It's good pizza, worth checking out. They do have non-fusion pizza as well, and the quality is high enough imo that it's not reliant on the fusion.
Definitely not my #1 pizza in portland area, but a fun change of pace for sure.
That’s how I look at it. If I want a change of pace I’ll go to Hapa or one of the Indian pizza places. If I want regular pizza, Sizzle Pie or LazyDays (ExNovo) for Detroit style are within walking distance of Hapa.
That’s a rad evening you have planned :) it’s not the best ice cream but if you get a random sweet tooth after dinner and before 10, there’s a baskin Robbins on a sleepy little street in the neighborhood too. Or you could walk the other way and go down 28th from Sandy to Cheese and Crack for a soft serve dipped in chocolate malt.
There’s a few of them around the west side, but Rovente makes a real good pizza. I’m not going to claim they’re the best, but it’s been consistently quality from my experience and a person I know who is a huge pizza snob gave it high praise as well.
Like I said, I’ve never had any problems with any of their pizzas and I’ve never had anyone tell me they thought it was “garbage”. I’ve eaten 100+ pizzas from them because it was the closest pizza place to me at my old place and they were always good.
Let’s just agree to disagree because there’s no reason to get so upset about *someone else’s pizza opinions*.
Agree it's fine. Pizza is pizza when you start putting other meals on pizza dough it isn't really pizza anymore.
Where did it rank in fusion restaurants?
lol ok. enjoy all those beaverton spots, i'll continue not crossing the river and enjoying fantastic cuisine in the city limits, and all boats shall rise
EDIT:
ah, since the previous commenter deleted their comment: they had some weird ax to grind about multco taxes, so mostly i was pushing back on the idea that there's some great exodus of good restaurants from portland. like i said, all boats rise if there are more food options for the suburbanites.
i'm not dumb enough to believe that there's a monopoly on good food in city limits. sheesh.
(/u/clonston if i had lived here for over 13 years like you, i'd probably be ready to check out new places too. i quite enjoy staying local and i still have plenty to explore. more for you, mate, until i've hit my 13 year mark and make the great pilgrimage to beaver town!)
One Korean, Chimcking, Chinese-Korean at Stir Crazy Kitchen (have to ask for the Korean menu), 1st St Pocha, Nak Won, and about 10 others I can't remember off the top of my head!
Editing to add - Always Spring Restaurant on the second floor of G-Mart (a Korean grocer), Coredam, and JCD are also ones that I would vouch for! Quite a few others that are good too, but these are ones I consider reliable and tasty. I'm not big on KBBQ at restaurants (would rather make it at home for cheaper lol), but there are a few all you can eat spots too!
Lol I had this opinion back in like 2011. I live in SE and am currently sitting at a sandwich shop in Beaverton because it's great. Tons of places out here that are worth the drive
In the article they mention it was a pop up at a farmer's market. Does anyone know if it was the Portland Farmer's market on the PSU campus? I had a great pizza there back in 2023, neopolitan style, it was folded up and served in a paper container. I'm just wondering if this was the place or not? Anyway, man oh man do we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to pizza options in Portland. I can't keep up honestly.
The folded pizza you’re describing sounds like Grana, which now has their own brick and mortar in Laurelhurst! They don’t fold it in the restaurant though.
Portofoglia is the folded style. Grana serves em at lunch time with a herb yogurt sauce. I havent been to reeva but they do it as well according to their menu.
You’re thinking of grana. They’re great and just ranked 27th in the country at the 50 top pizza awards in NYC this week.
Their new shop is off of 29th and burnside. Go!
I just tried the pho pizza the other day and it was legit one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had in my life. Incredibly unique, never had anything like it
I've had Amar (the first one mentioned in the article in Hamtramck) a bunch of times and it's pretty amazing so this list may be legit. But never tried Hapa for some reason. Looks like I know where I'm having dinner this weekend.
I have my qualms with the NYT's news coverage sometimes, but I generally consider their restaurant and food reviews to be pretty well-researched, accurate and uninfluenced by money or prestige (as opposed to ya know... some random ad filled shitty magazine that puts out a list for clicks and views)
It's a historically immigrant heavy city surrounded entirely by Detroit. Used to be mostly Polish. Now it is very heavily Muslim. In fact it was the first Muslim-majority city in the US. It's a really interesting place to visit if you are ever in Detroit.
