Natural Selection Restaurant Review
3033 NE Alberta St. (NE 30th Ave.) 
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Portland, OR 97211
503-288-5883 | Make Restaurant Reservations
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner Wed.-Sat.Features
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Casual
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 If “vegan restaurant” brings to mind endless salads, colorless meat-alternative scrambles, and bowls of tofu mush served with indifference, prepare to have any preconceived notions blown away at Natural Selection. Instead, you'll find inventive preparations using vegetables, grains and fruits served in a warm setting with professional service and attention to detail. You can order à la carte, but the best bet is the $35 four-course dinner (two options for each course). The always-changing menu might include a carefully composed roasted delicata squash with shell beans, escarole, quinoa and turnips as the main dish, and lemon poppy seed trifle with peach, blueberry, white chocolate, and cashew cream for dessert. Many dishes are gluten free, and a couple of items among the daily eight are typically vegetarian rather than purely vegan, such as chanterelles and piperade with cardoon and rutabaga, and a brioche bread pudding with mascarpone. Wine pairings may be added and there’s a clever list of cocktails whipped up from a rolling bar cart.
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