5 Fantastic Portland Pizza Places You Need To Try
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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Did you know that Portland has 5 of the 50 Top Pizza spots in the USA? We were shocked to discover this news and decided to check them out over a 2-day pizza crawl.
We were first in line at about 4:50 at Ken’s Artisan Pizza. Two other couples quickly joined us. They had been there before and raved about how great it was. They mentioned, on the weekends, the line to get in wraps around the block.
As soon as the doors opened, we rushed in and got our small table by the window where Aaron had a view of the whole restaurant. We quickly realized that this was the trendy place to be. In 15 minutes the whole place was full and everyone was excited to be there. It was a fairly small but cozy place with the wood-fired oven front and center for all to see.
Our server, Jeremy, was very friendly and helpful, making recommendations. We ordered the fennel sausage, onion and Calabrian chili pizza and glasses of wine. A young couple next to us were there for the first time and the woman kept saying how much she was looking forward to being there and trying the pizza. They had recently been in Spain and eaten a burrata pizza which is what they ordered at Ken’s.
Our pizza came quickly and it did not disappoint. Long fermented dough, hand stretched mozzarella, fragrant, fennel sausage complemented by the sweet onion and spicy peppers were mouth-wateringly delicious. The crust was light and chewy with that wonderful blistered char. .
Nostrana's dining room was completely full when we arrived and we were lucky to have gotten a reservation next door at their Enoteca with an incredibly well stocked bar and I remarked how much I loved Italy and all their enticing liquors. The spicy smells from the kitchen and delicious cocktails sparked all my senses. We both had Italian cocktails, Aaron a Negroni, which is a specialty and me a Sbagliato, an Italian spritzer, which came in a very large stemmed glass. It was delicious. Guests kept to themselves, but the bartenders were very friendly and helpful with advising us on the menu.
I couldn’t resist the seasonal vongole Picante pizza; clams, broccoli, Calabrian chili, garlic, mozzarella, provolone and lemon. We could immediately taste the clams, and the spiciness of the chilis. It had a light crust, not as charred as Ken’s, but chewy and good. The pizzas here come uncut with their own pizza scissors to do the cutting. The Blue Truck lettuce salad was quite tasty with shaved fennel, beets, carrot, radish, pickled red onion vinaigrette and green goddess dressing.
Our next restaurant was the highly acclaimed Apizza Scholls on Hawthorne. We arrived around 7:30 and had a 20-30 minute wait for a booth. There is minimal seating either at the bar or in a high-backed wooden booth. The bartender was very attentive, keeping us informed of our wait time. We ordered half and half to satisfy us both. Aaron’s half was pepperoni, sausage and mushroom (no surprise). I chose Bacon Bianca based on the server’s recommendation which was bacon, whole milk mozzarella, grana padano/pecorina romana, lots of fresh garlic, herbs, black pepper and EV olive oil (no sauce). The server recommended heating up the leftover pizza in a pan and adding an egg on top for breakfast. I did that and Aaron ate his cold. Either way was delicious. Even 2 days later, our son said it was the best pizza he had ever eaten.
Scotties may have been a parlor before covid but now it was a bustling take-out only business. The server recommended taking the pizza across the street to Great Notion Brewing's outside seating. The Defino pizza was a classic Neapolitan pizza which came granny style in a 16” square. The dough is naturally fermented and cooked at a high temperature once and then a 2nd lower temp resulting in a nice crispy crust. Toppings are upside down with the cheese on the bottom and a generous fresh tomato sauce topped with fresh basil and oregano. It was very flavorful and one of our favorite pizzas.
We were early in line for Lovely’s Fifty Fifty as the line was forming. 50% of the restaurant is ice cream and 50% pizza we found out from the Top Chef Pizza documentary about Chef Sarah Minnick and her family business. We both adored the carrot soup and homemade focaccia bread. Her 12” pizza was a whole grain sourdough style crust with the freshest of local cheeses, vegetables and herbs. Everything is 100% organic straight from the farm. We topped off the meal with a selection of delicious ice creams.
My favorite food in all the world. The first pizza I ever had was at a drive-in movie theater. I got sick off of it but I still remember how good it tasted Been loving it ever since. still eating it at 71 years of age.
Im a Bike Courier and Deliver for Scotties and Lovelys 50 50.I also deliver for my Olys Pizza and Bull Run ,both very underrated.
Truby's in Whitefish. Hope they're still around.
You missed a great place called Baby Doll Pizza, which is right around the corner from Ken's Artisan Pizza on Stark, and in my opinion, better.
They all seem wonderful! Keep enjoying the best of life!
Good to hear from you Guida! How is Lisbon?
@@hoppinhunters Fortunately Lisbon return to life and now with Christmas markets again. I loved to see you both so well, you're almost a professional, making interviews and with a lot of work in the production! Congratulations 👏👏👏 I didn't found your videos from Portugal, probably it's my mistake 🙈🙈 Well I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, my friends! Keep making a lot of trips 👍👍
I feel like I need a shower just being in that toilet. I'll be damned if I'm going to eat there.
Now I'm hungry!
Those were the best pizzas we have ever had. Interested to see how Seattle matches up.
Now I'm hungry but it is bedtime.
And Portland might be a little far! Lol
I would not want to have to fight all of the homeless people for a slice lol
I understand your concern, but all of these places were in very nice neighborhoods.
@@hoppinhunters for now
@@BPB9973952 Why would you go to a portland pizza review video to say this? That's just stupid. What are you doing with your life? Do you also go to portland hair salon videos and comment about the homeless people?
enjoy your shitty city tough guy@@dennistang5935
USING YOUR IPHONE LIGHT IN A RESTAURANT IS TOTALLY ABNOXIOUS.
everyone sleeping on stark street pizza
Thanks fir letting us know. There are so many great places in Portland.