Portland Monthly described the food as "refreshingly sharp". Julie Lee included Pazzo in
1859 2016 overview of the city's best Italian restaurants, in which she described Pazzo as "a time-honored anchor in the epicenter of downtown Portland, serving the lunchtime business community and romantics seeking an elegant evening out for the past two decades". She wrote, "Everything spun out of the open kitchen is wicked delicious; some favorites include the Strozzapreti, with Dungeness crab and Calabrian peppers, and the mushroom and black truffle pizza with an organic egg topping." ==See also==