Zefiro (restaurant)

Zefiro was an Italian and Mediterranean restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.

[8] Bruce Carey[9] and Chris Israel[10] opened the restaurant in 1990.

Monique Siu[11] and Sarah Wheaton have also been credited for helping the launch.

[16][17] In 2007, Eric Asimov of The New York Times said Zefiro "set a standard for Portland cooking".

[21] In 2017, Nick Zukin of Willamette Week said "Bruce Carey changed Portland dining with Zefiro back in the '90s",[22] and The Oregonian's Douglas Perry wrote, "Zefiro led the way to the enthusiastic, limited-frills foodie reputation that Portland now enjoys around the world.