In our high-octane world of restaurant wunderkinds, two new standouts that opened last week strive to put Portland resolutely on the star-studded map of dining glamour:  Evo, housed at the base of the Hyatt Place Hotel, and Tempo Dulu in the breathtakingly beautiful Danforth Inn.

Evo enjoys a prime location at the retail corner of the Hyatt Place hotel on Fore Street

Evo enjoys a prime location at the retail corner of the Hyatt Place Hotel on Fore Street

I’ve paid multiple visits to both, and when you experience two  restaurants that deliver nothing less than WOW, you’ve hit the dine-out bonanza.  This week’s review is all about Evo, which only leaves me breathless to report back next Friday on Tempo Dulu.

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