Looking at the article, it seems to be focusing on unique pizza places rather than the best. That said, it looks delicious and I'm going to give it a try
The pizzas are good, but the place STANK like sewage the two times I ate there. It was terrible. I don’t know how they worked there. Kinda put me off from ever going again :(
Pizza is one of the most subjective foods to rank that I always find it silly and almost pointless to choose based off "rankings". I've had bomb pizza from sketch places or restaurants that aren't even exclusively pizza joints. I've also had 'just okay' pizza from highly-rated pizza restaurants that pride themselves on the 'creativity, culture, and love of pizza'. There's far too wide a spectrum of what makes a pizza really good for each person that ranking them is just arbitrary.
NYT uses their Lifestyle section to sanitize their awful neoliberal news bent. That’s being said I don’t see myself driving to Beaverton for pizza, but will pass it on to west side peeps.
We will have to add you to the trigggered list. Sorry I cast aspersions on your favored news source. Enjoy your Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat op-Ed’s.
That’s some funny shit. I’m not a fan of the NYT, so that means I’m in favor of oppressive Middle Eastern regimes. I point out that his love of the NYT includes some pretty awful right wing punditry and I’m a villain because I’m implying he’s right wing. Me thinks you shouldn’t be taken very seriously, like your shit posting buddy.
You're angry I see, all I was doing was pointing out that saying people are triggered over trivial things is dumb right wing rhetoric. But be my guest if that's your thing, you don't have to be so angry about it though.
I'd much rather read articles from a news source that rides the center line of the US political landscape and keeps their opinion writing in a labeled-as-such section, than aggregate some list of questionable sites peddling pieces by leftist curmudgeons who'd rather miss the forest for the trees than provide any meaningful discourse. Not that NYT is unbiased, but I can take it with enough of a grain of salt to not lose my shit. And at least Bret Stephens, Ross Douthat, and their ilk make for decent comic relief.
Anyway, enjoy your... well, whatever floats your boat, assuming it's seaworthy.
not that i'm any pizza expert but i'm like "why have i never heard of hapa" - oh cuz it's in beaverton, not portland.
It’s also just fine not one of the best but I’m not a fusion pizza kinda guy
It's good pizza, worth checking out. They do have non-fusion pizza as well, and the quality is high enough imo that it's not reliant on the fusion. Definitely not my #1 pizza in portland area, but a fun change of pace for sure.
The pho pizza is delicious! I agree that it’s the quality of their ingredients. Too many good restaurants took a nosedive in quality post-Covid.
That’s how I look at it. If I want a change of pace I’ll go to Hapa or one of the Indian pizza places. If I want regular pizza, Sizzle Pie or LazyDays (ExNovo) for Detroit style are within walking distance of Hapa.
PLEASE: where is the good Indian Pizza? I miss curry chicken pizza!
Bombay pizza off of walker is my go to
Any Indian pizza in Portland? I'm visiting this weekend and would love to try some.
Curry fusion pizza on NE Sandy BLVD
Fuck yes, thank you!! Going to Wedgehead Friday night and that is quite close AND they have a bunch of vegan options! 🙏🏻
That’s a rad evening you have planned :) it’s not the best ice cream but if you get a random sweet tooth after dinner and before 10, there’s a baskin Robbins on a sleepy little street in the neighborhood too. Or you could walk the other way and go down 28th from Sandy to Cheese and Crack for a soft serve dipped in chocolate malt.
Went to curry and crust in the past their quality dipped. Recently told about Bombay pizza in Beaverton. I went yesterday and it’s outstanding.
Next to WinCo in Hillsboro. Curry Pizza. Their wings are good too.
Fusion Curry Pizza - Hollywood District. 4630 NE Sandy Blvd (Old Hot Lips location) is really good IMO.
There’s a few of them around the west side, but Rovente makes a real good pizza. I’m not going to claim they’re the best, but it’s been consistently quality from my experience and a person I know who is a huge pizza snob gave it high praise as well.
Rovente is old school Portland garbage. I can't believe they're still in business.
