Arden Wine Bar & Kitchen

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Type
Pacific Northwest
Features
Conversation, Date Night, Dinner, Happy Hour, Outdoor Dining
Price Scale
$$
Description
This next-gen Pearl District wine bar holds a roster of exacting European and Oregonian selections from owner-somms Alex Marchesini and Kelsey Glasser. (They also run Thelonious Wines, a block away.) With chef Sara Hauman, veteran of San Francisco’s Michelin-anointed Octavia, in the kitchen, Arden offers ambition along the lines of an early-summer dish matching lamb with a wild-ramp spätzle, or gnocchi in squid ink. But happy hour is this place’s highest calling, when a “sherry-cano,” a negroni, or one of those daily wine finds can close the day and inaugurate the evening.
Arden Wine Bar & Kitchen
417 NW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209
503-206-6097
Dining Room: Tues–Sat: 5–9 p.m.
Lounge: Tues–Sat: 4–10 p.m.