The Main Course: A Celebration of NW Food & Wine

July 12 - Andina Restaurant of Portland Returns for An Encore Performance.

After last year's sold out dinner garnered outstanding reviews, we've invited Andina back to dazzle you with their culinary prowess again. 

About The Main Course Dinner

Forest Grove's historic Main Street will be closed to host the Community's outdoor feast.  Forest Grove, which is central to the agriculture within the Northern Willamette Valley, hosts this annual celebration of Northwest food and wine, with a focus on the most local and fresh ingredients available.  The highlight of the evening is a four-course dinner prepared by Andina, The Oregonian's 2005 Restaurant of the Year, with local ingredients paired with local wines.  The menu which features Peruvian cuisine will highlight a main course of locally raised buffalo from the L Bar T Bison Ranch located just south of Forest Grove. 

Two ways to enjoy the Main Course:

• Wine tasting with appetizers prepared by Andina $30
• Main Course experience - Tasting and 4-course dinner paired with local wines $110.

The wine tastings will run from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM featuring premium locally crafted wines presented by those who made them.

In the classic village tradition, the Main Course dinner will be served outdoors on Forest Grove's Main Street beginning at 7:30 PM.

About the Wines

This unique annual event features premium local wineries in a two hour wine tasting venue from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Wineries include Apolloni, Beran, Cooper Mountain, David Hill, Elk Cove, Helvetia, J. Albin, Montinore, Oak Knoll, Patton Valley, Ponzi, Purple Cow, and SakéOne. Entry into the tasting includes appetizers, a wine glass and tastes. Wines will be poured by winery owners or winemakers and will feature new releases and library wines. Select wines will be available for purchase by the glass and bottle.

About Andina Restaurant

One of "America's Top Restaurants" (Zagats 2007), Andina's chef draws inspiration from the native culinary traditions of Peru, as well as the current contemporary cuisine from Peru's leading chefs. Owner Doris Rodriguez de Platt, a native of Peru, brings visiting chefs from Peru to Andina to help develop both traditional dishes from the Andes, as well as Novo Peruvian creations, which blend native ingredients with innovative presentation and modern techniques. Andina's kitchen creates a rich fusion of tastes and aromas, selecting and preparing dishes using only the freshest and most authentic ingredients available.  For more information about Andina, (1314 NW Glisan, Portland, OR 97209) please call 503-228-9535.

About Forest Grove
Forest Grove is a distinctive location that offers the best of many worlds, combining the quiet small town life of the historic downtown with the rich and productive farmlands and wildlife of surrounding rural Washington County all located a short 30 miles from downtown Portland.  Forest Grove is home to Pacific University, McMenamins Grand Lodge, Hagg Lake, wineries and several other area attractions.

For more information, call Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce at 503-357-3006 or visit www.maincoursedinner.com.