Pickle fans rejoice! The Dill Pickle Club’s Second Annual Perfect Pickle event is this coming Monday Feb 6th at Holocene (1001 SE Morrison) at 6pm. See Portland’s top chefs compete for the “Pickler of the Year” crown, including our very own Jobie Bailey. Click here for more info and a complete list of competing restaurants, judges, bands (of course) and DJs. We hope to see you there!

 

Now on to the menu. It’s Square Peg week at DOC so plan on pork loin and shoulder both on the menu by week’s end. Get started in the meantime with our classic pork sugo cavatelli with yellowfoot mushrooms and a nice dry cheese from Jacob’s Creamery. Then look out for touches of bacon throughout the menu – like an antipasti stew of purgatorio beans, carrots, leeks and kale topped with bacon. Or the flat iron steak with collard greens, butternut squash and yes, bacon. Fear not vegetarians – there are plenty of delicious choices for you too! Antipasti include mustard greens with fennel and black trumpet mushrooms; a beautiful grain salad of barley, red wheat, pardina lentils, curly cress, beets & ramp vinaigrette; plus braised greens with thyme, breadcrumbs and a poached egg. Try the carrot risotto with goat cheese or our newest vegetarian secondi of celeriac sformato served with roasted cippolini onions, hedgehog mushrooms and arugula. Good food and plentiful drink await.

 

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