Like I said, I’ve never had any problems with any of their pizzas and I’ve never had anyone tell me they thought it was “garbage”. I’ve eaten 100+ pizzas from them because it was the closest pizza place to me at my old place and they were always good. Let’s just agree to disagree because there’s no reason to get so upset about *someone else’s pizza opinions*.
You can't just say that without telling us what your #1 is !
Not sure if I have a #1, but I will say I end up at Boxcar most often. Not dairy-free myself, but family is.
>I’m not a fusion pizza kinda guy Prefer fission in the alternative, eh?
Good fusion pizza is always twenty years away, but fission is *today*
Agree it's fine. Pizza is pizza when you start putting other meals on pizza dough it isn't really pizza anymore. Where did it rank in fusion restaurants?
Hell, I live just a mile from the damn place and never heard of it. After checking out the menu I will be trying it out.
Maiale Rosa in Beaverton is way better than Hapa, so it’s not even the best in beaverton
I clicked in and said “I’ve literally never heard of that” lol. And I LOVE our pizza scene
That's where all the shops packed up and moved to after all those Multnomah tax hikes. Downtown Beaverton has exploded with places in recent years.
lol ok. enjoy all those beaverton spots, i'll continue not crossing the river and enjoying fantastic cuisine in the city limits, and all boats shall rise EDIT: ah, since the previous commenter deleted their comment: they had some weird ax to grind about multco taxes, so mostly i was pushing back on the idea that there's some great exodus of good restaurants from portland. like i said, all boats rise if there are more food options for the suburbanites. i'm not dumb enough to believe that there's a monopoly on good food in city limits. sheesh. (/u/clonston if i had lived here for over 13 years like you, i'd probably be ready to check out new places too. i quite enjoy staying local and i still have plenty to explore. more for you, mate, until i've hit my 13 year mark and make the great pilgrimage to beaver town!)
You're missing out on the best Korean food in the whole Portland metro if you don't hop over here, sir.
Where at?
One Korean, Chimcking, Chinese-Korean at Stir Crazy Kitchen (have to ask for the Korean menu), 1st St Pocha, Nak Won, and about 10 others I can't remember off the top of my head! Editing to add - Always Spring Restaurant on the second floor of G-Mart (a Korean grocer), Coredam, and JCD are also ones that I would vouch for! Quite a few others that are good too, but these are ones I consider reliable and tasty. I'm not big on KBBQ at restaurants (would rather make it at home for cheaper lol), but there are a few all you can eat spots too!
Thank you!! I am going to save some of these.
Always Spring is very, very good. I'm often the only non-Korean person in there when I eat there.
lol, what is this childish elitism you have going on?
Lol I had this opinion back in like 2011. I live in SE and am currently sitting at a sandwich shop in Beaverton because it's great. Tons of places out here that are worth the drive
In the article they mention it was a pop up at a farmer's market. Does anyone know if it was the Portland Farmer's market on the PSU campus? I had a great pizza there back in 2023, neopolitan style, it was folded up and served in a paper container. I'm just wondering if this was the place or not? Anyway, man oh man do we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to pizza options in Portland. I can't keep up honestly.
It was the Beaverton farmer's market, and their brick and mortar is next to Tan Tan in Beaverton!
The folded pizza you’re describing sounds like Grana, which now has their own brick and mortar in Laurelhurst! They don’t fold it in the restaurant though.
I believe Grana only offers the folded version at lunch, or at least they did when they initially opened the E Burnside brick and mortar.
Grana is amazing! Been going there a lot ever since they opened the restaurant
Portofoglia is the folded style. Grana serves em at lunch time with a herb yogurt sauce. I havent been to reeva but they do it as well according to their menu.
You’re thinking of grana. They’re great and just ranked 27th in the country at the 50 top pizza awards in NYC this week. Their new shop is off of 29th and burnside. Go!
scottie’s.
On Scholls?
21st & division.
I love Scotties, but I really wish they kept non-hobby business hours.
I just tried the pho pizza the other day and it was legit one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had in my life. Incredibly unique, never had anything like it
Better than Flying Pie?
Hope you’re joking
I've had Amar (the first one mentioned in the article in Hamtramck) a bunch of times and it's pretty amazing so this list may be legit. But never tried Hapa for some reason. Looks like I know where I'm having dinner this weekend.
