Thom Hilton

1 week ago | pdx.eater.com | Thom Hilton

Welcome to Dining Confidential, a column in which local chefs talk about their favorite restaurants, bars, and cafes in Portland, highlighting their own restaurant’s ethos and sharing fun personal takes. Know of a chef you’d like to see featured? Let us know via our tip line. Two and a half years into No Saint, the NE Killingsworth pizza restaurant co-owned by transplants Gabriella Casabianca and Anthony Siccardi, the duo are finally finding their groove. “We’re doing really well,” says Casabianca.

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1 month ago | pdx.eater.com | Thom Hilton

Welcome to Dining Confidential, a column in which local chefs talk about their favorite restaurants, bars, and cafes in Portland, highlighting their own restaurant’s ethos and sharing fun personal takes. Know of a chef you’d like to see featured? Let us know via our tip line. For 11 years, Frybaby’s Sunny Hatch tended bars all over Portland, from Hey Love to Double Barrel Tavern to Alibi. During quarantine, an idea popped into his head.

2 months ago | pdx.eater.com | Thom Hilton

Welcome to Dining Confidential, a monthly column in which local chefs talk about their favorite places in Portland, highlighting their own restaurant’s ethos, sharing fun personal takes, and fostering a community spirit. Know of a chef you’d like to see featured? Let us know via our tip line.

Dec 11, 2024 | pdx.eater.com | Thom Hilton

Liz Serrone, chef at Gabbiano’s, feels content with how business has gone in 2024. Despite a perhaps too-eventful January, when Serrone and the team pulled through and stayed open for the neighborhood through a devastating ice storm, the rest of the year remained, thankfully, consistent. “Even our slow days are busy,” says Serrone, who sees guests pile into the no-reservations joint for Dungeness crab a la vodka, plate-sized chicken Parmesan, and fried mozzarella shots nightly.