Nonna Emilia's Italian Restaurant

We all went to Nonna Emilia's Restaurant, where they serve authentic Italian food, for a birthday dinner.

Nonna (Nonna is Italian for Grandmother) Emilia grew up in Florence, Italy where her mother and grandmother taught her to cook in the family café. In 1921, Nonna Emilia left Italy on a steamship to North America and six years later opened one of Portland's first authentic Italian restaurants with her husband Ernie Ceccanti.

Today the family still manages the restaurant and continues to prepare her Italian recipes with that same pride that Nonna Emilia did.

From left to right: Crystal, Doug, Syvlia, Michael & Rocke.