According to a recent permit filing, Sebastiano’s will expand with another location in Sellwood-Moreland, located at 8235 SE 13th Avenue.
A representative of Sebastiano’s was not immediately available for commentary upon What Now Portland’s request.
While an official opening date has yet to be confirmed, according to Sebastiano’s Instagram biography section, the new location is slated to open sometime in the spring of 2024.
According to Sebastiano’s company website, “Sebastiano’s is the creation of husband and wife team Dan & Elise Gold. Forged in the fires of a global pandemic – Dan & Elise signed the lease on their property one month before the Covid 19 pandemic and opened at its height in June 2020 – they feel eternally grateful to all their customers who’ve supported Sebastiano’s along the way.”
“Elise was born in New Jersey to an Irish-Sicilian family in Hunterdon County. Early formative memories include making cuccidati cookies with all her mom, aunts, and cousins at Christmas time. Elise’s great-grandmother emigrated from Castellemmare di Golfo in 1912 and settled in New Jersey where she raised 6 children as a single mom, speaking no English, after her husband was killed in a foundry accident. She made fresh cheeses to sell and kept a garden and chickens to feed her family.”
“Dan was born in Northern California and grew up in the East Bay in the 1990s, a time when slow food and farmers markets were abundant, and tech had yet to transform the Bay. Early childhood food memories include making fresh jams with his grandma and rocking Dutch babies on the weekends with fruit cocktails and powdered sugar. Dan also made a mean chocolate bundt cake from the Ghiradelli Chocolate Company cookbook.”
“Dan & Elise met at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, CA, and moved to Portland together in 2008. After many years in and out of the food and beverage industry, the inspiration for Sebastiano’s came after a life-changing trip to Sicily in 2019.”
