,” and was chosen because one of the underlying concepts of the production is the idea of a “circus in a box.” KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.

CLICK HERE to order your special discount tickets to KOOZA

For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com

Learn more about the Pearl District at ExplorethePearl.com

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A recent visitor to Wilfs enjoyed his experience so much, that he wrote and published a nicely-detailed review and posted to his site. We get a lot of feedback from our customers, but we thought this one was worth sharing with you! Click on the thumbnail for this review written (and designed) by local writer, Mark Waters.

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From Gayot – The Guide to the Good Life

Take a ride back in the time machine for some steak and Sinatra.
Wilf’s Restaurant & Piano Bar is one of our Top 10 Portland Romantic Restaurants

In the grand era of train travel, dining cars were noted for lavish menus, silver table settings, and gracious service. This elegant and dignified restaurant would fit right in, although it’s parked on a side track in Historic Union Station. The trains won’t be a distraction as you slide into a wingback chair while the knowledgeable staff marches confidently into the dramatic territory of tableside service. They will toss your Caesar or spinach salad before your eyes, and light some of the more flamboyant entrées into flames at your elbow. Try the steak Diane or wild Northwest salmon—the kitchen supports regional, organic food producers. After partaking of the sumptuous fare, sit back and enjoy the live music—often world-class jazz. For the late-night set, Wilf’s offers a variety of fancy after-dinner drinks as well as flaming desserts.

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Wilfs and our staff have made a commitment to give back to our community, environment, and the World. Each month we will pick a local or national charity or agency which will benefit through the sale of selected items from our menus, both food and beverage items. The staff at Wilfs has even committed to offering their wages and tips on specific event evenings. This month our selected charity is MercyCorps, offering relief and aid to the people of Haiti.

WE live in a country of great opportunity and WE are fortunate to be able to initiate change for the better. For you, it can be as simple as ordering an item you will enjoy.

– Adele’ and the Staff of Wilfs

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Tickets are available now for the 2010 Portland Jazz Festival. Wilfs Restaurant and Bar will be hosting 5 evenings of the best local jazz artists as part of the festival, including Ron Steen, Greta Matassa, Dave Fleshner, Curtis Salgado, Tony Pacini, and the Valerie Day Quartet with Mike Horsfall, Dave Captein and Gary Hobbs.

Wilfs is proud to have become the home for local jazz musicians and singers throughout the year, while serving lunch, dinner and infused cocktails in an intimate and swanky atmosphere. Please see our Entertainment Calendar for a complete list of current shows, and click on the Jazz Fest program ad at left for a larger view.

Visit the Portland Jazz Festival website to learn more.

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Wilfs Restaurant is a sponsor of the upcoming reception for Dreams on Wheels –Danish Cycling Culture and Urban Sustainability presented by the City of Portland and the Embassy of Denmark. The event is part of the month-long Oregon Manifest.

Portland Mayor, Sam Adams and Copenhagen’s unoficial cycling ambasador Mikael Colville Andersen will discuss whether Portland should aspire to be more like Copenhagen. Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution, How Cyclists are Changing American Cities will moderate the lively discussion.

The reception will include complimentary Hopworks Ale, and an “hors d’oeuvre-athon” catered by Wilfs Restaurant and many more of Portland’s finest restaurants.

Dreams on Wheels is Thursday, October 29th. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Oregon Manifest website.
Click flyer image for larger view.

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Wilfs was featured in an article By Mary Putnam at LivePDX.com titled, Musical Meals: Live Tunes At Portland Restaurants.

Tired of twice weekly visits to your local gin joint for cheap suds? With the new year filling the night air with that certain je ne sais qoui, you’re probably looking to get out there and soak up some razzle dazzle with your best girl or guy – and there’s nothing better than shaking your flapper to some of Portland’s best instrumentalists while taking in a world class meal, and a cognac at some fancy club room. All the good things of the past come together, whether it be whiz-bang cabaret, hot swing, or cool Latin guitar, right here in this honey of a town.

On Wilfs:

Do you ever wish for the romantic days of train travel, when couples blew kisses to each other on the platform through the engine steam? Then head to Wilf’s, housed in Portland’s old-fashioned train depot, Union Station. The fine dining cuisine fittingly highlights classic Northwest ingredients while jazz tunes drift over the room Wednesday – Saturday thanks to some of Portland most popular performers like Patrick Lamb and Sandy Dennison.”

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If you’re heading to Wilfs Restaurant during the next few weekends, you may need to take an alternate route. Here’s the official word from ODOT:

Paving closes southbound lanes between the Fremont and Marquam bridges
Friday night, Aug. 14, starting at 10 p.m. to Monday, Aug. 17, at 5 a.m. all southbound lanes on Interstate 405 will be closed between the Fremont and Marquam bridges. All ramps connecting to southbound I-405 also will be closed during these work hours. Lanes and ramps on northbound I-405 will remain open during the southbound closure. The Fremont and Marquam bridges will remain open during this work.

Detours
During the full directional closures of I-405 southbound, motorists will be able to use Interstate 5 southbound as an alternate route to reach there destination. Detour maps will be available on the Oregon Department of Transportation’s project web site.

This weekend’s full directional closure is the first of the four weekend full directional closures. Please be aware that these dates are subject to change due to weather and other factors.

The following is a schedule for the three remaining full directional closures:

• Friday, Aug. 21, 10 p.m. to Monday, Aug. 24, 5 a.m.: all lanes on northbound Interstate 405 will be closed between the Marquam and Fremont bridges. All ramps connecting to northbound I-405 also will be closed during these work hours. Lanes and ramps on southbound I-405 will remain open during the northbound I-405 closure. The Marquam and Fremont bridges will remain open during this work.
• Friday, Aug. 28, 10 p.m. to Monday, Aug. 31, 5 a.m.: Southbound I-405 will be closed (northbound I-405 will be open). The same information applies as shown above for the southbound I-405 closure.
• Friday, Sept. 11, 10 p.m. to Monday, Sept. 14, 5 a.m.: Northbound I-405 will be closed (southbound I-405 will be open). The same information applies as shown above for the northbound I-405 closure.

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Our new site, designed by local creative company DBD+A, is now a truer reflection of the spirit of Wilfs and is brimming with news, information and more! Please take a look around and explore our Menus, Entertainment Calendar, Artists Pages and Catering Information. Please let us know what you think, and be sure to sign-up for our mailing list to be the first to get the latest news and special event invitations, as well as a coupon good for 15% off your next lunch or dinner at Wilfs!

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