Ernesto's Italian Restaurant

Portland, OR

Ernesto's Italian Restaurant has great potential options for vegans, including the Greek Gardens of Heaven Salad and Dress Your Pasta. They accommodate vegans!

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Dress Your Pasta

Contains pasta, pesto sauce, parmesan, meat sauce, marinara sauce, garlic and parmesan, butter, and alfredo sauce. This item may contain dairy.

Choose a Pasta

Contains a choice of angel hair pasta, fettuccine pasta, penne pasta, rigatoni pasta, or spaghetti pasta. This item may contain dairy, and egg.

Individual 2 Item Pizza

Contains pizza sauce, pizza crust, and cheese. We suggest removing the cheese.

Greek Gardens of Heaven Salad

Contains salt, roma tomato, red wine vinegar, red onion, pepperoncini, pepper, oregano, olive oil, kalamata olive, iceberg lettuce, garlic, feta cheese, and cucumber. We suggest removing the feta.

Grilled Gardena

Contains portabella mushroom, olive oil, italian spice, garlic, and eggplant. We believe this item is vegan as is.

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Pasta Your Way

Dress Your Pasta

Contains pasta, pesto sauce, parmesan, meat sauce, marinara sauce, garlic and parmesan, butter, and alfredo sauce. This item may contain dairy.

Choose a Pasta

Contains a choice of angel hair pasta, fettuccine pasta, penne pasta, rigatoni pasta, or spaghetti pasta. This item may contain dairy, and egg.

Choose 1

This item may contain dairy, and egg.

House Favorites

Served with unlimited focaccia bread. Choice of minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Choose a pasta: spaghetti, angel hair, penne, or fettuccine. Choose a sauce: meat sauce, marinara, alfredo, pesto, or sautéed seasonal vegetables.

No vegan options.

Small Plates and Side Dishes

Served ala carte.

Individual 2 Item Pizza

Contains pizza sauce, pizza crust, and cheese. We suggest removing the cheese.

Side of Spaghetti with Marinara

Contains spaghetti, and a choice of marinara sauce, or meat sauce. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Side of Vegetables

Contains mixed vegetables. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Side of House Deli Salad

Contains a choice of coleslaw, garbanzo salad, pasta salad, pea salad, potato salad, or three bean salad. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Side of Eggplant or Portabella Mushroom

Contains a choice of eggplant, or portabella mushroom. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Zuppa and Insalata

Served with endless focaccia bread. Option to add fresh prawns, chicken, top sirloin steak, or salmon to any salad.

Greek Gardens of Heaven

Contains salt, roma tomato, red wine vinegar, red onion, pepperoncini, pepper, oregano, olive oil, kalamata olive, iceberg lettuce, garlic, feta cheese, and cucumber. We suggest removing the feta.

Trip Through the Salad Bar

Contains three bean salad, spinach, sliced peaches, salad dressing, romaine lettuce, red onion, ranch dressing, potato salad, pasta salad, pepperoncini, pea salad, mushrooms, italian dressing, garbanzo salad, cottage cheese, blue cheese crumbles, beets, and bacon. We suggest removing the focaccia bread. This item may contain dairy.

House Minestrone or Daily Zuppa

Contains a choice of daily zuppa, or minestrone soup. This item may contain meat broth.

Spinach Insalata

Contains spinach, poppy seed dressing, mushrooms, boiled egg, blue cheese, and applewood smoked bacon. We suggest removing the focaccia bread. This item may contain dairy.

Side Salad

Contains shredded carrots, romaine lettuce, red cabbage, parmesan, grape tomato, croutons, and a choice of caesar dressing, dressing, or spinach dressing. The dressing may be non-vegan.

Classic Italian Dishes

Choose one of the following: primo minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Option to substitute one trip through our salad bar (dine-in only). Option to add a hand-rolled meatball or Italian sausage. Option to substitute alfredo or pesto.

Gnocchi

Contains gnocchi, garlic, butter, and a choice of marinara sauce, or meat sauce. This item may contain dairy.

Anti-Pasto

Olive Tapenade with Crostini

Contains sun-dried tomato, parsley, oregano, olive oil, lemon, fresh garlic, crostini, caper, black olives, and basil. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Basket of French Fries

Contains french fries. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Sandwiches

Served with choice of French fries, potato salad, pasta salad, garden salad, caesar salad, minestrone, daily zuppa, or spinach insalata.

Our Roman Garden

Contains tomato, roasted red peppers, provolone cheese, portabella mushrooms, lettuce, french bread, eggplant, and a choice of marinara sauce, or pesto aioli. We suggest removing the provolone cheese.

Favorite Dinners

Served with unlimited focaccia bread, sautéed vegetables, and choice. Primo options are minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Secondo options are spaghetti, angel hair, penne, or fettuccine with meat sauce, marinara, alfredo, or pesto, or french fries, onion rings, pasta salad, potato salad, coleslaw, or cottage cheese.

Grilled Gardena

Contains portabella mushroom, olive oil, italian spice, garlic, and eggplant. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dessert

Our in-house desserts to celebrate the end of your meal or served alone.

No vegan options.

Kids Menu

Smaller plates for our friends 10 and under.

Spaghetti with Marinara

Contains pasta, and a choice of alfredo sauce, marinara sauce, or meat sauce. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Gnocchi with Marinara

Contains marinara sauce, and gnocchi. This item may contain dairy.

Pasta Di Pesce

Served with unlimited focaccia bread. Choose one: primo minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata.

No vegan options.

Calzone

Served ala-carte. Option to add a cup of soup or salad.

No vegan options.

Pizza

Our handcrafted pizzas are from the recipes of the first family restaurant, the Monte Carlo. We traditionally square cut our pizza, but if you want us to pie cut, we will do that too. Choose from our original crust or rolled thin. Create your own or go with our creations. A gluten-free crust is available in the small size. Our Piccolo is a 12" and feeds 1-2, our Medio is a 14" and feeds 3-4, and our Grande is a 16" and feeds 5-6.

No vegan options.

Perfectione Al Forno

Served with endless focaccia bread. Option to add a hand-rolled meatball or Italian sausage. Choose one primo: minestrone zuppa, daily zuppa, caesar insalata, garden insalata, or spinach insalata. Option to add spinach insalata. Choose one entrée.

No vegan options.