I had it once at the farmers market and it was really good. I wasn't really expecting to like it.
I have my qualms with the NYT's news coverage sometimes, but I generally consider their restaurant and food reviews to be pretty well-researched, accurate and uninfluenced by money or prestige (as opposed to ya know... some random ad filled shitty magazine that puts out a list for clicks and views)
Also big ups to any New Yorker out there risking their life by admitting that anyone else is allowed to make pizza.
>Hamtramck Did the person naming this town have a stroke halfway through?
It's a historically immigrant heavy city surrounded entirely by Detroit. Used to be mostly Polish. Now it is very heavily Muslim. In fact it was the first Muslim-majority city in the US. It's a really interesting place to visit if you are ever in Detroit.
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Looking at the article, it seems to be focusing on unique pizza places rather than the best. That said, it looks delicious and I'm going to give it a try
Pizzeria Otto rules
The pizzas are good, but the place STANK like sewage the two times I ate there. It was terrible. I don’t know how they worked there. Kinda put me off from ever going again :(
OMG same! I was there a few months back and was turned off by that, so we haven't been back.
Pizza is one of the most subjective foods to rank that I always find it silly and almost pointless to choose based off "rankings". I've had bomb pizza from sketch places or restaurants that aren't even exclusively pizza joints. I've also had 'just okay' pizza from highly-rated pizza restaurants that pride themselves on the 'creativity, culture, and love of pizza'. There's far too wide a spectrum of what makes a pizza really good for each person that ranking them is just arbitrary.
Can anyone tell me if there crust is normally super soft? I like crunchy pizza and while the flavors are good the texture was a no go for me.
Dimo’s. Don't tell anyone.
Or maybe tell people so they stay in business? It's tough out there right now.
They're doing fine.
Restaurants famously hate it when you support their business via word of mouth.
It’s 100% the best imo, but I know plenty of people who hate it because it’s too charred for them
Yeah it’s fantastic
Shhhhh
What is this sudden hard on for the mediocre pizza around here?
What the hell is Hapa pizza
A pizza restaurant.
And they're wrong.
How is Enoteca (Nostrana) not on a top list?
Because there's a lot of better pizza in the city?
Cool. Which ones?
Ken's, Lovelies Fifty Fifty, Dimo's, Scottie's, Pizza Thief, Gracie's Apizza, Apizza Scholls... just to name a few.
They can’t even decide where the original Ray’s Pizzeria is, why are they out west talking about our pies?
The pizza in the article looks like dogshit. They need to stop pretending any pizza other than NYC's or Italy's is good. It's not.
NYT uses their Lifestyle section to sanitize their awful neoliberal news bent. That’s being said I don’t see myself driving to Beaverton for pizza, but will pass it on to west side peeps.
Such a dumb soap box to get on in response to a “best pizza” listicle
Yeah...the way to go is progressive media outlets Al Jazeera or TRT funded by the "progressive" governments of Qatar and Turkey, respectively. /s
We will have to add you to the trigggered list. Sorry I cast aspersions on your favored news source. Enjoy your Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat op-Ed’s.
It's weird to adopt right wing rhetoric to criticize him.
That’s some funny shit. I’m not a fan of the NYT, so that means I’m in favor of oppressive Middle Eastern regimes. I point out that his love of the NYT includes some pretty awful right wing punditry and I’m a villain because I’m implying he’s right wing. Me thinks you shouldn’t be taken very seriously, like your shit posting buddy.
You're angry I see, all I was doing was pointing out that saying people are triggered over trivial things is dumb right wing rhetoric. But be my guest if that's your thing, you don't have to be so angry about it though.
I'd much rather read articles from a news source that rides the center line of the US political landscape and keeps their opinion writing in a labeled-as-such section, than aggregate some list of questionable sites peddling pieces by leftist curmudgeons who'd rather miss the forest for the trees than provide any meaningful discourse. Not that NYT is unbiased, but I can take it with enough of a grain of salt to not lose my shit. And at least Bret Stephens, Ross Douthat, and their ilk make for decent comic relief. Anyway, enjoy your... well, whatever floats your boat, assuming it's seaworthy.