Valentine's Day is coming up...

Have you booked your table for Valentine's Day yet?

Saturday, Feb. 14th is right around the corner! The Veritable Quandary will be featuring it's regular dinner menu (check out the current menu here) as well as a special Prix Fixe menu available for Valentine's Day only!

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We have a limited number of tables still available, so give us a call at (503) 227-7342 to reserve yours. We look forward to seeing you!

Chef Cuggino's Tasting Menu

Good news... the chef's tasting menu is back!

Beginning Saturday, January 31st, guests can reserve a table to enjoy course after course of chef's inspiration. A welcome addition to our winter repertoire, the tasting menu is a great way to sample Chef Annie's cuisine, as well as the local, fresh ingredients that it features. Read what The Oregonian had to say about the tasting menu here.

The tasting menu is available for $65 per person, with an optional course-by-course wine pairing for an additional $35 per person. This menu will only be available on Saturday evenings, so book early! Give us a call at 503-227-7342 with any questions or to reserve your table.

Happy Birthday to Us!

This Monday, January 19th, marks two very important anniversaries for us!

The first is the birthday of our fearless leader, owner and operator of the VQ, Dennis King!

Dennis King with Chef Annie Cuggino

Dennis has seen the VQ through thick and thin, pouring the very first drink in 1971 and to this day tending to our lovely patio gardens by hand.

We also get to celebrate Veritable Quandary's anniversary this week. Monday marks 38 years strong for the VQ. This restaurant has had so many great times and made so many good friends in those years... thank you Portland! Here's to many more!

Feel free to leave some birthday love for Denny or the VQ in the comment section below, or better yet, stop in and celebrate with us! We would love to hear from you!

Welcome to our blog!

And welcome to 2009... Happy New Year!

After a banner year in 2008, we here at the VQ are ready to make 2009 even greater. We hope that this blog will serve as a place for everyone to keep updated on VQ news and events.

The VQ is still serving Portland's premier farm-fresh cuisine, seven days a week. Our menus change daily, and you can find the most up-to-date versions here if you are wondering what's on the menu tonight! As a reminder, we are open:

For Lunch, Monday-Friday 11:30am-3:00pm
For Brunch, Saturday-Sunday 9:30am-3:00pm
For Dinner, Daily 5:00pm-10:00pm

And our bar is open every day, all day, until 2:30am!

As we embark on a new year, we would like to sincerely thank all of our loyal patrons for keeping us going all these years; and to those of you we have not had the pleasure of serving yet, we look forward to seeing you!

Here are a few photos of how the VQ weathered Arctic Blast 2008: