Reza Rafati and wife Georgia, founders of Encore310 have been high-end restaurateurs since the early 70s.  Reza Rafati brings decades of experience to Encore310 starting with seven years at the Canlis Restaurant located at the top of Portland’s Hilton Hotel where he served as General Manager for the last four. Reza moved on to establish the Royal Exchange and Cricket Cage Restaurants located at the former Georgia Pacific Building.

In 1983, Reza and Georgia together opened Rafati’s On The Waterfront Restaurant.  Located at SW Front between Salmon and Taylor Streets, it was quickly established as the downtown destination for dinners before and after local cultural events as well as a lunch hot spot.  Rafati’s earned a reputation for it’s innovative local cuisine, outstanding service and affordable prices. Rafati’s On The Waterfront was only the second restaurant in Oregon to win a coveted Award of Excellence from the national Wine Spectator Magazine for their outstanding wine list. Subsequently the Rafati’s received the “Best of” Award of Excellence in consecutive years through 1996.

Now the Rafati’s have seized the opportunity to serve Portland from one of downtown’s premiere locations at the University Place Hotel.  From the heart of the cultural district and the center of Portland’s academic community the Rafati’s will once again present Portland and it’s out-of-town guests with the best our region has to offer.  Encore310 concentrates on the Northwest's bounty – local products, natural foods bought locally from community farmers, fishermen, ranchers and artisans.  The wine list features the best of Oregon, Washington and California as well as hard-to-find wines from Europe, South America and Australia.