Gumba (restaurant)
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- Robin Brassaw
- Jesse Martinez
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| Established | 2016 |
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| Food type | Italian |
| Location | 1733 Northeast Alberta Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97211, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′34″N 122°38′50″W / 45.5594°N 122.6472°W |
| Website | gumba-pdx |
Gumba Pasta Parlor, or simply Gumba, is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] Established in 2016, the business initially operated as a food cart.[2]
The Italian restaurant Gumba (pronounced "GOOM-bah")[3] operates in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood. Originally a food cart, the business now operates as a brick and mortar restaurant with an "airy, floral-but-industrial" dining room, according to Eater Portland.[4]
The menu includes pastas with ingredients such as burrata, egg yolk, lemon, shallots, and sumac,[3] as well as calamari with marinated chickpeas and pappardelle with braised beef short rib.[5] The restaurant has also served burrata with black pepper, fry bread, and olive oil,[6] as well as cannolis and eggplant caramel olive oil cake.[4][5] The squid ink spaghettini has Manila clams, mussels, scallops, and cheese frico.[7]
History
Reception
Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Gumba in Eater Portland's 2017 list of seventeen "date-worthy" restaurants open on Mondays.[4] She also included the business in a 2022 overview of restaurants with the best burrata in the metropolitan area.[6] The website's Janey Wong included the squid ink spaghettini in a 2024 overview of the city's best pasta dishes.[7] Gumba was also included in Eater Portland's 2025 overview of the city's best Italian restaurants.[5] Katherine Chew Hamilton included the business in the website's 2025 overview of recommended restaurants on Alberta Street.[8] Gumba ranked number 98 on Yelp's "Top 100 Places to Eat" list in 2023.[13][14]
