Pizza Week

Pazzo Ristorante Pazzo’s Pizza Week slice—er, cube—is so fancy I had to eat it with a knife and fork. It’s not that I couldn’t pick it up—eating it with my fingers just felt wrong. This is a classy cube of pizza. Cube pizza isn’t like ordinary pizza—a slice’s taper points straight to your pie-hole, making it […]

Bri Brey Leave it to a brewery to incorporate beer into almost every element of this amply topped slice. Rather than the traditional sauce-and-cheese combo, the Ballelujah uses cheese as sauce in what the chefs at the Old Town Brewing Co. are calling a “beerchamel”—a play on a béchamel cheese sauce—deglazed with Kolsh ale. Atop […]

Dirk VanderHart At some point in the not-too-distant past, a batch of Hotlips Pizza’s in-house brand of ginger ale arrived with too much pulp. These things happen in the soda game. But instead of tossing the cases, Hotlips has done the Proper Portland Thing and put the stuff to good use. It infuses the chunks […]

Erik Henriksen With a crisp crust and just the right amount of kick (thank the roasted red peppers, red onions, and the artichoke hearts, which are marinated in both pesto and oil from Mama Lil’s Peppers), Mississippi Pizza Pub’s Vegan Buddah Pesto slice is already great—but it’s also vegan, which goes a long way in […]

I can’t be the only one that knows Hammy’s as the late-night pizza delivery saints. But if you’re out and about, Hammy’s hearty take-out options are the perfect late-night, post-bar, sober-me-up choice. These take-out servings are a thick book of pizza that resemble an inside-out Hot Pocket more than anything else, but rest assured: the […]

Good Neighbor Pizzeria Woodlawn’s Good Neighbor Pizzeria will celebrate nine years of business this year. Described by co-owner Mark Saldaña as “handcrafted pizza made by some dudes,” Good Neighbor’s dudes—who also include co-owners Benjamin Blackhurst, Ryan Wade, and Franklin Gallwas—have truly been good neighbors to the Woodlawn area, where they transformed a formerly derelict bodega […]

Andrea Damewood With a tomatillo cream sauce, pickled jalapeño peppers, roasted mushrooms, and fresh oregano and cilantro, East Glisan Pizza Lounge’s Pizza Week slice is making a strong case for it to stay on the menu forever. Dreamt up by new Chef Kyle Munroe, the Montaverde’s base lends citrus-tinged decadence to the pop of pepper […]

DeNicola’s Thirty-eight years. That’s how long DeNicola’s Italian Restaurant has been a part of Portland, and every inch of the place glows with a comfortable, heartwarming authenticity that New Portland can’t hope to equal. That same trusty charm carries over in their Pizza Week pie: While the DeNicola family experimented with more exotic concoctions for […]

Alison Hallett Bridge City Pizza is tucked into a discreet corner of Woodstock, next to a Plaid Pantry and mere blocks from a pretty good pot store. Discreet, that is, for an INTER-DIMENSIONAL PORTAL. When you step through the door into the tiny storefront, you’re not in Portland anymore—this charming sandwich and pizza shop is […]

Andrea Damewood Kevin McAllister may think a plain cheese pizza all to himself is perfect—and we’re not going to dispute the heady combination of mozzarella, sauce, and dough. But Baby Doll is bringing it for Pizza Week by adding some impeccable toppings to the basic slice. The Gavone takes basil, mozzarella and provolone and adds […]