Chef-led botanical tasting built around Oregon produce, foraging, garden ingredients and novel techniques. The current site imagery includes ravioli and tortellini, but exact live courses and texture profile are not published.
Official homepage verifies chefs Aaron Adams Casañas and Saxon Stites, current tasting formats/prices, address and hours. Official policy page states menus are completely free of all animal products and gives reservation/restriction/cancellation terms. Exact current courses are not posted; dish imagery is not treated as guaranteed availability. No opening date inferred.
Official: menus are completely free of all animal productsRecorded research; limitations are retained above.
Booking
Booking, price & service
Botanical Tasting $115/person; Chef's Experience $165/person. Thu–Sun 5–9pm; reservations suggested, walk-ins welcome. Reservations release on the first of each month for the following month. Dietary restrictions are due 48 hours ahead; cancellations/rescheduling inside 24 hours are charged in full.
Location
1403 SE Belmont StPortland, OR97214Address transcribed from canonical workbook v8 Area/Evidence; venue evidence last checked 2026-09-14. This map backfill does not reverify venue operating status, menus, hours, or branch occupancy. US Census Public_AR_Current geocoded 2026-09-16; matched 1403 SE BELMONT ST, PORTLAND, OR, 97214; TIGER line 157509069. Coordinate is interpolated along a street address range, not a surveyed building entrance or parking location; suite/building omitted from the geocoder input. Postal code is the Census matched-address result.Location checked 2026-09-16
Location precision: Address. Map placement does not verify hours or driving access.
Portland, OR
News
Sep 14, 2026 · New to the directory
Astera’s botanical tasting menus
Chef-led tasting menus built around Oregon produce, foraging and garden ingredients. The Botanical Tasting is $115 and the Chef’s Experience is $165 per person. All menus are free of animal products. Exact seasonal courses and texture fit remain to check.
Map location initialized Address: 1403 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR; 45.5165429, -122.6515208 Address transcribed from canonical workbook v8 Area/Evidence; venue evidence last checked 2026-09-14. This map backfill does not reverify venue operating status, menus, hours, or branch occupancy. US Census Public_AR_Current geocoded 2026-09-16; matched 1403 SE BELMONT ST, PORTLAND, OR, 97214; TIGER line 157509069. Coordinate is interpolated along a street address range, not a surveyed building entrance or parking location; suite/building omitted from the geocoder input. Postal code is the Census matched-address result. Sources: https://www.asterapdx.com/ | https://www.asterapdx.com/our-policies | https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/locations/address?street=1403+SE+Belmont+St&city=Portland&state=OR&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&format=json
Record added Astera; Ongoing Official homepage and policies verify chef-led botanical tastings, $115/$165 prices, hours, address and menus completely free of animal products. Exact current courses remain unpublished.