• 1. Where to Stay
• 2. Where to Eat
• 3. What to Do
• 4. Insider’s Tip
• 5. An Oddball Day

Simpatica Dining Hall   (Photo: Courtesy of Amy Ouellette)

Underground supper clubs have a cult following in these parts. Most are semi-secretive and nomadic, roaming from restaurants to farms to a chef’s backyard from week to week. But Portland being semi-socialist, they’re open to everyone (as long as you reserve ahead). Some favorites: Simpatica Dining Hall’s geographically themed weekend dinners ($45 without wine), and the East Side Dining Club’s monthly Sunday suppers held in new restaurants around town ($55; sample menu: “Pork, Pickles, and Preserves”).

Published on October 10, 2007 as a web exclusive.